The call for the LiK Conference 2025 is out

The 11th Life in Kyrgyzstan Conference will take place on 10-11 October 2025 at the Orion Hotel in Bishkek, coinciding with the seventh round of the LiK survey. The call for paper submissions and session proposals is issued with the deadline set at June 30, 2025. The conference features keynote speeches, thematic panels, an academic […]

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Launching the Life in Kyrgyzstan Webinar Series

We are delighted to announce the commencement of our monthly webinar series, “Life in Kyrgyzstan,” with its inaugural session featuring the discussion titled “How War in Ukraine Has Shaped Migration Flows in Central Asia“, co-authored by Aleksey Oshchepkov (Free University of Berlin), Kanat Tilekeyev and Christopher Gerry (University of Central Asia). Join us online on […]

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The LiK conference 2023 report published

The University of Central Asia published the Life in Kyrgyzstan 2023 conference report in its website. The conference report highlights the key findings from each presentation. The report can be found in this link: link to report. The ninth annual LiK conference took place on October 12-13, 2023 in Bishkek, and was co-hosted by the […]

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LiK Data Users Workshop 2023 announced

We are happy to announce the details of the LiK Data Users Workshop to be held on October 20, 2023 in Bishkek at the University of Central Asia. The workshop will be delivered by Dr Damir Esenaliev, the Academic Coordinator of the LiK Study. The details on the content, requirements, and registration are provided in […]

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The ‘Life in Kyrgyzstan’ Study data is openly available Downloads

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LiK Conference 2025

Call for Papers and Sessions11th Annual Life in Kyrgyzstan Conference10-11 October 2025, BIshkek This year will mark the 11th anniversary of the series of ‘Life in Kyrgyzstan’ Conferences held in Bishkek! 2025 also sees a new, seventh round of nationally representative ‘Life in Kyrgyzstan’ survey data being collected and so promises to be an important […]

LiK Conference 2024

Bishkek, October 09-11, 2024 The short version of the program can be downloaded here: short program The detailed version of the program can be downloaded here: program Короткая версия программы конференции здесь в pdf формате: короткая программа Детальная версия программы конференции здесь в pdf формате: детальная программа 2024 marked the 10th anniversary of the Life […]

LiK Data Users Workshop 2023

The Institute of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Central Asia (UCA), the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), and ISDC – International Security and Development Center hosted the Life in Kyrgyzstan Data Users Workshop in Bishkek on October 20, 2023. This event served as a post-conference session following the 9th […]

LiK Data Users Workshop 2023

LiK Conference 2023

The conference program in English in PDF format can be downloaded here: LiKprogram Программа конференции в формате PDF находится здесь: LiKprogram_Rus Organisers: University of Central Asia (UCA), Kyrgyz Republic; The Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Germany; International Security and Development Center (ISDC), Germany   Partners: AUCA, Mercy Corps, World Bank, UNFPA Offline Venue: […]

LiK Conference 2023