Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva

Dilnoza is a Lecturer in Government at Flinders University. Her research is at the nexus of security and policymaking in higher education. Dilnoza completed her PhD in Political Sciences and International Relations at the Australian National University.

Dilnoza’s research interests include the politics of tertiary education, internationalization in higher education, civil society and democratization in Central Asia. She was a Visiting Research Fellow in the Central Asia Program of Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. Dilnoza’s publications appeared in journals such as the Journal of Political Ideologies, Central Asian Survey, Problems of Post-Communism and Central Asian Affairs.

Dilnoza is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. She is the recipient of the 2023 ANU Award for Excellence in Education. Dilnoza holds an MA in International Studies from Tsukuba University, Japan. Her MA thesis on the topic of shadow education received the “Outstanding Thesis Award” at Tsukuba University.