ISMAILBAEV TIMURLAN SHAMILEVICH
Chief Researcher
Senior Counselor of Justice
Research experience: since 2024
Achievements: awarded anniversary medals of the Republic of Kazakhstan, departmental awards of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Area of scientific interests: environmental, land legislation.
Research activities: head of interdepartmental scientific research on the topic «Limitations of the public service. Problems and prospects».
NURLANALI KOSHKAROVICH MYRZABAYEV
Chief Researcher
Chief Research Fellow
Counselor of Justice
Master of National Security and Military Affairs
Education: Kazakh State Law University, Almaty.
Doctoral Student at the Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies under the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2025).
Achievements:
-Awarded departmental medals of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan: “20 Years of the Prosecutor’s Office of Kazakhstan” and the 3rd Class Medal “For Impeccable Service”.
-Author of the reference book “Explanatory Dictionary of Terms in the Field of Trafficking in Minors”.
-Holder of Utility Model Patent No. 8034, issued by the National Institute of Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, for the invention “Electronic Identification Bracelet for Newborns”.
Author of more than 10 scientific publications and works, including patents, textbooks, reference books, copyright certificates, and research articles published in specialized academic journals, including those recommended by the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as journals indexed in Scopus and the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI).
Research Interests: Criminal law and criminal procedure law.
ZHAZIRA NURLYBEK
Chief Researcher
Chief Research Fellow.
Class rank: Senior Counsellor of Justice.
Education:
•Higher education in law – Kazakh State Law University (KazGUU), International Law programme (1998–2002).
•Master’s degree – Master of International Development Policy (MIDP), Duke University, USA (2014–2016).
•Doctoral studies in Public Administration and Economics, Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2023–2026).
Research experience: since 2023.
Achievements: Awarded the Order of Qurmet, letters of appreciation from the Head of State and international organizations, and departmental awards from the Prosecutor General’s Office and other government bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Member of the Board of the Bolashak Alumni Association (since 2025); member of the Expert Council of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2022–2023); member of the Educational and Methodological Council of the International Training and Methodology Centre for Financial Monitoring of Rosfinmonitoring (2021–2023).
Successfully completed international internships at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva, Switzerland), the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies (Germany), the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security (USA), and Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia). Also completed professional training programmes organized by the United Nations, the European Union, the Council of Europe and other international organizations in anti-corruption and anti-money laundering, financial investigations and asset recovery, interagency cooperation, national security and counterterrorism, strategic planning and crisis management.
Research interests: combating corruption and the shadow economy; national security (economic and public security); financial regulation; financial monitoring; improving law enforcement; and applying artificial intelligence and data analytics in public administration.
Research activities: Author of educational manuals and scientific articles based on research in improving public administration and law enforcement, as well as economic and public security.
TULEUOVA MOLDIR YERLANOVNA
Chief Researcher
Class rank: Senior Counselor of Justice
Science degree, scientific title, academic degree: Master of Laws
Experience of scientific and pedagogical work: over 10 years
The topic of the candidate’s dissertation: “Participation of a defense lawyer at the stage of preliminary investigation, as a means of ensuring the protection of the rights of participants in criminal proceedings: problematic aspects”
Research interests: criminal procedure law,
Scientific works: has more than 50 published works
Disciplines taught in master’s studies:
– Undercover investigative actions in the theory and practice of the criminal prosecution bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
– The practice of applying measures of criminal procedural coercion in criminal proceedings;
– Problems of legal regulation and law enforcement practice of measures of criminal procedural coercion;
– Theory and practice of application of legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in law enforcement activities.
BAIGELOV YERBOLAT SERIKOVICH
Leading Researcher
Leading Researcher
Justice Counselor
Research and Teaching Experience: since 2026
Achievements: Awarded departmental commendations of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including the “For Impeccable Service” Medal, 3rd and 2nd Class, the “30 Years of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan” Jubilee Medal, and the “Outstanding Prosecutor’s Office Employee” Badge of Honor.
Research Activities: Member of the author teams of the research works “Management of Arrested and Confiscated Assets in the Republic of Kazakhstan: Current State and Prospects” and “Identification by Prosecutors of Criminal Offenses Concealed from Registration.”
Research Interests: criminal procedure law, digitalization of criminal law and criminal proceedings, asset recovery.
Publications: 4 scientific articles published.
NURKEEVA DINARA RABANIEVNA
Leading Researcher
Junior Justice Counselor
Master of Laws
Experience in scientific and pedagogical work 10 years
Dissertations: master’s thesis on the topic: «Tactics and psychology of investigative experiment», doctoral dissertation on the topic: «The semantic outline of the principle of legality in criminal proceedings: rational and irrational components».
Area of scientific interests: criminal procedure, criminology.
Research activities: author of 30 scientific papers and publications.
ASEM RAMAZANOVNA ALIMKHANOVA
Senior Researcher
Senior Research Fellow
Junior Counsellor of Justice
Research and Teaching Experience: Since 2026.
Qualifications and Achievements: Master of Laws; National Trainer on Combating Trafficking in Persons in the Republic of Kazakhstan; recipient of the departmental awards of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan “For Impeccable Service”, Third and Second Class.
Research Activities: Secretary of the Academy’s Scientific and Technical Council; member of the editorial boards of the proceedings of the following international conferences: “Forced Begging as a Form of Trafficking in Persons in Central Asian Countries”; “Strengthening National and International Partnerships in Combating Trafficking in Persons”; “Improving Mechanisms for the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons in Central Asian Countries”; and “Exploitation of Central Asian Nationals in the Countries of the Golden Triangle: An International Response to Emerging Challenges”.
Certificates: Participation in international training programmes, seminars, round-table discussions and conferences, as well as professional development courses, on combating trafficking in persons, cybercrime and drug-related crime.
Research Interests: Criminal law, criminal procedure law, criminology, criminalistics, trafficking in persons and human rights.
Publications: Six academic articles published.
YERDAVLETOVA KARIMA NURLANOVNA
Senior Researcher
Senior Researcher
Lawyer of the 1st class
Master of National Security and Military Affairs
Education: Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies under the Prosecutor General’s Office.
Research experience: since 2022.
Certificates: completed specialized trainings and courses on the application of OSINT information and analytical methods, conducted with the participation of European experts.
Research interests: national security, military affairs, criminal law and penal enforcement law.
Author and co-author of scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals.
