The Al-Farabi Kazakh National University will defend the dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) by Alisherova Aigerim Bakytzhankyzy «Features of the Transformation of Student Youth’s Political Culture during Political Reforms (A Case Study of Almaty)» in the educational program «8D03104 – Political Science».
The dissertation work was performed at the Department of Political Science and Political Technologies of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.
The form of defense is a dissertation paper.
The language of the thesis defense is Kazakh.
Official reviewers:
1.Rystina Indira Sadybekovna – PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Board Member–Vice-Rector for Quality Assurance and Internal Control at L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Astana, Kazakhstan). Specialty: «6D050200 – Political Science».
2.Kadyrzhanov Rustem Kazakhbayevich – Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
Scientific consultants:
1. Tolen Zhengisbek Muratbekuly – PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Head of the Center for Education and Social Development Sciences at the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Kazakhstan);
2. Alexander K. Diener – PhD, Professor at the University of Kansas (Kansas, USA).
Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:
1. Simtikov Zhomart Kudaibergenuly – Doctor of Political Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Social Sciences at the Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan);
2. Pussyrmanov Nurbek Serikuly – PhD in Political Science, Director of the State Institution “Institute of State History” of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Astana, Kazakhstan);
3. Malysheva Dina Borisovna – Doctor of Political Sciences, Chief Researcher of the “Central Asia” Sector at the Center for Post-Soviet Studies of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (Moscow, Russian Federation).
The defense will take place on April 29, 2026 at 02:00 p.m. in the Assembly Hall 123 of the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University at the Dissertation Council at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in the group of specialties/educational programs «6D050100, 8D03101 – 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» in a mixed format.
Connect to the Zoom Conference:
https://zoom.us/j/92054685057?pwd=ZSspE9Mqn3vV1bXzzi9E1KGe3N8ZHx.1
Conference ID: 920 5468 5057
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