Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2023	Women herders’ changing role in Gobi pastoralism	International Unien of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences - IUAES. 5 year international congress, New Delhi, India Delhi University (New Delhi, India)
2023	Pastoral women's transition on the Mongolian Steppe	Desert Disorders seminar Northumbria University (Newcastle, United Kingdom)
2023	Social License to Protest - Mining in Kyrgyzstan	Engaging with the giant – Mega-infrastructure projects and local communities University of Bern, Switzerland (Bern, Switzerland)
2020/02/04	China's Belt and Road Initiative - a global perspective	Art of Neighborhoods: Border Dynamics, Natural Resources, and Mobility in Central Asia University of Central Asia (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
2020/02/01	Gobi Framework project in Kyrgyzstan. Meeting challenges and progress towards Sustainable Development Goals.	National Strategic Institute, Kyrgyz government National Strategic Institute, Kyrgyz government
2020/01/31	Citizen Science in Kyrgyzstan	Post-Socialist Economic and Agrarian Transformation in Central Asia University of Central Asia (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)
2018/04	Central Asia in a global drylands perspective	Arid Lands: Environmental and social sustainability Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
2017/10	China's Belt and Road Initiative in Kazakhstan	Director meeting University of Central Asia - Kazakhstan (Tekeli, Kazakhstan)
2017/10	China's Belt and Road Initiative in Kazakhstan and Central Asia	Zhetysu Seven Rivers University, Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan (Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan)
2017/10	CENTRAL ASIAN CHARACHTERISTICS on CHINA'S NEW SILK ROAD. China’s $1 trillion One Belt, One Road (OBOR) infrastructure project has significant landscape, socio-economic, and political implications in recipient countries. To date, investigation has focused on Chinese motivation and plans rather than OBOR impact in host nations. This talk examines the programme from the perspective of two Central Asian states—Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan—that are at the heart of OBOR.	China's Belt and Road Initiative impact on biodiversity, environments and society Mountain Societies Research Institute, University of Central Asia
2017	ENVIRONMENTAL REGIME CHANGE in DESERTS	Environmental Change in the 21st Century Nagoya University (Nagoya, Japan)
2016/04	CLIMATE HAZARDS in the GOBI DESERT	Oman Meteorological Administration (Muscat, Oman)
2015/08	Central Asia heritage in changing landscapes	Series of meetings, events, presentations and field work Eurasian National University - President (Astana/Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan)
2015/05	HERITAGE SCIENCE on the STEPPE - NEW TECHNIQUES FOR MEASUREMENT, ASSESSMENT and EVALUATION.	Special event EurAsia National University (Astana (Nur Sultan), Kazakhstan)
2014/10	KEYNOTE - 4D’s - drought, dzud, desertification and dust in Mongolia, Nagoya, Japan, October, 2014.	- Keynote Talk, 4D’s - drought, dzud, desertification and dust in Mongolia, Nagoya, Japan, October, 2014. nagoya university (Nagoya, Japan)
2014/09	Climate Hazard Transformation - Chinese Bread, Drought and the Arab Spring	British Science Association, Researcher of the Year, Social Science Award, 2014 British Science Association, (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
2013	New Paradigms, Old Challenges - Contemporary Pastoralism in the Gobi Desert	International Union of Anthropology & Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) University of Manchester (Manchester, United Kingdom)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020 - 2020	Supervised three dissertations (2020), each leading academic journal article submission, two on Kazakhstan, one on Jordan. First paper accepted for pbulication. Supervisor	Geography (Master) University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, United Kingdom
2018 - 2020	Academic training in Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan Fieldwork training for students, early career researchers, practioners and stakeholders Collaboration with partner universities and institutions in Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. Supervisor	Non-degree
2015 - 2020	Dissertation Supervision - Geography. Multiple students. MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management. D Phil (PhD) in Geography Supervisor	Geography (Master) University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, United Kingdom

