Timur Dadabaev

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Dr. Timur Dadabayev, originally a graduate from Uzbekistan, is an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Oriental Culture. He is a scholar of International Relations, specializing in Central Asian Affairs.

Dadabayev holds a Ph.D. and an MA in International Relations from Ritsumeikan University, Japan and a BA from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Uzbekistan. Dr. Dadabaev held Training Fellowships at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden in 1999 and the United Nations University, Japan in 2000. In 2001, Dr. Dadabaev was UNESCO-Keizo Obuchi Research Fellow and beneficiary of a Toyota Foundation Research Grant scheme.

While serving as Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka in 2002–2004, Dr. Dadabaev was also a Visiting Fellow of the Committee for Central and Inner Asia at the University of Cambridge in February 2003.

In June of 2003, Dr. Dadabaev's research findings were awarded the 19th Prime Minister Sato Eisaku Grand Prize by the Prime Minister Sato Eisaku Foundation for Cooperation with the United Nations University.

His academic interests are in regional studies, conflict resolution theory and mechanisms for inter-ethnic and inter-religious dialogue in Central Asia.