The Center for research in social sciences (CRISS) strives to advance social science research at AKFA University.
The aim of the Center is to create a comfortable environment for scholars, policy experts, collaborators, and talented students to conduct novel, high-quality and policy-relevant academic research.
The Center promotes first-class research work, trains scholars to global standards, and offers research and data-driven advice to decision-makers in the public and private sectors.
We particularly welcome scholars with interdisciplinary research interests to promote collaboration and publish academic findings at leading academic journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science.
We conduct academic conferences in various fields of social sciences and produce academic journals, which are linked to the important dimensions of ongoing socio-economic reforms in the Republic of Uzbekistan.
| Name & Office | Title / Interests | |
| Raufhon Salahodjaev | Head | criss[∂]akfauniversity.org |
| Shakhnoza Tosheva | Staff Member | criss[∂]akfauniversity.org |
- Salahodjaev, R., & Isaeva, A. (2021). Post-Soviet states and CO2 emissions: the role of foreign direct investment, Post-Communist Economies, 1-22. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14631377.2021.1965360
- Salahodjaev, R. (2021). Trapped: Social Networking Sites Use & Life Satisfaction in Russia. North American Journal of Psychology, 23(2).
- Yakubova, Y., & Salahodjaev, R. (2021). Against All Odds-Are Abundant Thinkers Really Wealthier? The Cross-Country Analysis on Abundant Thinkers and their Income Scale. North American Journal of Psychology, 23(2).
- Salahodjaev, R. (2021). Tolerance, governance and happiness (in) equality: cross-country evidence. International Journal of Development Issues. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJDI-01-2021-0001/full/html
- Janpolat, K., Odilova, S., Nodira, A., Salahodjaev, R., & Khachaturov, A. (2021). Financial development and energy consumption nexus in 32 belt and road economies. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 11(2), 368.
- Salahodjaev, R. et al. (2021). Is philanthropy related to life satisfaction? Cross-country evidence, International Sociology (forthcoming)
Head of AU CRISS publishes research paper in the top journal
Head of the AU Center for research in social sciences (CRISS) Raufhon Salahodjaev along with his co-authors from Poland published a research paper in one of the top journals “Energies”. The paper is titled "Does [...]
Bekhzod Djalilov and Rauf Salahodjaev published research on renewable energy and CO2 emissions
AKFA University scholars Bekhzod Djalilov and Rauf Salahodjaev published their co-authored research "Renewable Energy and CO2 Emissions in Top Natural Resource Rents Depending Countries: The Role of Governance" in Frontiers in Energy Research. Their study [...]