E-Mail: alina.isakova@uni-bielefeld.de
Phone: +49 521 106-12665
Office: Gebäude X-B2-220, Locations Map
Postbox: Nr. 398 im Gebäude X - Magistrale - Ebene C2
Doctoral Project:
Do International Organizations Actually Cooperate? Factors Influencing Cooperation Among Inter- and Non-Governmental Organizations in Early Warning and Response to Violent Conflicts
Since 15/03/2024 | Research associate with the project "A Theory of World Entities" (ATOWE), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
10/2020-09/2023 | Doctoral Researcher in the Research Training Group “World Politics”, Bielefeld University |
2012 - 2018 | Lecturer at the Faculty of International Relations, Kyrgyz National University, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic |
2017 - 2018 | Consultant at the World Bank’s Second Health and Social Protection project, Ministry of Labour and Social Development of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, KG |
2016 - 2017 | Non-Profit Management Resource Center Assistant at the Kyrgyz National University, East-West Management Institute/USAID Collaborative Governance Program, Bishkek, KG |
2013 - 2016 | Project manager at the Helvetas-funded projects, B’Art Contemporary Public Foundation, Bishkek, KG |
2010 – 2012 | Master’s degree in International Economic and Political Studies, summa cum laude from the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic |
2011 | Global Leadership Program (Human Rights in IR; Philosophy of Leadership) by the Global Institute for Leadership and Civic Development, USA and the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic |
2003 – 2008 | Specialist (BA/MA) degree in International Relations, with excellence from the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic |
Despite their seeming commitment to collaborative work, differing interests and vision, rules and procedures of distinct organizations could lead to demonstrative rather than actual cooperative efforts. The work aims to study cooperation structures, principles, norms and practices among the United Nations, regional intergovernmental (e.g. EU, OSCE, AU, ECOWAS, IGAD), non-governmental (e.g. International Crisis Group, International Alert) and, in some cases, local civil society organizations, which are engaged into early warning and response to violent conflicts. Relying on the existing approaches to inter-organizational cooperation in both international relations and political sociology, discourse analysis will be applied in order to pursue deeper understanding of the relationship and political communication among actors as well as underlying causes of their behavior.
Research Stays
Isakova. A. (2022). Archival Research at the African Union Commission Archives / Research Interviews. 11 November – 8 December 2022, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Isakova, A. Field work/Research Interviews, 08-21 September 2022, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Isakova, A. Archival/documentary research, Reading Room of the European Commission’s Historical Archives Service, 17-19 May 2022, Brussels, Belgium.
Isakova, A. (2021). Archival research and participation in the OSCE 'Researcher-in-Residence Programme', OSCE Documentation Centre, 02-30 November, Prague, Czech Republic.
Conferences
Isakova, A. (with Paré, M.-H.) (2024). Teaching assistant at ECPR Winter Methods School: ‘Qualitative Data Analysis’ course, 5-9 February, online.
Isakova, A. (2024). 'Peace OR Security: Constructing the European Society through the Security Challenges'. Presentation at the workshop 'European Society. A New Approach to Europe, its Past and Future Challenges', 24-25 January 2024, EUI, Florence, Italy.
Isakova, A. (2023). ‘Exploring the EU roles and partnerships in early warning and response to violent conflicts’. Paper presented at Publication Support Series workshops, 19-21 April and 4-6 October, online.
Participation in the workshop ‘Military Thought and World Polity Theory’, Bielefeld, 20-21 September 2023.
Isakova, A. (2023). ‘Adoption and Re-Invention of World Cultural Models by International Bureaucracies: Constructing Conflict Early Warning in the OSCE’. Paper presented at EISA PEC, 5-9 September, Potsdam.
Isakova, A. (with Paré, M.-H.) (2023). Teaching assistant at ECPR Winter Methods School: ‘Qualitative Data Analysis’ and ‘Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis’ courses, 31 July-4 August, online.
Isakova, A. (2023). ‘Hierarchies Among Heavyweights: Inter-Organizational Cooperation in Conflict Early Warning and Response Since 1990s’. Paper presented at ‘Global crisis governance in times of uncertainty’ workshop, EWIS 2023, 12-14 July, Amsterdam
Isakova, A. (2023). ‘Inter-Organisational Cooperation in Conflict Early Warning and Response Since 1990s: A Cross-Case Study of Heavyweights’. Paper presented at the panel ‘Feminism and changing international institutions’, BISA 2023, 21-23 June, Glasgow.
Isakova, A. (2023). ‘How Do International Bureaucracies Cooperate? Choice Rationalisation and Hierarchies in Cooperation Among Conflict Early Warning Heavyweights’. Paper presented at SNIS 2023, 13-14 June, University of St Gallen, Switzerland.
Isakova, A. (with Paré, M.-H.) (2023). Teaching assistant at ECPR Winter Methods School: ‘Qualitative Data Analysis’ courses (QDA-1, QDA-2), 13-17 February 2023, online.
Isakova, A. (with Volkov K. and Koch M.) (2022). ‘International Organizations and Construction of Complex Global Security Challenges’. Paper presented at RTG workshop: “Global Challenges in World Politics: Discourses, Actors and Outcomes”, organised by O. Uraiqat, J. Fritzler and A. Isakova, 06-07 September, Bielefeld University.
Isakova, A. (with Uraiqat O. and Fritzler J.) (2022). Organisation of the RTG workshop: “Global Challenges in World Politics: Discourses, Actors and Outcomes”, 06-07 September, Bielefeld University.
Isakova, A. (2022). ‘Inter-Organizational Cooperation in Conflict Early Warning and Response: Qualitative Study of Heavyweights in Horn of Africa and Central Asia’. Paper presented at ECPR General Conference, 22-26 August, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Isakova, A. (with Paré, M.-H.) (2022). Teaching assistant at ECPR Summer Methods School: ‘Qualitative Data Analysis and Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis courses’, 25-29 July, online.
Isakova, A. (2022). ‘Norms vs. Practices of Cooperation: Inter-Organizational Relationships in Conflict Early Warning and Response’. Paper presented at 9th European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), 06-09 July, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Isakova, A. (2022). ‘Constructing Conflict Early Warning in International Organizations'. Paper presented at ISA Interdisciplinary Studies Section (IDSS) conference, 17-19 June, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece.
Isakova, A. (2022). ‘EU in Early Warning and Response to Violent Conflicts’. Paper presented at the 11th Biennial Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union, 08-10 June, Luiss University, Rome, Italy.