Welcome to NORCA!
NORCA (Nordics – Central Asia) is a research platform based at Lund University that brings together EU-funded projects, scholars, and partners working on law, governance, migration, and social transformation in Central Asia and beyond.
MARS
Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective (link to another website)
Central Asian Law
Sociology of Authoritarian Law: Insights from Central Asia (link to another website)
News
Our Team
Rustamjon Urinboyev
Head of NORCA and Principal Investigator of SOCIAL, POLCA, MARS, MOCCA, CENTRAL ASIAN LAW
rustamjon [dot] urinboyev [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] se
Associate Professor of Sociology of Law at Lund University. His research focuses on migration, governance, corruption, and informal legal orders in Russia and Central Asia. He coordinates several EU-funded projects on law, political economy, and social transformation.
Sherzod Eraliev
Senior Researcher
sherzod [dot] eraliev [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] se (sherzod[dot]eraliev[at]soclaw[dot]lu[dot]se)
Senior Researcher at the Sociology of Law Department, Lund University. His work examines migration, informality, civil society, and authoritarianism in Eurasia, with extensive experience in international research and policy-oriented projects.
Chekhros Kilichova
Project Assistant
chekhros [dot] kilichova [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] se
Project assistant for EU-funded research projects at NORCA. Her background is in economic governance, development, and project management, with a regional focus on Central Asia.