American University of Central Asia - AUCA

Ludmila Konstantc, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Division of Applied Sciences

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Dr. Ludmila Konstants is an Associate Professor in the Economics department at the American University of Central Asia. She received her Ph.D. in Economics awarded by the National Supreme Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic. She defended her dissertation at the Scientific Committee of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (1995, Kyrgyzstan). A Ph.D. credential is issued by World Educational Service (WES) New York as an international scientific degree in Economics (#540719, May 5, 2006) when the “Senior Scholar in Economic Theory” scientific title is awarded by the National Supreme Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic (Certificate AIK#000148, Protocol 2C-2/14, March 2, 2000). The theme of the defended dissertation is “Transformation of Property Rights and Management in the Kyrgyz Republic within the Transition to Market Economy.” She holds a specialized degree in Economics with honors from Taraz State University (1985, Kazakhstan).

Dr. Konstants joined AUCA in 1999 and actively participated in developing a microeconomics course in the Economics department in collaboration with the MBA program at the University of Washington, USA. The “Industrial Organization” course was developed within the three-year Summer School of EERC/HESP Certificate of HESP/EERC 2007. The Economics of the Firm course was developed within HESP's three-year Summer School program. Labor Economics was developed in 2008 under the ten-month CEU grant for course development. She also developed the Economic Research and Academic Writing course when the Behavioral Economics for MA in Economics course was developed under the cooperation program and the NMBU Norwegian University of Life Sciences Grant (Norway).

She serves as the Chief of the AUCA Trade Union and a representative of the Trade Union in the Faculty Senate. She was a member of the International Conference on ICT in Education, Research, and Industrial Applications - ICTERI 2015-2016, a member of the Community Council of the Public Migration Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, and a participant in the development of the National Concept of Migration in the Kyrgyz Republic 2030 - ORCID - Connecting Research and Researchers.

Dr. Konstants participates in international scientific events: congresses, conferences, workshops, round tables, seminars, and summer schools. Since 2017, she has participated in the Migration Conference - TMC, presenting her preliminary research results and serving as a head of workshops (2023, Germany). She attended the AMICAL Conference (2022, Morocco), a six-month Leadership Development Program of the Institute of Emerging Leadership on Online Learning (IELOL) Global (2020-2021), the International Conference on Central Asian Migrants in Western Europe (2020, Portugal), the IX International Scientific Conference “L’Avenir de la France et de la Russie: Tendances et Résultats de la Révolution Numérique dans L’Enseignement Superieur, la Recherche, L’Economie, le Developpement Regional” (2019, France), and the International Summit on Immigration, Refugees, and Humanity (2018, Turkey). She is a graduate of Faculty Development programs from the University of San Diego (USA), the University of Maryland - College Park (USA), the University of Washington (USA), RUTGERS (USA), Institute for Human Rights (Denmark), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway), and numerous Summer Schools.

Dr. Konstants was the Head of the International Business department at the University of Management and Design (UMD) in Kyrgyzstan, working based on British Business and Technical Education Council (BTEC) standards. Edexcel accredited the university. She taught courses in business BTEC Units, national and high national diploma programs, and economic courses there. She was the first head developing the program, where “A+” and “An Excellent Start| grades were awarded to the program by two external verifications from the London Edexcel Office. She was an Economic and Legislative Consultant and a Specialist in Connection with the government of the Kyrgyz Republic with the USAID contractors Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Ernst and Yang, and others. She worked as a Specialist on Privatization in the State Foundation of the Kyrgyz Republic and as a Senior Researcher and the Head of Department in the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic. She was actively involved in the assessment of Strategic Development Goal #4: Education (SDG - 4) within an international and local consulting activity funded by the UNICEF Grant with the participation of UNICEF and the President of the Kyrgyz Republic (2023).

AUCA’s research award for the research publication “The Impact of Economic Sanctions (on Russia) on Labor Migrants from Kyrgyzstan and on their Remittances”. ‘Remittances Review’, November 2022, Volume: 7, No: 2, pp. 129 – 151; Transnational Press, London; DOI: 10.47059/rr.v7i2.2416
Certificate for showing excellent academic performance and being the Professor-Economist awarded by the Department of Economics students
Certificate of Excellence in Teaching, Economics Department, 2018
Certificate of gratitude for the commitment to excellence and active participation in University life awarded by the President of AUCA, 2018
Certificate of Honor, AUCA President, 2003, 2005, 2009
Acknowledgment letter from the Head of Economic Department, Central European University, for students’ preparation, 2009
“Mrs. Mother” Award, twice awarded by overall voting of AUCA students
Letter of Gratitude by the Student Senate, 2008
Letter of Gratitude from the AUCA students on Thanksgiving Day - ‘We appreciate your work!’
‘Professor – I Like Students’ Award presented by the university’s students voting.

Educational development in a changing world
Migration and its impact on economic development and security

International Scientific Conferences papers:

