Hafiz Boboyorov

Dr. Hafiz Boboyorov is an Affiliated Researcher at the Dubnow Institute since 2023 and a former Research Associate (2022-2023). He holds expertise in political science, security studies, and Central Asian anthropology, with a focus on collective identities and everyday security practices in post-Soviet contexts.

• Doctoral Candidate at University of Bonn (2006-2011)
• Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Bonn and BICC (2011-2013, 2015-2016, 2019-2021)
• Director of Open Society Institute Summer School (2001-2002)

His research explores existential security, radicalization processes, and the interplay of kinship and religion in shaping institutional patronage networks in Southern Tajikistan. Key publications analyze securityscapes in Kyrgyzstan, translocal migrant dynamics, and academic freedom under authoritarian regimes.

Recent work trends include interdisciplinary approaches to security studies, combining philosophical inquiry with ethnographic fieldwork. Co-authored articles with scholars like M. Boemcken and C. Schetter highlight collaborative research in post-Soviet Central Asian contexts.

• Philipp Schwartz Initiative Fellowship (2019-2021)
• Contributions to journals like Central Asian Survey and International Quarterly for Asian Studies