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MOCCA: The Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia project delivered one-week methods workshop on “Interdisciplinary Approaches and Methods to Understanding and Combatting Corruption: Theory, Practice and Policy-Making”. The workshop, held at Lund University, Sweden, from 18 November to 22 November 2024, brought together researchers, policymakers, and academics to advance the fight against

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/mocca-workshop-interdisciplinary-approaches-and-methods-understanding-and-combatting-corruption - 2026-06-01

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

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/msca-ambassador-event-high-school-students-uzbekistan-0 - 2026-06-01

December 20, 2024. The workshop "Assessment of the Effectiveness of Anti-Corruption Plans: International Standards and Practice 2024" was organized by the Secretariat of the Anti-Corruption Business Council under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic. The workshop was delivered as part of the information dissemination and sharing the research findings conducted at Lund University in Sweden.The foll

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/workshop-assessment-effectiveness-anti-corruption-plans-international-standards-and-practice-2024 - 2026-06-01

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

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/uzbekistan-takes-steps-towards-establishing-welfare-state-and-eradicating-poverty-iron-feast-iron - 2026-06-01

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

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/scientific-seminar-students-bishkek-state-university - 2026-06-01

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

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/mocca-consortium-members-strengthen-academic-cooperation-during-visit-uzbekistan - 2026-06-01

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

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/mocca-project-dissemination-event-uzbekistan-national-university - 2026-06-01

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

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/mocca-mid-term-conference-explores-corruption-and-governance-central-asia - 2026-06-01

Dr. Rustam Urinboev, Principal Investigator of the MOCCA Project (Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) and Associate Professor at Lund University, together with Prof. Timur Dadabaev (University of Tsukuba), recently presented the Final Report on the Development and Implementation of a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System at the Institute for Advanced International Studies (IAIS), Uni

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/strengthening-evidence-based-management-mocca-team-contributes-institutional-reform-institute - 2026-06-01

Call for applications: 17 Fully-Funded PhD Positions within the project "SOCIAL" funded by the European Commission's MSCA DN programme. Programme Title: Sociology of Authoritarian Law: Insights from Central Asia (SOCIAL)Funding: Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Doctoral NetworksStart: September 2026 | Duration: 48 months | Deadline: January 31, 2026Consortium: 14 leading universities across E

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/call-applications-17-fully-funded-phd-positions-within-msca-dn-social-project - 2026-06-01

Lund, Sweden – November 10, 2025 Researchers from Uzbekistan's General Prosecutor's Office, leading academic institutions, and civil society organizations convened at Lund University to present their research on anti-corruption measures and migration governance under the MOCCA (Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) and the MARS (Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective) res

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/multidisciplinary-research-seminar-corruption-and-migration-challenges - 2026-06-01

Tashkent, Uzbekistan – November 18-19, 2025 Within the framework of the MOCCA (Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia) and MARS (Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective) projects, project team members from Lund University participated in the First “Central Asia – Nordics” Think Tank Forum held at the International Institute for Central Asia (IICA) in Tashkent. The delegation

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/lund-university-mocca-and-mars-project-teams-contribute-first-central-asia-nordics-think-tank-forum - 2026-06-01

The MOCCA project (Multi-level Orders of Corruption in Central Asia), in collaboration with the MARS project, hosted an international research seminar at Lund University on January 22, bringing together scholars and early-career researchers to examine critical issues at the intersection of migration, governance, labor mobility, and higher education reform in Central Asia.Organized by Professor Rus

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/mocca-research-seminar-explores-corruption-governance-and-higher-education-challenges-central-asia - 2026-06-01

First informal meeting of the Central Asian Law project took place on September 19-20, 2019. This informal meeting was organized in order to discuss the project plans and coordinate research and secondment activities with project participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The meeting, held at Lund University in Sweden, helped to identify participants’ resear

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/central-asian-law-first-project-meeting-lund-university - 2026-06-01

Culture and corruption in focus at the first Central Asian Law seminar at Lund University, Department of Sociology of Law, June 5, 2020On June 5, the Sociology of Law Department at Lund University organised the first Central Asian Law project seminar. It featured four Central Asian guest researchers who presented work relating to cultural studies, cultural branding, and corruption. More detailed i

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/culture-and-corruption-focus - 2026-06-01

21st of March is celebrated in many parts of the world, including in Central Asian countries. It marks the spring equinox, when the night and day are equal. In Central Asia, this holiday is celebrated with festivals, food, music and dancing. For this occasion, the project team at Lund University invited guest researchers and staff of the Sociology of Law Department to an academic event on the 21st

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/21st-march-outdoors-event - 2026-06-01

The workshop “Law and Society in Central Asia” was held on the 24-26th of March, 2021. The workshop, held online on the Zoom platform, was the wrap-up event of the first year of the project “Central Asian Law: legal cultures and business environments in Central Asia” funded by the Marie Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange scheme within the H2020 Programme (grant acronym: Central Asian Law

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/24-26th-march-workshop - 2026-06-01

Central Asian Law project is continuing to organize capacity building and dissemination in order to communicate the project findings to different target audiences. On the 2nd of April, Central Asian Law project members held a presentation on the topic “Doing ethnographic fieldwork in non-Western contexts: Uzbekistan”. The presentation was held at the initiative of Tolibjon Mustafoev, researcher of

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/presentation-doing-ethnographic-fieldwork-non-western-contexts-uzbekistan - 2026-06-01

Press-Release about the CAL project’s first mid-term meeting Central Asian Law (CAL) project is funded by the European Commission’s H2020 MSCA-RISE programme (project number 870647). Therefore, the project is subject to project reporting and annual mid-term meetings with the project adviser from the European Commission’s Research Executive Agency (REA). The project first mid-term meeting took plac

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/central-asian-law-projects-first-mid-term-meeting-was-held-4-th-june-2021 - 2026-06-01

On Thursday, 14th of October, 2021, the Central Asian Law project team participated in a panel session of the Central Eurasian Studies Society’s (CESS) annual conference. CESS Annual Conferences have been held at universities around North America since 2000, currently offering up to 70 panels and attracting approximately 300 participants from all over the world. The 21st CESS Annual Conference was

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/central-asian-law-project-participated-annual-cess-conference-14-17-october-2021 - 2026-06-01