Dr Kobil Ruziev

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My research examines economic development in emerging and transition economies, with particular emphasis on post‑communist Central Asia. I am especially interested in how institutions and institutional settings influence the behaviour of economic actors and patterns of economic performance. My work adopts a political economy approach to examine how evolving institutional arrangements and reform processes in the financial sector and higher education shape the fairness of access to economic resources and opportunities for different actors.

TEACHING AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

Certified Management and Business Educator (CMBE), Chartered Association of Business Schools

Aberystwyth University Teaching Excellence Award, June 2011

RESEARCH GRANTS

Jan 2026 – Dec 2029. Sociology of Authoritarian Law (SOCIAL). A joint doctoral network project with a consortium of leading European universities including Lund University (Lead) and UWE Bristol. EU HORIZON-MSCA-2024-DN-01. Grant Agreement No 101226419. Total funding: €4,579,286. UWE Bristol share: €348,738. UWE Principal Researcher.

Jan 2026 – Dec 2029. Political Economy of Legal and Governance Reform in Non-Western Societies: Insights from Central Asia (POLCA). A joint project with a consortium of leading European universities including Lund University (Lead) and UWE Bristol. EU HORIZON-MSCA-2024-SE-01. Grant Agreement No 101228676. Total funding: €1,753,500. UWE Bristol share: €170,340. UWE Principal Researcher.

Mar 2025 – Jul 2025. Building Networks for Inclusive Economics Education: A Knowledge Exchange Initiative. Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF). Total funding: £4,865.90.

Dec 2023 – Jul 2024. Building Inclusive Networks to Support University Selection Decision-making Processes: Focus on Bristol and Southwest Area. HEIF. Total funding: £4,977.90.

Dec 2022 – Jul 2023. Widening Access to Economics: Promoting Economics Education to Under-represented Groups. HEIF. Total funding: £9,472.00. Principal Researcher.

Jan 2009 – Mar 2011. A Study of Informal Credit Institutions in Post-communist Uzbekistan. The British Academy for the Humanities and Social Science. Grant SG-51904. Total funding: £6,652.00. Principal Researcher.

CONFERENCE ORGANISATION

“Corruption in non-Western Societies: Insights from Central Asia”. Mid-term conference in the framework of the EU funded Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia (MOCCA) Project, 6-8 May 2025. Co-organised and co-chaired with Rustamjon Urinboyev of Lund University.

“Law, Society, and Corruption in Central Asia”, a 2-day online conference in the framework of the EU funded Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia (MOCCA) Project, 21-22 October 2024. Co-organised and co-chaired with Rustamjon Urinboyev of Lund University.

"Economic Methodology after the Crisis", the 14th SCEME seminar in Economic Methodology, 8-9 June 2011, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales.

Area of expertise

Institutional and financial development in emerging and transition economies, with a focus on banking development and higher education reform in post‑communist Central Asia.

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