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Rejection after revise & resubmit ❌ 986 days since first submission, 586 of those at the journal Such long decision times are painful - especially for junior researchers whose careers can depend on certain publications. This really damages a journal's reputation

Thrilled to announce the launch of a new open-access book. The Political Economy of Education in Central Asia is a collaboration from members of the PEER Project’s Central Asia Hub. It explores some of the fascinating research conducted by our fellows. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Understanding human participant research ethics: The perspectives of social scientists in Central Asia sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

On Wednesday, February 28th, the CARCEIT EITP team, led by Dr. Gulzhanat Gafu and consisting of Nurgul Terlikbayeva and Anara Zhanseitova, presented their ongoing work on "Sustainability Education and Higher Education Institutions in Kazakhstan: a Student Perspective."

Call for Papers - BASEES is delighted to announce that the XI ICCEES World Congress will be held on 21-25 July 2025 in London. The congress will be co-hosted by BASEES and UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies at University College London. Please share widely iccees2025.org

"Most writing about Central Asia doesn't cite any Central Asian scholars" @OlgaMun_ED on epistemic injustice #CIES2024

Where do undergraduate students learn about sustainability? Gulzhanat Gafu research in Kazakhstan shows social media/internet, family and friends more common sources of info than university studies. #CIES2024

HIRING! CARCEIT has vacancies for Research Assistants. Candidates might apply for a full-time (40 hours per week) position, supporting two of the three listed projects, or for a part-time (20 hours per week) position to support only one of the three projects.

Very excited to share that Climate-U will be holding its second international conference this year, a follow-up to the one in London last October. ‘Higher Education and the Climate Crisis’ Nairobi / online 24 - 27 Sept Call for papers here: climate-uni.com/network-confer… Climate-U

Great this from Stephen Sterling. Why don’t governments take education for sustainability seriously? One answer is that they don’t get it. The other answer is that they do get it (and fear how transformative it could be).

Very excited to welcome Tristan McCowan in Kazakhstan as part Sustainability Education project

Prof McCowan Tristan McCowan giving keynote Nazarbayev University SDSN Conference

Thank you to Tristan McCowan for your visit to Kazakhstan. In a week's time we visited 3 cities, 4 unis, gave 5 lectures, it was great to host you as a guest. Hopefully we will have more collaboration and projects together

A friend asked for a reading list of Central Asian thinkers writing on decolonisation/decoloniality/postcolonialism Compiled a🧵A lot is forthcoming, do follow the authors in case if you’re interested in the topic. Please add yourselves/others:

Our newest contribution Dilrabo Jonbekova Gulzhanat Gafu cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-…

Летом адская жара, зимой холодища в ЦА. Почему? И рашист спросил, что сделал вам совок плохого. Ответ на оба вопроса - Арал, которого уже нет. Благодаря безумному совку, вся вода ушла на хлопок. Арал выступал терморегулятором климата в ЦА. Теперь его нет, климат стал жесче.

With Elaine Sharplin & Mark Israel, we discuss research ethics policy development in Central Asia. Open access. link.springer.com/10.1007/s10805…

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➡️"Is the higher education system in #Kazakhstan oriented towards sustainable development? An analysis of national and institutional policies" A paper by Gulzhanat Gafu and her team: bulpedps.enu.kz/index.php/main… Read about all of our publications on our website: carceit.nu.edu.kz/publications

Hot off the press. Happy to share our open-access publication on mapping SDG publications in Kazakhstan co-authored with prof Daniel Hernández-Torrano, Nurgul Terlikbayeva and Anara Zhanseitova. link.springer.com/article/10.100…