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2023/08 - Current	Academic writing workshop Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (2023) Workshop (Co-organisor)
2023 - Current	Central Asian Network, University of Oxford (2023) Meeting (Co-organisor)
2023 - Current	Research Seminar - Lisbon Research Network Consortia of university researchers speaking at interdisciplinary event (2023) Meeting (Co-organisor)	ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2023 - Current	The Oxford Desert Conference Deserts and drylands encompass 40% of the globe and shelter two billion people. Arid regions are home to the major religions, valued natural resources, scarcity, wealth and poverty, and face issues that dominate our time. Geopolitics, climate change, development, land degradation, population growth and conflict are issues that have relevance beyond any singular department or perspective. (2023) Conference (Co-organisor)	University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, United Kingdom
2023 - Current	Academic Writing Workshop Kobe University, Japan (2023) Workshop (Co-organisor)	Kobe Daigaku, Japan
2022 - Current	Academic Research and Writing Summer School Mongoia National University, Mongolia (2022) Workshop (Co-organisor)
2021 - Current	Covid-19 and Pastoralists – International Virtual Forum Asia - East Africa (2021) Symposium (Co-organisor)	University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, United Kingdom ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/04 - Current	Oxford University - Kazakh National University ARID LANDS CONFERENCE (2018/04) Conference (Co-organisor)	Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan United Nations Development Programme Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
2016/05 - Current	Knowledge Exchange ‘Living with Dryland Variability’. ESRC-University Oxford. Organised UK-wide event on dryland knowledge sharing across Asia and Africa. (2016/05) Workshop	University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, United Kingdom
2012/02 - Current	FORD FOUNDATION WRITING WORKSHOP. Nairobi, Kenya. Preparation for Special Issue of Nomadic Peoples Journal (2012/02) Workshop (Other)	Ford Foundation China, China
2010/03 - Current	Oxford International Desert Conference series 2010-2020. Deserts and drylands encompass 40% of the globe and shelter two billion people. Arid regions are home to the major religions, valued natural resources, scarcity, wealth and poverty, and face issues that dominate our time. Geopolitics, climate change, development, land degradation, population growth and conflict are issues that have relevance beyond any singular department or perspective. The Oxford Desert Conference brings together academics and non-academics who research, work and live a (2010/03 - 2020/04) Conference (Co-organisor)	University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, United Kingdom
2020/03/15 - 2021	OXFORD INTERNATIONAL DESERT CONFERENCE. Organised a series of 5 Desert Conferences at the University of Oxford integrating interdisciplinary drylands researchers from Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America. The multi-day conferences resulted in two book publications and a special issue of the journal LAND. The conference series has been awarded funding from the Wenner-Gren Foundation and the UK's Economic and Social Research Council. The conferece series started in 2010; the 2020 event has been postponed to 2021. (2020/03/15 - 2021) Conference (President of the Organising Committee)	University of Oxford Social Sciences Division, United Kingdom University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, United Kingdom
2010 - 2013	OXFORD HAZARD FORUM series Highlights hazard research and action in the UK (2010 - 2013) Seminar (Co-organisor)	University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, United Kingdom

Event participation

	Activity description Type of event	Event name Institution / Organization
2023 - Current	Invited Speaker, Kobe University, Japan Symposium	Post Pandemic Societies in Inner Asia Kobe Daigaku, Japan
2023 - Current	Nomadic Ethics and Intercultural Dialogue: Past, Present and Future International Conference. International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Civilizations (IISNC), UNESCO, the Commission on Nomadic Peoples & Mongolian Anthropological Association. Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia Conference	Nomadic Ethics and Intercultural Dialogue National University of Mongolia, Mongolia
2017/10 - Current	Presentation and meeting with academic directors of KIMEP Meeting	Meeting with Academic Directors KIMEP University, Kazakhstan

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2014 - 2015	EU COST Action ES1104. 'Arid Land Restoration'. The ‘Drylands and Desert Restoration Hub’ is aimed to bring together the expertise, knowledge and information on vegetation establishment and management that exists in the EU and around the world. The hub focuses on knowledge and dissemination of dryland restoration techniques, methods, principles, key people and key organisations	Researcher, Short Term Scientific Mission participant

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2013/03 - Current	Workshop - Climate Change and Smallholders, North-South Project Bringing best practice from around the world to improve smallholders climate engagement Member	University of Bern / Swiss Development Corporation, Switzerland
2013 - Current	CENTER for CLIMATE and SECURITY. Advisory board member 2013 - present. The Center for Climate and Security (CCS), a non-partisan institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, has a team and distinguished Advisory Board of security and military experts. CCS envisions a climate-resilient world which recognizes that climate change threats to security are already significant, unprecedented and potentially existential, and acts to address those threats in a manner that is commensurate to their scale, consequence and probability. Advisor / Consultant	Center for Climate and Security, United States
2013/07 - 2023	Vice President, Commission on Nomadic Peoples The Commission on Nomadic Peoples, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Its primary concerns are the current circumstances of all nomadic peoples around the world and their prospects. Its readership includes all those interested in nomadic peoples – scholars, researchers, planners and project administrators. It publishes Nomadic Peoples, an international journal published by the White Horse Press. President / Vice-president	International Union of Anthropologists and Ethnographers, Japan
2020 - 2022	Fostering Adaptive Governance and Resilience in Local Communities of Central Eurasia: from fragmented pasts to connected futures? Member	University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, United Kingdom University of Kent, United Kingdom Durham University, United Kingdom
2017/10 - 2022	EU Cost Action CA16233 'DRYLANDS FACING CHANGE: interdisciplinary research on climate change, food insecurity, political instability.' The drylands surrounding Europe are among the most food insecure and politically unstable areas in the world. This includes African, Middle Eastern and Inner Asian countries, which are plagued by poverty and increasingly frequent and more extreme weather events and, inhabited by a population with little formal education, have up to now limited development potential. Member	European Union, Belgium
2015/01/10 - 2015/01/13	Organised workshop bringing together community institutions and civil society for rural development and climate adaptation. Coordinator	KRAPAVIS NGO, India

