Institute


Central & Inner Asia Policy Research Institute (CIAPRI)

The Central & Inner Asia Policy Research Institute (CIAPRI) is an independent, non-partisan think tank and strategic knowledge hub with a registered office in Munich, Germany. CIAPRI geographical scope encompasses Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan), Inner Asia (Mongolia), and the South Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia). The institute provides applied research and high-level policy expertise related to this region that we see as not merely a vital crossroads between East and West, but a pulsating center of political, economic, and cultural transformation.

Mission

CIAPRI's mission is to foster sustainable prosperity and well-being, human security, and inter-regional solidarity across Europe and Asia. We create and integrate knowledge and practice to strengthen Europe–Central Asia cooperative capacity development in policy, business, research and education.

Fields of expertise

  • Geopolitics & Economics: global markets, energy, trade
  • Migration & Labour Markets: mobility, skills, remittances
  • Natural Resources & Climate: Caspian region hydrocarbons, renewables, rare earth elements
  • Education & Knowledge Cooperation: academic, cultural exchange, youth programmes
  • Digital transformation and Artificial Intelligence impact: digital economies, society, markets and education
  • Art, historical and cultural heritage: material culture and museums

Activities

Our evidence-based research services and consulting include: in-depth policy and expert analysis; coaching and training; organisation of discussion platforms and events; partnership building and regional cooperation; education, science and cultural exchange schemes.

Outputs

Policy briefs, research papers and outlooks, databases, expert interviews, podcasts, forums, conferences, exhibitions and cultural events.

Partnerships

CIAPRI collaborates with research institutes and universities, governmental and non-governmental institutions and international organisations, industries and businesses across Central and Inner Asia, South Caucasus, Europe and other regions.

Founders

PD Dr. habil. Rano Turaeva, LMU, Munich, Email: Rano.Turaeva@ciapri.de; PD Dr. habil. Irina Morozova, University of Regensburg, Email: Irina.Morozova@ciapri.de

Legal Form

Entrepreneurial Company (limited liability) (German UG).