Research Publications

 a. Refereed publications in scholarly journals 

Bekmagambetov A., Gainous J., Wagner K., Rodionov A., Beimenbetov S., Zhanadilova A., Trust in Social Media and Dissident Information Flows: Shaping Trust in Government and the Inclination to Protest, International Journal of Communication 19(2025), 716–739, https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/22723

Beimenbetov S. State Regulation of Organized Civil Society in Hybrid Regimes: A Systematic Assessment of Cross-National Variations in the Regulation of Civil Society Organizations in Seven Post-Soviet Countries, in: Central Asian Affairs, Vol.8 (2), 2021: 120-149, (https://doi.org/10.30965/22142290-bja10020)

Beimenbetov S. Disabling Public Discontent: The 2021 Parliamentary Elections in Kazakhstan, in: CAP Papers, Nr. 250 [George Washington University’s Central Asia Program], 2021, https://centralasiaprogram.org/archives/19032

Uzakova, Shynar, Serik Beimenbetov, and Yerlan Shildibekov. Value-oriented approach in Kazakhstani regional development projects. Problems and Perspectives in Management 19.4 (2021): 352-361.

Kaiser M., Beimenbetov S. (2020) The role of repatriate organizations in the integration of Kazakhstan's Oralmandar, in: Europe-Asia Studies, 72 (8): 1403-1425 (https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2020.1779183)

b. Chapters in books

Beimenbetov S., Prospects and Development Trends in Central Asia, In Lempp J., Mayer S., Brand A. (eds), Central Asia in a Multipolar World: Internal Change, External Actors, regional Cooperation, Springer VS 2024: 495-508 (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63727-8)

Beimenbetov S., Sanakulova Z., Zhansaya A. (2024). Governing the Extractive Sector: The Politics of Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Labor Resistance in Kazakhstan, In Aziz

Elmuradov, Sophia Borchert, Andreas Vasilache (eds.), Shifting Security and Power

Constellations in Central Asia, Nomos Verlag, 189-210 (https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/9783748918271/shifting-security-and-power-constellations-in-central-asia-and-the-caucasus?page=1)

Beimenbetov S. (2020) Perspektiven und Entwicklungslinien in Zentralasien. In: Lempp J., Mayer S., Brand A. (eds) Die politischen Systeme Zentralasiens: Interner Wandel, externe Akteure, regionale Kooperation. Springer VS, Wiesbaden: 359-374. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-31633-4_22 (in German)

Beimenbetov S. (2018) The Nonprofit Sector in Kazakhstan. In: Ivanov I. et al., Subjects of Contemporary Politics, Almaty: 166-217 (in Russian).

Beimenbetov S. (2015) Modernization process and political culture in Kazakhstan. In: Jonboboev, Sunatullo / Rakhimov, Morzokhid / Seidelmann, Reimund (eds.): Central Asia: Issues, Problems, and Perspectives, Cuvillier Verlag: Göttingen: 59-72 (https://cuvillier.de/en/shop/publications/6951-central-asia)

Beimenbetov S. (2014) Patterns of regionalization in Central Asia. In: Jonboboev, Sunatullo/ Rakhimov, Morzokhid / Seidelmann, Reimund (eds.): Central Asia: Countries, Neighbours, and the Region. Cuvillier Verlag: Göttingen: 263-289 (https://cuvillier.de/de/shop/publications/6708-central-asia-today)

c. Other publications 

Beimenbetov S., Sharipova D., Nasritdinov E., Kilybaeva Sh., Olimova S., Grass-root

mobilization: Urban Activism in Central Asia, Almaty: Service Press, 2023 (https://cloud.rosalux.de/s/bWy3jdRaMewg4qA?fbclid=IwAR2FbNPUkMGaIg-KFP9Xupm9Fd9qMEnSjr-PShdI4lrHIXOPJxEJ1QNRE4w) (in Russian)

Beimenbetov, S., Mapping Internet and Social Media Use in Central Asia. Вестник КазНУ. Серия международные отношения и международное право 103.3 (2023): 60-68.

Sharipova D., Beimenbetov S., Youth in Kazakhstan: Assessing their Values, Expectations and Aspirations, Almaty [Friedrich Ebert Foundation], 2021, (https://kazakhstan.fes.de/news/youth-in-kazakhstan-assessing-their-values-expectations-and-aspirations)

Beimenbetov S., Kaiser M., Sharipova D., Shapoval J. (2017) Zusammenleben der ethnischen Gruppen in Kasachstan (engl.: Co-existence of ethnic groups in Kazakhstan), in co-authorship with Markus Kaiser et al., Konrad-Adenauer Foundation, Almaty (in German and Russian) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323571799_Zusammenleben _ethnischer_Gruppen_in_Kasachstan

Beimenbetov S. (2010) German democracy and the challenge of the right-wing extremist political parties, AUCA Academic Review, Vol. 8, Nr. 2: 24-36.

Beimenbetov S. (2008) Beginnings of the Salian Dynasty: Conrad II (1024-1039), AUCA Academic Review, Vol. 6, No.2: 33-44.

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Beimenbetov S. (2007) Patterns of Regional Integration, AUCA Academic Review, Vol. 5, No. 2: 31-44 (http://elibrary.auca.kg:8080/dspace/handle/123456789/91)