Tashkent’s National University of Uzbekistan recently hosted a captivating master class led by Associate Professor Rustamjon Urinboyev. The session, titled “Publishing Articles in International Journals Included in the Scopus Database: Written and Unwritten Laws,” drew a diverse audience of academics, students, and researchers.Professor Urinboyev shared his expertise on successfully navigating the

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As a part of the project’s outreach activities, the MOCCA project hosted a two-day MSCA Ambassador event at Lund University from December 6 to 7, 2024, welcoming 19 high-school students and four teachers from the Academic Lyceum under the University of World Economy and Diplomacy and the "Ambassador" private school in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.Students and teachers arrived in Lund on December 6 and wer

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On October 24, 2024, an international conference on the topic "Development of Free Civil Society and Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations" was held in Tashkent as part of the International Cooperation Initiatives Week. Patrik Olssons, a researcher from Lund University participated in this conference during his secondment within the MOCCA project. The conference, organized by the Center for th

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Tolibjon Mustafoev, PhD candidate at Lund University For the last few decades, Uzbekistan has been a popular research destination for many scholars studying authoritarian regimes. Indeed, the first president of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, had been in power from the first days of independence in 1991 until September 2016. Karimov was known for his policies on closed economy, high bureaucracy, centra

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On January 24, Zamir Aiylchyev (from the Anti-Corruption Business Council under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic) led a seminar for 150 students at the Grand Conference Hall of Bishkek State University. The seminar focused on the topic, "Comparative Analysis of Anti-Corruption Practices in the Baltic States and Kyrgyzstan." During the event, Aiylchyev shared insights from his secondment at the

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As part of the EU-funded MOCCA (Multi-level Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) project, a delegation from Zhetysu University named after Zhansugurov (Kazakhstan), led by Rector E.A. Buribayev, visited the Law Enforcement Academy during their visit to Uzbekistan.The meeting between MOCCA consortium members—Zhetysu University and the Law Enforcement Academy—focused on advancing collaboration in r

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PRESS RELEASE As part of the MOCCA (Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) project’s ongoing knowledge dissemination efforts, a specialised workshop was organised at Uzbekistan National University on 17 March 2025. The event was led by Dilaver Khamzaev, a researcher at the Department of Sociology of Law at Lund University, Sweden.The workshop focused on “Analysing Factors Influencing Cor

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Lund, Sweden – May 8, 2025 The MOCCA (Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) project, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe MSCA-SE programme (Grant No. 101085855), successfully held its Mid-Term Conference from May 6–8, 2025, at Lund University, Sweden. The event brought together over 60 scholars and practitioners from Europe and Central Asia to discuss cutting-edge

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“MOCCA: Multi-level orders of corruption in Central Asia” project was held in Istanbul on January 5-6, 2023. The kick-off meeting was organized in order to discuss the project plans and coordinate research and secondment activities with project participants from European countries, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The kick-off meeting helped to establish pro

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The Sociology of Law department of Lund University hosted the conference of the Research Committee on Sociology of Law (RCSL) on August 30-31 and September 1, 2023. The conference titled “Law, Society and Digital Pasts, Presents and Futures”, aimed to understand how past, present and future societies are mediated through digital technologies and law. The conference gathered socio-legal scholars fr

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MOCCA team at the ESCAS Conference The European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) successfully hosted its highly anticipated regional conference, "Power, People, and Cultural Change in an Ever-Evolving Central Asia," held from September 21 to 24, 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event brought together esteemed scholars, researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts from across the globe to de

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The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) successfully hosted its highly anticipated annual conference held from October 19 to 22, 2023 at the University of Pittsburgh, United States. The event brought together esteemed scholars, researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts from across the globe to delve into the multifaceted dynamics of Central Eurasia’s ongoing transformation. The mission of th

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Empowering Collaboration and Innovation: Lund University Hosts Professors from Tashkent State University for Capacity-Building Program From 13th November to 17th November, Lund University had the privilege of hosting 26 professors from Tashkent State University of Economics for an enriching and productive capacity-building program. During these intensive five days of seminars, the visiting profess

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Our national project partner in Kyrgyz Republic, The Anti-Corruption Business Council under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic (hereinafter referred to as the Council) headed by Nuruipa Mukanova, Secretary General, visited Washington, D.C. and New York from August 10 to August 19  to exchange experiences, build capacity of staff and members of the Council, as well as employees of the government

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Patrik's appearance on national TV of Uzbekistan As part of his secondment to Uzbekistan, Patrik Olsson participated in an international scientific and practical conference dedicated to the first anniversary of the establishment of the Law Enforcement Academy of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The conference had the thematic topic "Legal Education and Science in the Law Enforcement Sphere: Current Tre

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In an interview with Dunyo news agency, Dr Patrik Olsson, a researcher from the MOCCA project at Lund University, shared his insights on the outcomes of the International Anti-Corruption Award ceremony held in Tashkent on December 19. The full interview with the Dunya news agency can be found at this link, and the article is in Russian: https://dunyo.info/ru/actual/vzglyad-iz-shvecii-v-poslednie-g

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Nuruipa Mukanova at the 7th international awards ceremony Our project's national partner from Kyrgyzstan, Nuruipa Mukanova, the Secretary General of the Anticorruption Business Council under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, participated in the 7th international awards ceremony held in Tashkent on December 19-20.Tashkent hosted a forum and the 7th international awards ceremony on December 19-2

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The "MOCCA: Multi-level orders of corruption in Central Asia" mid-term meeting was successfully held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 2nd February. The primary objective of the meeting was to discuss the project's progress and plans and coordinate research and secondment activities among the participants. The meeting brought together European beneficiaries, Turkey, and Central Asian partners: Kazakhstan, K

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MOCCA: The multi-level orders of corruption in Central Asia project delivered a three-day methods workshop titled “Fieldwork and Data Collection Strategies in (Anti-) Corruption Research”. The workshop took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 3 to 5 February 2024.The three-day "Fieldwork and Data Collection Strategies In (Anti-) Corruption Research" workshop primarily focused on providing comprehensiv

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Stockholm, Sweden - From May 5th to May 11th, a delegation from Uzbekistan visited Sweden as part of the MOCCA project, in cooperation with the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Stockholm.The delegation was led by the Deputy Head of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes at the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The group included representatives from the mentioned department

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