Personal details and the date of the CV
o Ilkhom Khalimzoda
o https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7226-0600
o SC 57189700122
o 9/09/2024
Degrees
o (12/2023) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Communication Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
o 06/2013, Master’s degree of Social Science in Management, Entrepreneurship and Management, Riga Technical University, Latvia
o 06/2011, Bachelor’s degree of Social Science in Management, Entrepreneurship and Management, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Other education and expertise
o 16/07/2022, Professional Faculty Training, Statistical Analysis, North American University, Texas, USA
o 12/10/2018, Integrative Complexity Thinking (IC) facilitator training “Minun Silmin Sinun Silmin”, City of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
o 25/09/2017, The Peace Project training for community workers and leaders, Equalities Action UK, Loughborough, United Kingdom
o 31/05/2017, World Entrepreneurs Meeting – Twelve Stones for Peace, training and workshop, The Values University, Mafra, Portugal
Language skills
o Native languages: Uzbek and Tajik (Persian/Dari)
o Fluent in English, Turkish, and Russian.
o Intermediate in Latvian (A2 -State Examination) and Finnish (B1-YKI Certified)
o Beginner in Arabic
Current employment
o 01/2024 – onward, Postdoctoral researcher funded by Kone Foundation, Department of Language and Communication Studies, University of Jyvaskyla; Finland (full – time).
o 05/2024 – onward, Founder and Director of Prime Education Finland.
Previous work experience
o 01/2022 – 09/2023, Project researcher, Department of Language and Communication Studies, University of Jyvaskyla; Finland (full – time). I work on the project titled Immigrant families as consumers of news and media (MaMe) where I take part in every step from research design to data collection, analysis, and writing as well as I take an active part in organizing concluding seminar and closing events.
o 01/2020 – 12/2021, Doctoral researcher, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland; Investigated the Russian language media in Latvia and Finland, Russian speakers’ acculturation and the role of media, as well as the role of language use and preference.
o 09/2019 – 12/2022, Founder and Chairperson of the Finnish Intercultural Community, Finland (volunteer work); I had the role of overall management, immigrant advocacy, overseen the mission and the vision, community strategy, stakeholder engagement, funding, social and mass media engagement, innovative project lunch across Finland, promoting intercultural communication, integration and social cohesion.
o 05/2019 – 11.2019, Project researcher, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland (part – time); In SIRIUS project funded by EU, I
have conducted qualitative interviews and transcriptions with the organizations that
are related to the labor integration of migrants in different parts of Finland.
o 06/2019 – 11/2019, Fundraiser, Unicef Finland, Jyvaskyla (part – time).
o 07/2018 – 12/2018, Grant researcher, Finnish National Agency for Education, Finland.
o 01/2011 – 12/2017, Interpreter, Polyglot LLC, Riga, Latvia, (part – time). Job description: Provided interpretation services around the year in multiple settings such as court hearings, criminal investigative procedures, asylum applications to reception centers, courts, border guards, and other public institutions.
o 06/2013 – 011/2017, Project Manager at the Dialog House, Riga, Latvia; My task was to initiate and run projects that are aimed to focus on immigrant participation and reception by the society. Several of our projects have been run in cooperation with UNHCR in Riga.
Research funding and grants
o 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2027, research project leader, Kone Foundation
o 01/01/2022 – 31/09/2023, research group member, Helsingi Sanomat Säätiö,
o 07/2018 – 12/2018, PhD fellowship, Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI)
Teaching merits (general teaching experience)
o 2024 Sep, one session course titled: ‘‘Qualitative content analysis,’’ for bachelor’s students at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
o 2024 Aug, two session course titled: ‘‘Steps of academic research in Finland,’’ for the staff of Nordic International University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
o 2023 Spring term, given an online course as part of a larger 3 ECTS course, titled “Russian Media Model and Its Possible Traces Abroad,” for Digirees MOOC, University of Helsinki, Finland.
o 2023 Spring term, given an online course as part of a larger 3 ECTS course, titled “Populism in Russia,” for Digirees MOOC, University of Helsinki, Finland.
o 2021 Spring, guest lecture for MA students on the topic “Constructing “the West” and “the East” in Media”, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
o 2020 Autumn, guest lecture on the topic “Quantitative methods: Survey,” University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
o 2019 Spring, guest lecture on the topic “Latvian Media Landscape,” University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
o 2017 Spring, guest lecture for MA students on the topic “Communication theories and their implication,” Valmiera University of Applied Sciences, Valmiera, Latvia.
o 2015 Autumn, guest lecture for BA students on the topic “Culture, theory and practice,’’ Riseba University, Riga, Latvia
Scientific and societal service
o 01/2024, onward, Review Editor, Journal of Acta Psychologica
o 12/2023 onward, Review Editor, Journal of Journalism and Media
o 09/2023 onward, Review Editor, Frontiers in Communication – Culture and Communication section.
o 2021-2023, Member of the Integration Competence Center Monitoring Group, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Finland.
o 2023, Organizing members of the ETMU days 2023 (Scientific conference), Jyvaskyla, Finland
o 2023-2025, Member of the Equality and Equity Working Group, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
o 2022 onwards, Member of the advisory board at the Finnish Intercultural Community (SKY)
o 2021, Finnish Volunteer of the Year
o 2019 onwards, Board member at The Society for the Study of Ethnic Relations and International Migration (ETMU) ry
o 2019 onward, Review Editor for the Journal of Intercultural Communication, Sweden
o 2017–2023, Practitioner at the Radicalization Awareness Network (RAN), European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Other merits and keynotes
o 2024, Keynote speaker, ‘‘The Challenge of Balance in Proximity: ethnic, linguistic, and other lived realities in conflict,’’ Spring School, University of Jyvaskyla
o 2017, Keynote speaker, ‘‘Perception of Public Interest – Communicating to Persuade,’’ Summer School, Turiba University, Riga, Latvia
o 2016, Keynote speaker, ‘‘The Country Image and information warfare,’’ Vilnius
University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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