Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seyil NAJİMUDİNOVA is a faculty member at the Management Department, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University. She received a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, from Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University. She completed her master studies in the Management Department in 2005. In 2010, she successfully defended her PhD dissertation, titled 'The Importance and Role of Corporate Culture in Human Resource Management: A Case Study of Kyrgyz Enterprises' at the same institution. Since 2004, she has held a tenured position in the Business Department at Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University.  She received the title of associate professor in July 2024. She served as the vice -chair of the Center for Central Asian Studies between 2014-2015 and as the vice-dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences between 2017-2024. She has been a member of the KTMU Senate since December 2023, a KTMU Rector Advisor since October 2024, and a coordinator of the Career Development Office since November. She has been a field editor and assosiate editor of the Manas Social Research Journal since 2016. She is a member of the Young Scientists Association of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic. Her research interests and publications focus on Human Resources Management, strategic management, entrepreneurship, female entrepreneurship, and higher education. She speaks Kyrgyz, Turkish, English, and Russian.

Dr. Oxana Kharitonova joined the School of Political Science at MGIMO University as a PhD student in 1991. Since 1995 she has taught at the Department of Comparative Politics where currently holds the post of Associate Professor. She holds M.A. in Global development and social justice (ST.John's University) and Ph.D. in political institutions and process (MGIMO university). 

Olivier Costa is a political scientist and CNRS research professor at CEVIPOF, the Centre for Political Research at Sciences Po (Paris). His research focuses on the institutional system and policies of the European Union, the institutions and players involved in parliamentary representation, and democracy. He is the author of 10 books, has edited 25 books and special issues of journals, and has published 200 scientific articles, chapters in collective books and reports.
He teaches European affairs at Sciences Po. He has been a visiting professor at numerous universities in Europe, the United States and Japan. He is also involved in lifelong training on European issues for a variety of audiences. He works as an expert for the European Parliament, the European Commission, the French authorities and think tanks.
More info: www.olivier-costa.com

Political Science Department - Independent Researcher

https://newbulgarian.academia.edu/Todor_Kondarev

Research interests: European Union, European studies, European Union integration, European Union politics, Economics of the European Union, EU Law, History of the European Union, European Union Citizenship, EU external relations, European Union Environmental Policy, Analysis of the social and economic policy of the European Union to third countries, International relations of the European Union.