9 December 2025
International Round Table "Social Sciences and Humanities Knowledge in the Scientific and Educational Transfers of the Eurasian Space"
On December 9, 2025, the 3rd session of the international round table "Social Sciences and Humanities Knowledge in the Scientific and Educational Transfers of the Eurasian Space" was held by the State Academic University for the Humanities’s Faculty of World Politics.
The event, organized by the State Academic University for the Humanities (GAUGN) in collaboration with the analytical portal "Eurasia.Expert," brought together over 30 university rectors, vice-rectors, heads of structural divisions, scholars, and lecturers from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Participants of the international round table shared their views and opinions on the role of social sciences and humanities knowledge in the modern scientific and educational landscape, the risks and opportunities of using artificial intelligence, the prospects for international cooperation, and the development of Eurasian integration in the socio-humanitarian field. During the presentations and exchange of opinions, efforts by humanities universities across the Eurasian space to intensify inter-university cooperation and strengthen scientific and educational interaction in the socio-humanitarian sphere were supported.
IOS RAS Director Prof. Alikber Alikberov presented a paper “New Formats of Humanitarian Cooperation in Eurasia” at the plenary session.
The section “Sociohumanitarian Aspect as a Driving Force for Higher Education Development” included two papers by IOS RAS researchers. Dr. Andrey Bykov, Head of Laboratory for Contemporary Central Asian and Caucasian Studies, presented a paper “Potential of Russian Archives for Central Asian History Studies”. CAIS Researcher Grigory Lukyanov contributed with a paper “Oriental Studies Faced by the Digital Era: Challenges and Solutions (based on the experiences of the School of Young Orientalists in Tashkent and Astana, 2025).
In a ceremonial setting, a Cooperation Agreement was signed between the State Academic University for the Humanities (Russian Federation) and Jusup Balasagyn Kyrgyz National University (Kyrgyz Republic), intended to mark the beginning of fruitful collaboration between the two universities.