Dr Kobil Ruziev
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Collaborations:
- Lund University (Sweden) – Horizon Europe consortium projects (POLCA, MOCCA, SOCIAL, MINARET and FILTER).
- University of Zurich (Switzerland) – Research collaboration through the same Horizon Europe and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions network on institutional development and governance.
- Tashkent State University of Economics (Uzbekistan) – Visiting Professor, doctoral supervision, research collaboration, and higher education and financial sector development.
- Zhetysu University (Kazakhstan) – Visiting Professor, doctoral supervision and research collaboration.
- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Kazakhstan) – Doctoral supervision and research collaboration.
- National Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (Uzbekistan) – Collaboration on quality assurance, higher education reform and institutional development.
- Center for the Research on Development of Higher Education (Uzbekistan) – Acted as the Director's Adviser on Higher Education Transformation and International Cooperation.
Teaching staff:
- Qualifications:
- PhD, SFHEA, CMBE
- Position:
- Associate Professor
- Department:
- Faculty of Business and Law (FBL)
- Telephone:
- +441173283906
- Email:
- Kobil.Ruziev@uwe.ac.uk
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About me
My research examines economic development, governance and institutional change in emerging and transition economies, with a particular focus on post-socialist Central Asia. I investigate how formal and informal institutions shape economic behaviour, public policy and development outcomes, drawing on political economy and institutional economics. My recent research focuses on higher education reform, doctoral education, governance, research capacity building and financial sector development. Working closely with universities, governments and international research consortia, I aim to produce research that informs policy, strengthens institutions and contributes to sustainable development.
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 2027 – Dec 2030. A Sociology of Post-Imperial Islamic Legal Cultures (MINARET). A joint doctoral network project with a consortium of leading universities across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, including Lund University (Lead) and UWE Bristol. EU HORIZON-MSCA-2025-DN-01. Grant Agreement No 101308482. Total funding: €4,728,265.92. UWE Bristol share: €348,738.12. UWE Principal Researcher and Director of Studies for the UWE doctoral researcher.
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 and Director of Studies for the UWE doctoral 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 seminer in Economic Methodology, 8-9 June 2011, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales.
Area of expertise
Political economy, governance and institutional development in emerging and transition economies, with particular expertise in higher education reform and financial sector development in post-socialist Central Asia.
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