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
Central Asian Law: Legal Cultures and Business Environments in Central Asia (link to another website)
MINARET
A Sociology of Post-Imperial Islamic Legal Cultures: Insights from Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia
News
NORCA to Host Uzbekistan–Nordic Dialogue on Regional Transformation and Cooperation
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.