Meet the team
Our team consists of researchers from Mongolia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan and the UK
MONGOLIA
KYRGYZSTAN
JAPAN
UK

G. Munkherdene
Senior Lecturer
Senior Lecturer, the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology the National University of Mongolia, and an Executive Secretary of the Mongolian Anthropological Association

Batbuyan Batvaj
Research Associate
Dr Batjav’s research engages critically with socio-environmental governance in the context of environmental change and pastoral communities.

Zalina Enikeeva
Research Fellow
Zalina Enikeeva is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Policy and Administration of the University of Central Asia.

Kemel Toktomushev
Senior Research Fellow
Senior Research Fellow with UCA’s Institute of Public Policy and Administration

Buho Hoshino
Professor
Professor, Dean of Graduate School of Dairy Sciences, Head of Laboratory of Environmental Remote Sensing, Department of Environmental Science, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, Rakuno Gakuen University, Japan). Associate of Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), USA and Full member of Sigma Xi.

Chieko Hirota
PhD Student
Area studies and cultural anthropology doctoral student at the graduate school of Chiba University

Takahiro Tomita
Associate Professor
Associate professor at Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.

Takahiro Ozaki
Professor
Professor of faculty of law, economics and humanities in Kagoshima University, Japan.

Moe Terao
Specially Appointed Research Fellow
Specially Appointed Research Fellow in the Faculty of Law, Economics, and Humanities of Kagoshima University. She is also a Ph.D. candidate in social anthropology at Tokyo Metropolitan University.

Yuki Morinaga
Professor
Professor Yuki Morinaga of Meiji University has been investigating and recording the traditional method of Airag production.



Elizabeth Hempstead
Project Coordinator
Project Coordinator and Research Assistant for the PPIA project.

Troy Sternberg
Senior Researcher
Senior Researcher, participate in project design and communication, organize fieldwork seasons in Kyrgyzstan, lead on edited book projects