“Central Asia - Russia” labor migration - an International round table discussion, AUCA, 2024
“The Impact of Economic Sanctions (on Russia) on Labor Migrants from Kyrgyzstan and on their Remittances”. ‘Remittances Review’, November 2022, Volume: 7, No: 2, pp. 129 – 151; Transnational Press, London; DOI: 10.47059/rr.v7i2.2416
“The Impact of Economic Sanctions (on Russia) on Kyrgyz Labor Migrants and their Remittances” at the annual The Migration Conference - 2022 (TMC); September 7-10; Rabat (Morocco). Paperback ISBN: 978-1-80135-144-7 Digital ISBN: 978-1-80135-145-4
“Labor Migration and Pandemic Paradox” at the annual The Migration Conference – 2021; July 6-10; (online). Paperback ISBN: 978-1-80135-065-5 Digital ISBN: 978-1-80135-066-2
“Labor and Permanent Migration from Central Asia to Russia as a Rescue” at the annual international academic conference “The Migration Conference” 2020 at South-East European University, Tetovo, N. Macedonia. There is a confirmation that all accepted abstracts will be published (ISBN 978-1-912997-38-1) by Transnational Press London, https//tplondon.com
«Educational Background, Transferability of Skills and Well-being of Central Asian Immigrants in Western Europe» on the International Conference on “Central Asian Migrants in Western Europe” organized by The Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT), Universidade de Lisboa; the Municipality of Lagoa-Algarve, (Portugal) (January 2020);
“Migration, Identity, and Security” at the annual international academic conference “The Migration Conference” 2019 at Bari (Italy). Paperback ISBN: 978-1-910781-51-7
“Trends and Results of Digital Revolution in Education” on the IX International Scientific Conference “L’Avenir De La France Et De La Russie: Tendances et Résultats de la Révolution Numérique Dans L’Enseignement Supérieur, la Recherche, L'Économie, le Développement Régional”– Nice (France).
“Immigration as a post-labor Migration” presented on the International Summit "Immigration, refugees and humanity" - "Immigration and the World" themed panel of the Kartepe Summit (Kartepe, Kocaeli of Turkey)
“International Migration and Security: Theoretical Issues and Cases of Russia and Kyrgyzstan” on the International Scientific Conference “International Migration and Security”- Nice (France);
“Long Run Effect of One-Shot Human Capital Pool Depletion (The case of Kyrgyzstan)” on the Annual International Academic Conference – “The Migration Conference” in Lisbon (Portugal). Paperback ISBN: 978-1-910781-81-4
“Analysis of Kyrgyz-Russian Migration and Ways of Regulations” on the international round table, organized by the Russian University of Peoples Friendship with representatives of the Euro-Union: “Regulation of processes of migration on the Euro-Asian field” –Moscow.
“Human Capital Depletion as an Effect of the Mass Exodus of Non-Indigenous Peoples in the 90-s and Current Labor Migration” on the International Conference “25 years of Transforming of the Centrally-Planned Economies: Experiences and Perspectives” in Bratislava (Slovak Republic). Organized by the Department of Social Development and Labor Faculty of National Economy University of Economics in Bratislava.
“Migration of 90-s, Depletion of Human Capital of the Republic and Current Labor Migration” at the International Conference: “Analysis of the Current State of the Labor Market in Russia for the Sake of Employment of Unemployed People from Kyrgyzstan”, organized by AUCA.

Published papers:

“The Impact of Economic Sanctions (on Russia) on Labor Migrants from Kyrgyzstan and on their Remittances”. ‘Remittances Review’, November 2022, Volume: 7, No: 2, pp. 129 – 151; Transnational Press, London; 2022, DOI: 10.47059/rr.v7i2.2416
About the Experience of Application of American System of Higher Education in Central Asia” – in Russian) Journal ‘Society and Economy’ (Obschestvo I Economika), #2, 2018; Publisher: “Federal Governmental Budget Enterprise “Russian Academy of Sciences”; ISSN: 0207-3676 (pp. 109-115)
“Об опыте Использования Американской Системы Высшего Образования (в Центральной Азии)” Журнал «Общество и Экономика», стр.: 109-115; Издательство: Российская Академия Наук (Москва), Тип: «Статья в журнале – Научная Статья». Язык – Русский. ISSN 0207-3676.
“Education in the Kyrgyz Republic and International Experience” – a chapter in a collective monograph of the National Academy of Sciences of the KR; Division of Human and Economic Sciences, Center of Methodology of Science and Social Research, “Ways to Humanization of Public Development” Publisher: “Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic”, Bishkek, 2018; (pp. 147-178). (in Russian) ISSN: 978-9967-13-748-7.
“Education and Its Effect on Human Capital and State Development'' – a chapter in the collective monograph ‘Genofond of the Peoples of the Kyrgyz Republic’ of the Center of Scientific Methodology and Social Research of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic; Red. T. Koichuev. Bishkek, 2014; (pp. 164-222) (in Russian) ISSN: 978-9967-11-444-9
“Effect of Migration on Education in KR” – an article in a collective monograph “Economic and Business Education (AUCA, KIMEP)”- 2013; (English)
“Kyrgyz Nationalism – Statehood Demolition”. Monograph; Danish Institute for Human Rights/Research Department/Partnership Research Program Report – 2009 – Published in 2011 (English).
Manual on Microeconomics. (2001) Publisher – AUCA.
Democratization of Society and Corruption Legitimating. Polysphera, #3,(1999).
The Government's Role in Providing Economic and Political Freedoms. Reforma, #3, (1999).
Law and Lawmakers in Struggling For Corruption An article in materials of the international conference “Parliamentary in Central Asia”. Bishkek, (1999) ISSN: 9967-405-32-5; (pp. 184-191)
For the Concept of Economic Integration of the Central Asia Countries. Collective monograph, (1997). Publisher “ILIM”. ISSN: 5-8355-0962-5
Was it the Bureaucratic Dis-bureaucratization of Property? (1997) – a monograph. Publ. USAID, ISSN: 9967-397-64-9;
The Property of Cooperative Consumers’ Society. What is this? (1995) – a monograph. KRSTL
Taxes. Prices. Demand. How to Find the Optimum? (1995) – a monograph. KRSTL
How is the State Property Transforming? (1995) – a monograph. Publisher – Kyrgyz Republic Scientific-Technical Library (KRSTL)

Industrial Economics and Organization
Introduction to Microeconomic Theory
Labour Economics