Forthcoming: 

Peer-reviewed book chapters:

Khasan Redjaboev, “State-Labor Relations and Gender Politics in the Soviet Agricultural Periphery,” in Emily J. Elliot and James A. Nealy, eds. Soviet Workers in the World: Soviet Labor and Working-Class at the End of Cultural History, Lexington Books, (forthcoming), Chapter 6.  

Submitted (co-author names are in alphabetical order): 

Liu, Cheol, Temirlan T. Moldogaziev, and Khasan Redjaboev. “Policy Entrepreneurship Under Extreme Uncertainty: Adoption and Implementation of Participatory Budgeting in “Thawing” Authoritarian Contexts.” (under review) [EGPA & IIAS 2024; PMRC 2024] 

Abstract: Policy entrepreneurship is extensively studied in developed contexts, both focusing on select countries and from a comparative approach. However, how policy entrepreneurs engage at different stages of the policy process under the conditions of extreme (political or regime) uncertainty is an understudied theme. Yet, during the times of political openings or thawing, a window of opportunity arises for policy entrepreneurs to navigate and bridge input from internal and external agency perspectives, even within highly restricted political frameworks. Success of government reforms that seek to bring openness, however, depends on a balanced focus between the means of reforms versus the ends. Using the context of recent large-scale public sector reforms in the Republic of Uzbekistan, this study explores the role of agency (for internal and external stakeholders) during the agenda setting, formulation, decision, implementation, and the evaluation stages of the process of participatory budgeting. We empirically illustrate our arguments based on our original fieldwork in 2022-2023 that involved public service elite level interviews and focus group discussions. 

Papers in preparation for journal submission (co-author names are in alphabetical order): 

Liu, Cheol, Temirlan T. Moldogaziev, and Khasan Redjaboev. “Public Service Receptivity to Citizens under Limited Public Accountability: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Uzbekistan” (data analysis) [Pre-Analysis Plan]

Liu, Cheol, Temirlan T. Moldogaziev, and Khasan Redjaboev. “Public Demand for Voice: Experimental Evidence from Uzbekistan.” (data analysis) [Pre-Analysis Plan]

Liu, Cheol, Temirlan T. Moldogaziev, Khasan Redjaboev, and Ikromjon Tuhtasunov. “The Effects of Investor Origin on Environment-Economics Trade-Off: Evidence from an Elite Survey Experiment in Uzbekistan” (data analysis) [Pre-Analysis Plan]

Liu, Cheol, Temirlan T. Moldogaziev, and Khasan Redjaboev, and Ikromjon Tuhtasunov. “Demand for Decentralization? Evidence from Elite Municipality Administrators in Uzbekistan” (data analysis) [Pre-Analysis Plan]

Brick-Murtazashvili, Jennifer, and Khasan Redjaboev. “Do Russia-Sanctions Affect Government Perceptions among Dependent Allies? Evidence from Central Asia.” (data analysis)

Working Papers (co-author names are in alphabetical order): 

Olijar, Marika, Khasan Redjaboev, and Khabiba Ubaydullaeva. “Does Post-Totalitarian Religious Institution Type Affect Gender Attitudes? Evidence from Central Asia.” (APSA Religion & Politics 2023 research grant winner, $3,000)

Olijar, Marika, Khasan Redjaboev, and Khabiba Ubaydullaeva. "The Complete Dataset of all Formal and Informal Religious Institutions in Central Asia." (APSA Religion & Politics 2023 research grant winner, $3,000)

Khasan Redjaboev. “Emotional and Informational Perspective-taking and the Inclusion of the Disabled People in Redistribution: Experimental Evidence from Developing Countries.”

Research grants and projects:

I am a co-founder and co-Principal Investigator (PI) for two long-term research projects:

• Local Economic and Administrative Performance (LEAP) in Central Asia, 2022-2025: LEAP investigates citizen engagement in non-democratic spaces through participatory budgeting to strengthen the legitimacy and local bureaucratic accountability, as well as the public service motivation concerning vertical, horizontal, and diagonal accountability with original data from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. The project has two working papers in preparation for submission, two more papers in progress, and an edited volume for policy publication to be "workshop"ed in fall 2023. Co-PIs are Cheol Liu (Korea Development Institute) and Temirlan T. Moldogaziev (Indiana University – Bloomington). The project is generously funded by Korea Development Institute with $85,000 research grant.
• Interdisciplinary Central Asia Politics, History and Economics (iCAPHE) Research Group and Lab, 2023-2026: This project investigates how historical, political and economic institutions interact and affect modern day governance, public administration, and social policy. The project includes virtual research seminars, an annual in-person research event, and aims to produce collaborative research publications in leading field and area studies journals and an edited volume. Co-PI is Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili (University of Pittsburgh). 

My research was awarded several grants and fellowships, including generous funding through national and university-wide competitions. I gratefully acknowledge the generous support from the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Dissertation Improvement Grant, American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Centennial Center Summer Research Grant, Carnegie Corporation of New York and Harriman Institute, George L. Mosse Fellowship in History Program, Institute for Humane Studies, Korea Development Institute School, University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Governance and Markets, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s University Fellowship, Institute for Regional and International Studies, Wisconsin Russia Project, Experimental Politics Workshop, and Summer Initiative research grants.