Gulnaz Isabekova

Gulnaz Isabekova is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Bremen and the Research Centre for East European Studies within CRC 1342 Global Dynamics of Social Policy (Phase Two, 2022-present). She has extensive experience in public health, healthcare systems, and social policy in post-Soviet states, with a focus on health aid sustainability, labor migration impacts, and donor-state-civil society interactions.

• PhD in Social Sciences (University of Bremen, 2021)
• MSc in Comparative Public Policy (University of Edinburgh, 2012)
• BA in International and Comparative Politics & International Law (American University of Central Asia, 2011)

Her research explores the intersection of Sustainable Development Goals, poverty, inequality, and migration. Current projects include WHO collaboration on the "Health in the Mountains Agenda" (2024-present) and Winrock International's "Kazakhstan Actions Against Trafficking in Children" (2023).

Recent publications analyze tuberculosis treatment barriers in Armenia, child trafficking in Kazakhstan, and health aid sustainability in Central Asia. Her work combines empirical field research with policy analysis frameworks, emphasizing stakeholder dynamics and institutional capacity-building.

Collaborations span the University of Gothenburg's V-Dem project (2012-2021), EU's "Caspian" training network (2015-2018), and NGOs like AIDS Foundation East-West (2017-2018). She contributes to CRC 1342's research on social policy dynamics in authoritarian regimes.