Dr. Akram Umarov is the first vice-rector of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy. He is also affiliated with the Institute for Advanced International Studies in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In 2021-2022, he was a Fulbright visiting scholar at the Center for Governance and Markets, University of Pittsburgh. Previously, he was a senior research fellow at the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies and the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Uzbekistan. He earned a master's and PhD in international relations from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy. He also graduated with a master's degree in governance, development, and public policy from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex (UK).
His research interests include security, conflict management, and development studies in Central Asia, Afghanistan, and the former Soviet space. Akram Umarov is the author of the monograph Afghanistan and Regional Security of Central Asia: the Beginning of the XXI Century (in Russian) (UWED, 2017). His articles have been published in Asian Affairs, Central Asian Affairs, Asia and Africa, National Strategy Issues, Comparative Politics, Defense Journal, and other peer-reviewed journals. His policy papers have been published on international website platforms like The National Interest, The Diplomat, European Eye on Radicalization, and Cabar.asia, etc.
