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The POLCA project is implemented through a broad international network of academic institutions, policy organisations, and civil society actors.Project partners are organised into two categories, reflecting their formal role in the Horizon Europe project structure:BeneficiariesInstitutions that are signatories to the Horizon Europe Grant Agreement and are formally responsible for the implementatio
https://www.norca.lu.se/polca/partners - 2026-06-19
Empirically compare measures to improve the business environment: lack of detailed, fieldwork-based assessments of legal measures and their practical implementation in the regionNovel theoretical paradigms on the role of law and informal legal orders in weak rule-of-law societiesProvide significant policy insights to improve the legal environment and actual regulatory aspects of the markets in the
https://www.norca.lu.se/welcome/novelty - 2026-06-19
Economic relations between EU and Central Asian countriesChallenging business environment: inconsistent business ethics and weak rule-of-lawLack of understanding of the interconnections between legal cultures, local business environments and governance in Central AsiaLack of specialists and intelligence focusing on Central Asian legal cultures and business environment
https://www.norca.lu.se/welcome/project-rationale - 2026-06-19
To understand how national and international laws, norms, and (written and unwritten) rules shape the business environment in the five Central Asian countriesInternational actors: the role and influence of transnational and international actors on institutional and business environments of the Central Asian regionDomestic institutions: the nexus between legal environment, domestic regulatory insti
https://www.norca.lu.se/welcome/research-objectives - 2026-06-19
https://www.norca.lu.se/research-streams-1 - 2026-06-19
The first research stream of the project is on International Actors. The aim of this research stream is to study the role and influence of transnational and international actors on institutional and business environments of the Central Asian region. Researchers under this research stream:Nilyufar Abdulatova (Westminster International University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan)Nilay Okten (Marmara Universi
https://www.norca.lu.se/research-streams-1/research-stream-1 - 2026-06-19
The second research stream of the project is on Domestic Institutions. The aim of this research stream is to explore the nexus between legal environments, domestic regulatory institutions and the actual governance practices in the definition of the business environment Researchers under this research stream:Yolbars Kepbanov, Berdymyrad Ovezmyradov (Tebigy Kuwwat Public Association, Turkmenistan) a
https://www.norca.lu.se/research-streams-1/research-stream-2 - 2026-06-19
The third research stream of the project is on Business Actors. The aim of this research stream is to survey the reaction of national and international business actors to the formal and informal norms and practices produced by the synergies between domestic and international actors. Researchers under this research stream:Ainoura Sagynbaeva (SIAR Research and Consulting, Kyrgyzstan)Dildora Karimova
https://www.norca.lu.se/research-streams-1/research-stream-3 - 2026-06-19
The fourth research stream of the project is on Informal institutions and norms. The aim of this research stream is to investigate the perception, by society and its citizens and the business community of compliance and non-compliance with business rules. Researchers under this research stream:Peter Finke (University of Zurich, Switzerland)Melih Kölük (Marmara University, Turkey)Matthias Baier (
https://www.norca.lu.se/research-streams-1/research-stream-4 - 2026-06-19
The Central Asian Law project is implemented through a broad international network of academic institutions, policy organisations, and civil society actors.Project partners are organised into two categories, reflecting their formal role in the Horizon Europe project structure:BeneficiariesInstitutions that are signatories to the Horizon Europe Grant Agreement and are formally responsible for the i
https://www.norca.lu.se/consortium-1 - 2026-06-19
Lund University Coordinator University of Zurich University of Latvia Marmara University Univerzita Karlova (Czechia) Riga Graduate School of Law The University of Manchester İstanbul Medipol University
https://www.norca.lu.se/consortium-1/beneficiaries - 2026-06-19
https://www.norca.lu.se/polca/news - 2026-06-19
Zhetysu University named after Ilyas Zhansugurov Westminster International University in Tashkent Khujand Polytechnic Institute of Tajik Technical University SIAR research & consulting Kurultai PE Tebigy Kuwwat Public Association Academy of the General Prosecutors Office
https://www.norca.lu.se/consortium-1/associated-partners - 2026-06-19
https://www.norca.lu.se/publications-2 - 2026-06-19
Urinboyev, R., (2021). Smartphone Transnationalism in Non-Western Migration Regimes: Transnational Ethnography of Uzbek Migrant Workers in Russia. In: R. Turaeva and R. Urinboyev, eds. Labor, Mobility and Informal Practices in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. London: Routledge, 89–113.Urinboyev, R. and Eraliev, S., (2021). Informality and Uzbek Migrant Networks in Turkey and Russia. In: J.
https://www.norca.lu.se/publications-2/book-chapters - 2026-06-19
Edited Volumes, Monographs and Research Reports Urinboyev, R. and Svensson, M., (2022, forthcoming). Law, Society and Corruption: Lessons from the Post-Soviet Context. Routledge (Law, Justice and Power Series)Turaeva, R. and Urinboyev, R., eds., (2021). Labour, Mobility and Informal Practices in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Routledge (BASEES Series)https://www.routledge.com/Labour-Mobi
https://www.norca.lu.se/publications-2/books - 2026-06-19
Ovezmyradov, B., & Kepbanov, Y. (2021). Non-hydro renewable energy in Central Asia.
https://www.norca.lu.se/publications-2/working-papers - 2026-06-19
Eraliev, S. and Urinboyev, R., (2020). Precarious Times for Central Asian Migrants in Russia. Current History, 119 (819), 258–263. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.2020.119.819.258 Horák S. On Peculiarities of the Foreign Policy of Personalist Regimes (Example of Turkmenistan). Journal of International Analytics. 2021;12(2):153-169. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2021-12-2-153-169 Rust
https://www.norca.lu.se/publications-2/journal-articles - 2026-06-19
This page brings together policy briefs produced within Central Asian Law project. The briefs present concise, research-based analysis and policy recommendations on governance, law, and social transformation in Central Asia and related regions.Select a policy brief below to read the full web version or download the PDF.
https://www.norca.lu.se/publications-2/policy-briefs - 2026-06-19
The University of Latvia consistently retains the position of the national, leading, and most influential higher education institution in Latvia. In terms of the total number of students, the University of Latvia is also the largest university in the country. It is the largest comprehensive university in Latvia with a prominent standing both in the development of the entire education system and in
https://www.norca.lu.se/university-latvia - 2026-06-19