Conference scientific committee

	Conference name	Conference host
2023 - Current	Sharing academic writing with the world: Kyrgyzstan Summer School	University of Central Asia
2022 - Current	Mobilities and Socialities: COVID-19 in the Drylands	Bayreuth University
2017/10 - Current	Dushanbe Declaration 2017 | Silk Roads in the Mountains of Central Asia	Aga Khan Foundation, University of Central Asia
2020/01/27 - 2020/01/29	GCRF ‘Conflict Intersections’ Global Partnership Development Awards: Prevention and Resilience at the Intersections between Conflict, Fragility and Wider Development Challenges and Risks	UK Research and Innovation

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2015/12 - 2017/03	Lead environmental consultant and researcher on International Finance Corp/World Bank dispute resolution project for community engagement at the Oyu Tolgoi mega-mine in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Research Investigated mining impact on environment, water, land, livelihoods, culture. The project resolved the long-standing land use conflict between the mine and the community.	World Bank, United States

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021/01/01 - Current	DIRECTOR, WATER SCIENCE, POLICY & MANAGEMENT MSc Programme, School of Geography, University of Oxford. Our one-year full-time MSc course enables students to develop a theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded understanding of sustainable water management. This is the only interdisciplinary water MSc, taught by leading academics from across social and natural sciences, with cross-cutting themes in economics, climate and catchment processes, governance, water quality, water and health.	Geography (Master)	University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, United Kingdom
2019/04 - Current	'INTRDUCTION to SCIENCE' week. Organised teaching and training session for 27 top Kazakh postgraduate students at the School of Geography, University of Oxford. Teaching, writing, research design, lectures, tutorials, presentations drawn on the Oxford method.	Geography (Postgraduate Certificate)	University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, United Kingdom
2019 - 2021	RESEARCH SKILLS and DESIGN. Completed skills training for Masters students.	Geography (Master)
2020/12/07 - 2020/12/11	New techniques in geographical research with a focus on Central Asia and Mongolia.	Geography (Postgraduate Certificate)	Rakuno Gauken University, Japan
2020/10 - 2020/12	WATER COMPLEXITY in the MIDDLE EAST. As the most water-stressed area of the world the Middle East faces severe climate and environmental crises. In the immediate future water availability, access and quality will challenge livelihoods and society across the region. Changing climate parameters, evolving concepts of governance, growing populations, socio-economic forces and conflict threaten fragile states, human well-being and the physical world. The course examines the interaction of water, climate and society in the contemporary Middle East.	Geography (Magister)	University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2014/10/02 - 2020	Academic staff - Water, Science, Policy and Management taught Masters course at the School of Geography, University of Oxford. Work includes teaching, tutoring, research skills, guidance, examining 2019 to present. Responsibilities include admissions, ethics, risk assessment, references and outreach. Previous work includes teaching, tutoring, supervision and research field trips.	Geography (Magister)	University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, United Kingdom
2014/10 - 2019/12	WATER, CLIMATE AND SOCIETY in the MIDDLE EAST. As the most water-stressed area of the world the Middle East faces severe climate and environmental crises. In the immediate future water availability, access and quality will challenge livelihoods and society across the region. Changing climate parameters, evolving concepts of governance, growing populations, socio-economic forces and conflict threaten fragile states, human well-being and the physical world. The course repeated annually.	Geography (Master)	University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2007 - 2009	School of Geography, Undergraduate tutoring	Geography (Bachelor)	University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, United Kingdom

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2016/05	Interview about how China's government shapes policy and perception of deserts from a political, not environmental, perspective. Based on years of engagement in the northern Chinese deserts, my insights were drawn from research trips undertaken with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. As an expert the interview covered effectiveness, sustainability, scientific foundations of Chinese government programmes to construct a 'great green belt' of trees through the Gobi Desert.	New York Times

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2020/02/04 - Current	Kyrgzstan News	China's Belt and Road Initiative - a global perspective
2020/02/01 - Current	Kyrgyzstan in the context of China's Belt and Road Inititative - BRI. Project mediation model, mining, ecology issues in Central Asia.	Development challenges and perspectives in Kyrgyzstan in the context of BRI.
2020/02 - 2020/02	BBC News	Mongolian rural livelihoods, environmental change, sustainable herding, cashmere development
2019/11 - 2019/11	BBC Kyrgyz	Mining rehabilitation in Kyrgyzstan

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2013/07 - 2023	Nomadic Peoples (1752-2366)	White Horse Press