He is also Chair of PPAD and Associate Dean for Administration, Undergraduate Studies, and Public Outreach in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. His teaching and research are in the areas of public management, governance, public policy, nonprofit management, human resources management, service delivery and sustainable development. Prior to joining AUC, he served as dean of the College of Social Sciences at KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan. He also chaired KIMEP University’s Public Administration Department for two consecutive terms. He was a visiting research fellow in the Oxford Institute of Population Aging (OIA) at Oxford University and the Inaugural Democratic Governance Fellow in UNDP’s Oslo Governance Center.