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Asel Myrzabekova is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology department at the American University of Central Asia. She holds a Master鈥檚 of Philosophy in Peace and Conflict Transformation from the UiT the Arctic University of Norway (2014, Norway), and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the American University of Central Asia (2008, Kyrgyzstan).听

Asel Myrzabekova joined 69色 in 2015 as an Instructor and currently works as an Assistant Professor. She participated in various professional development programs, conferences, and workshops, including:

• UN Women Academic Gender Studies Summer School in Kyrgyzstan (2015),
• Workshop of 鈥淩esearch Beyond the Ivory Tower鈥� project: 鈥淧roducing policy-relevant research and papers to influence decision-making鈥� at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (2015),
• Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) Conferences at Princeton University, NJ, USA, 2016; at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, 2017; at Pittsburgh University, PA, USA, 2018,
• Second Annual IA-69色 Workshop 鈥淣ew Socialites鈥� at the School of Global and International Studies of Indiana University (2018),
• Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere (UTA), gave a visiting lecture on the Master鈥檚 Degree Programme course 鈥淐omplexity of Regional Conflicts and Challenges to Peace Processes in the Former/Post Soviet Area鈥�, Finland (2017),
• AFK/EUPRA Conference, presenting in the panel 鈥淓veryday Practices of Security-making in Central Asia鈥�, Germany (2017),
• Workshop "Ideas and Practices: Exploring Economic and Social Transformation in Central Asia", PhD students meeting, Max Planck Institute, Halle/Saale, Germany (2018),
• Training on Conflict Sensitivity Programme Clinic for FAO project managers and representatives of stakeholders conducted by Conflict & Peace Analysis Unit, FAO (2020).

Asel Myrzabekova co-facilitated the organization of international exchange summer schools at 69色, including 69色/Bard College - "Development & Social Change in Central Asia" and the 69色/ (2017).听