I am doing research on public sector reforms in the post-Soviet Eurasia region. The topics of my research interest include the following: digital public services, open government, civil service and anti-corruption policies, and bureaucracy in an authoritarian context.

Before joining the School for Policy Studies, I have taught at the MPA/MPP programmes in the International Development Department, School of Government, University of Birmingham (UK) and Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan). In 2021/2022 I will be a Visiting Fellow at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki with a research project 'Civil Service Reforms in Central Asia'.

For over a decade I have been providing policy advice based on my research in Central Asia to the OECD, UNDP, and EU.