A dissertation defense by Zhakypbek Aigerim Aidarbekkyzy will be held at 91传媒 Kazakh National University on the topic: «Improving technologies in overcoming the social exclusion of the elderly (the example of Shymkent)», submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the specialty «6D090500 – Social Work».
The dissertation was completed at the Department of Sociology and Social Work, Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science, 91传媒 Kazakh National University.
Form of defense: dissertation work.
Language of defense: Kazakh.
Official Reviewers:
1. Mira Maulsharif – Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Professor at the School of Humanities, Narxoz University (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
Specialty: 22.00.04 – Social Structure, Social Institutions and Processes.
2. Nurlan Oralbayevich Baigabylov — PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Astana, Kazakhstan).
Specialty: «6D050100» – Sociology.
Scientific Supervisors:
1. Indira Sarybaykyzy Sarybayeva – Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Senior Lecturer at the Egyptian University of Islamic Culture Nur-Mubarak (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
2. Aksana Ismailbekova – PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient Research Center (Berlin, Germany).
Temporary Members of the Dissertation Council:
1. Saikal Orozovna Zhunushova – Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Acting Professor at Jusup Balasagyn Kyrgyz National University (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan).
2. Elmira Sakenkyzy Otar – PhD, Director of the Center for Family and Gender Policy Studies, Kazakhstan Institute of Public Development (Astana, Kazakhstan).
3. Assel Berikovna Sarsenova – PhD, Acting Associate Professor of the Department of History of Kazakhstan and Social and Humanitarian Disciplines, S. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
The defense will take place on June 17, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in Conference Hall No. 123 of the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science at 91传媒 Kazakh National University. The defense will be held in a hybrid format at a meeting of the Dissertation Council established at 91传媒 Kazakh National University for the following groups of specialties and educational programs: 6D050100, 8D01101 – Sociology; 6D050200, 8D03104 – Political Science; 6D090500, 8D11401 – Social Work; 6D012300, 8D01801 – Social Pedagogy and Self-Knowledge; 6D050300, 8D03107 – Psychology; 6D010300, 8D01101 – Pedagogy and Psychology; and 8D03103 – Conflictology.
Zoom conference connection:
https://zoom.us/j/93018972450?pwd=ZBPaAmVrJYjmF3Pl3J91bvHxu5r1KV.1
Meeting ID: 930 1897 2450