Call for Participation: "The Life in Kyrgyzstan Data Users Workshop"

Date and time: 09 October 2024, 09:00-12:30

Venue: University of Central Asia – 3 floor Board room, 125/1 Toktogul Street, Bishkek.

The Institute of Public Policy and Administration of the University of Central Asia (UCA), the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), and ISDC - International Security and Development Center invite applications for participation at the Life in Kyrgyzstan Data Users Workshop to be held at the University of Central Asia in Bishkek on 09 October 2024, from 09:00 to 12:30. This is the pre-conference event for the 10th Annual Life in Kyrgyzstan Conference.

We invite applications from interested individuals who use or would like to use the LiK data to conduct research and analytical work. Participation in the workshop is free of charge.

The workshop will be held in offline mode, and we aim to have about 20 participants. We will ask the participants to bring their laptops with the Stata statistical software installed. The Stata program will be provided for temporary use for the duration of the workshop. The language of the workshop is Russian, but some presentations could be in English. We will provide simultaneous translation if there are English-speaking participants.

The workshop will be coordinated by Saule Chalbasova at UCA and Damir Esenaliev at IGZ and ISDC, the Academic Coordinator of the LiK Study. The workshop program will include an overview of the LiK Study developments and academic impact since its inception in 2010, the plans for the LiK 2024 wave data collection, presentation of the LiK dashboard, presentation of an academic paper that used the LiK data, and a questions and answers session. Some workshop topics will be demonstrated using the Stata program.

Please fill out your application by 30 September 2024 following this link: https://forms.gle/MHUscoptm615fPy78

The evaluation committee will announce the selection of participants by 02 October 2024.

For further information on the Life in Kyrgyzstan Study, please see www.lifeinkyrgyzstan.org or send a message to likconference2024@gmail.com