A.K.
ATLAS.pdfPaper presented at Asia-Pacific Public Policy Network Conference at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, May 2025, soon to be published. During the conference, I moderated session on green technologies.
Rules of Landscaping KZ.pdfThis is one of the strategic documents used by local governments for management of urban greenery, plants and the way to protect them.
resilient_generation_central_asia_europe.pdfConsulting for the UNICEF and European Training Foundation.
5_шагов_чтобы_изменить_Петропавловск_и_любой_город_Казахстана (2).pdfThe "5 steps to change Petropavl and other Kazakh cities" book was written in 2019 and is one of the few examples of thorough urban analysis of the cities made in Kazakhstan.
Исследование Дом №183_Дворы (1).pdfMethods to make the house better fast and cheap uses analysis and 3D sketching offered to the community of the owners of an old "Khruschevka" building in Petropavlovsk. This booklet shares how to make it more convenient and comfortable.
О безопасности пешеходов и (1) (5).pdfResearch document on the way the transportation safety can be achieved in the cities.
Lockdown generation.pdfConsultancy for the project for the UNICEF and European Training Foundation
Bicycle and Micromobility vehicles in Kazakhstan.pdfResearch for International School of Economics of Maqsut Narikbayev University
🇺🇳 UNICEF
Global advisory board member Child-friendly cities initiative
Lecturer on Public policy, Urbanism and advocacy for the children and youth.
🇺🇸 Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Research and discussions member on COVID-19 pandemic effect on the non-profit sector in partneship with the Freedom House
🇩🇪 Konrad-Adenauer Stiftung, Germany
Scholarship for active research on policymaking and activism from the affiliated with the German CDU party.
🇰🇿 Education Scholarships
Was awarded full educational scholarship at Maqsut Narikbayev University Bachelor program.
Recieved research and travel scholarships from the Mereke Public Fund
🇰🇿 Education Scholarships
Was awarded full educational scholarship at Nazarbayev University to study at Master program in Public Policy
🇺🇳 IOM
Central Asian Youth Advisory member
Research for economic impact of migration and advocacy for rights of the migrants
Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Co-author of the Legislation on Urban planning and Environment protection. Reform creator for the President Office, the Parliament and the Government of Kazakhstan. Vision Zero Republican project for minimization of traffic deaths.
North Kazakhstan Region
Onomastics commission member - research and proposals on names of the geographical objects of the oblast. Voting right on the comission
Astana LRT
Rebranding and design set for the Light Rail Transport system. Advisory on route pathways and station design
University of Arizona
Integration of the first campus of U of Arizona in the post-soviet space in Petropavlovsk.
Kazakhstan Railways
Ticketing reintegration and intercity & suburban connections rescheduling projects. Inclusion for people and other ways of transport.
Research lectures
Lectured audiences in German-Kazakh University, Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools and Bilim-Innovation Lyceums.
North Product LLC
General advisory, product design, delivery services design and execution
Best Future Center, IE
Startup advisory, strategic and operational management advisory.
Moderation of Presentation by Dr. Ing. Tom Assman in collaboration with Kazakh-German University. Here we discuss the need for change from car-centered view to more people-centered cities concept. Including public transit, bikes, e-mobility and sustainability.
In this video I publicaly present the ideas on why Kazakhstan needed separate Ministry for Transportation and further railway reform. These ideas were used later to create such Ministry and develop the national railway operator management.
In this video I made an answer on question posed to professional community of the urbanists on what to do with controversial question of Astana LRT construction which got several thousands of views.
