Tolibjon Mustafoev

Tolibjon Mustafoev is a Doctoral student and Visiting Research Fellow at Lund University's Sociology of Law Department. His research focuses on socio-legal dynamics in authoritarian regimes, particularly Uzbekistan's transition from rigid to hybrid governance. He holds a BA in Commercial Law (University of Westminster) and an LL.M. in Anticorruption Studies (Academy of the General Prosecutor's Office of Uzbekistan).

Education:

• BA (Honours) in Commercial Law, University of Westminster (UK)
• LL.M. in Anticorruption Studies, Academy of the General Prosecutor's Office of Uzbekistan

Research Interests:

• Anti-corruption policies and legal frameworks
• Legal pluralism and socio-legal analysis
• Administrative law reforms in non-democratic regimes
• Informality and business environments in weak rule-of-law contexts

Grants and Projects:

• Funded by the European Commission and Swedish Research Council
• Contributions to the Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia and Administrative Law Reform and Legal Integration in Hybrid Political Regimes projects

Prior Experience:

• UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia consultant on youth crime prevention
• Co-founded and served as Secretary-General of Tashkent International Model UN (2017–2019)
• Visiting researcher at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki