Renata Faizova is an expert in international relations, focusing on Central Asia and Eurasian energy politics. Originally from Eastern Kazakhstan, she earned her PhD in international relations, with a dissertation on Kazakhstan’s foreign policy. Since 2010, Dr. Faizova has been a faculty member at M. Narikbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan, where she led internationalization programs and conducted research on foreign policy and energy governance in the Eurasian region. In 2019-2020, she served as a visiting scholar at Istanbul University in Türkiye. Dr. Faizova teaches courses on Kazakhstan’s foreign policy, international relations theory, and an introduction to sustainability.
During her tenure as a visiting scholar in the Centre for European Studies (CES) at UBC, Dr. Faizova’s research will focus on energy transition and climate governance.
Contact
renata.faizova@ubc.ca
EDUCATION
PhD, International Relations RUDN University
MA, Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
MSc Economics, RUDN University
BA, MA, International Relations RUDN University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Politics in Central Asia
Energy Transition
Climate governance
Eurasian region
Turkic Integration