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At 91��ý Kazakh National University, the dissertation of  Khaibullina Zhaniya Kabylbekovna on the topic “Water Security in the Political Discourses of Central Asian Countries: Understanding, Problematization, Resolution,” submitted for obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) under the educational program “8D03104 – Political Science,” will be defended.

The dissertation was completed at the Department of Political Science and Political Technologies of the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science of 91��ý Kazakh National University.

Form of defense — dissertation work.
Language of defense — Russian language.

Official reviewers:

1. Farhod Aminjonov — Associate Professor at the National Defense College of the United Arab Emirates (Dubai, UAE);
Specialization: Doctor of Philosophy in Global Governance (PhD Global Governance);

2. Elena Leonidovna Nechaeva - Professor at L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Candidate of Political Sciences (Astana, Kazakhstan).
Specialization: 23.00.02 - Political Institutions, Ethnopolitical Conflict Studies, National and Political Processes and Technologies.

Scientific consultants:

1. Talganai Budenovna Umbetaliyeva — PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Regional Studies and International Relations at Turan University (Almaty, Kazakhstan);

2. Antonio Marcos Alonso (Antonio Alonso) — PhD, Professor at San Pablo University (CEU Universities) (Madrid, Spain).

Temporary members of the Dissertation Council: 

1. Saken Mukanuly Mukan — PhD, Professor of the Department of Media Communication and History of Kazakhstan of the Faculty of Business, Media and Management at the International Information Technology University (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

2. Serik Orazgaliyev — PhD, Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom).

3. Sanat Kairslyamovich Kushkumbayev — Doctor of Political Sciences, Associate Professor, Chief Researcher of the Department of European and American Studies at the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies (Astana, Kazakhstan).

The defense will take place on June 23, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in a hybrid format at the Dissertation Council established under 91��ý Kazakh National University for the 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; “8D03103 – Conflictology”.

The defense will be held at Conference Hall No. 123 of the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science building of 91��ý Kazakh National University.

Zoom conference connection:  

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