Time: 1 pm (Hong Kong), March 13th (Thursday) (10 am in Astana, and 11 pm March 12 in Calgary)
Date: March 13, 2025
Mode: by ZOOM
Speaker: Prof. Aliya Kuzhabekova (University of Calgary), Prof. Naureen Durrani (Nazarbayev University), Prof. Zumrad Kataeva (Nazarbayev University)
Chair: Prof. Jisun Jung (The University of Hong Kong)
Registration link: https://hku.zoom.us/meeting/register/CW1xobVgQWyAIKbivQTNKg
Abstract:
The book ‘Gender and Education in Central Asia’ explored research on gender equity in post-Soviet Central Asia. In this book talk, the editors will provide an overview of policy development in the promotion of gender equity, changes in gender equity indicators at higher education, and examples of current research on an array of issues relating to gender equity across Central Asia’s higher education.
About the speakers:
Aliya Kuzhabekova is an Assistant Professor at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada. Aliya holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Policy from the University of Minnesota. Prior to her current appointment, Aliya worked as an Associate Professor at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan and as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota, where she conducted research on governance of emerging technologies.
Naureen Durrani is a Professor in Education at the Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University (NU) where she also serves as the Director at the Central Asian Research Centre for Educational Innovation and Transformation (CARCEIT). She directs the Central Asia hub of the PEER Network, which aims to support research expertise in the political economy of education in Central Asia and Africa.
Zumrad Kataeva is an Assistant Professor at the Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, Kazakhstan. She holds a Ph.D. in Studies in Higher Education from the University of Kentucky, USA, where she also held research and teaching positions.