Academic Leadership: CIAPRI Team Delivers Key Courses on Energy and Geopolitics

We are proud to highlight the specialised academic contributions of our founding team, bridging the gap between historical analysis and contemporary policy-making at leading German Universities.

Summer Semester 2026 Building on our strategic research, PD Dr. habil. Irina Morozova continues her educational leadership at the University of Regensburg with a specialised course focusing on regional power dynamics:

• Course: “The Great Games: geopolitical and geoeconomic competition in modern and contemporary Central Asia”
• Institution: University of Regensburg
• Focus: This curriculum explores the historical and current power shifts in Central Asia, providing the academic backbone for CIAPRI’s Geopolitics & Economics research cluster.

Winter Semester 2025/2026 In the preceding term, PD Dr. habil. Irina Morozova delivered a comprehensive analysis of global energy markets:

• Course: “The history of the oil and gas sector in the 'Global South', Russia and OECD countries”
• Institution: University of Regensburg
• Impact: This research directly informs CIAPRI's work on Natural Resources & Climate, specifically regarding energy transition and resource security in the Caspian region.