Ilkin Akhundlu

Alumni

Ilkin Akhundlu studied economics at the Academy of Public Administration. His spheres of interest include political economics, tax regulation and women empowerment. 

Nigar Muzaffarova

Research Fellow

Nigar Muzaffarova is majoring at Public Policy and Social Change at the University of Tübingen. She obtained her bachelor's degree at the Academy of Public Administration. Data visualization and economic tendencies in the Caucasus region are her major fields of interest, alongside the developments in tech industries around the world. 

Nigar is an alumna of the CAT program 2019-2020 edition, Conflict School 2021 organized by the Eurasia Partnership Foundation and the "Media and Information Literacy" program of Interlink Academy in 2022.

Nigar is also specialized in writing and coordination of projects in the field of youth, especially focusing on human rights education, non-formal learning methods and peacebuilding. She has been a part of several boot camps, training and seminars on the above-mentioned topics.

Mahammad Mehdiyev

Research Fellow

Mahammad Mehdiyev is a Research Fellow at the Topchubashov Center and a master's student of International Relations at the University of Milan in Italy. His research interests lie in the politics and history of Eastern European and Middle Eastern states.