Alisher Juzgenbayev

Hello! Welcome to my page! I am a J.D./Ph.D. student at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law & Department of Political Science I study comparative politics, with a focus on the relationship between law and politics in postcommunist countries. In my free time, I take pictures of things around.

☎️ Contact information

📧 juzgenbai@u.northwestern.edu

🐦 @juzgenbai

📝 Google Scholar

🔗 LinkedIn profile

🕸️ Department Website

📷 Flickr Profile

Fieldwork photo: Constitutional Tribunal of the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic (2019)

📎 CV

Copy of My current CV is available here:

CV (updated — Nov 2021)

📚Education

📜 Ph.D. in Political Science

Northwestern University, 2026 (Expected)

⚖️ J.D Student

Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, 2026 (Expected)

⭐ Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Relations

Nazarbayev University, 2020, summa cum laude

Publications

📖 Trochev, A., & Juzgenbayev, A. (Forthcoming, 2022). Instrumentalization of Constitutional Law in Central Asia. In R. M. Howard, K. A. Randazzo, & R. A. Reid (Eds.), Research Handbook on Law and Political Systems, Elgar Press.

Working Papers

🇨🇿 The Effect of Populist Messages on Perception and Legitimacy of Constitutional Courts: A Survey Experiment in Czech Republic

🗣 Languages

Kazakh 🇰🇿

Proficient speaker

Russian 🇷🇺

Native speaker

English 🇬🇧🇺🇸

Advanced speaker

Ukrainian 🇺🇦

Basic speaker

🗞️ Blog Posts, Datasets

Blog Posts

🇰🇬 Constitutional Tribunal in Kyrgyzstan Decides Against the Former President, Clearing the Way for His Prosecution, Int’l J. Const. L. Blog, Nov. 5, 2019

🇰🇬 Ex-President Arrested in Kyrgyzstan: Constitutional Tribunal in Central Asia in the Center of High Politics, Int’l J. Const. L. Blog, Aug. 22, 2019

Datasets

Decisions and Biographies of Judges of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Kyrgyz Republic

These data report the decisions of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Kyrgyz Republic since its inception in 2013. The Constitutional Chamber was introduced as a judicial review body with the new Constitution after the 2010 Kyrgyz Revolution toppled the regime of Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/3F9TLI

Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Decisions, Budget, Members

These data report the decisions of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Constitutional Council was introduced as body vested with the power to review legislation with the new Constitution of 1995.

https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/L4SSOU

Cited in:

Webb Williams, N., & Hanson, M. (2022). Captured Courts and Legitimized Autocrats: Transforming Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Court. Law & Social Inquiry, 1-33. doi:10.1017/lsi.2021.85

Älışer (Alisher) Jüzgenbai