Murod Ismailov, PhD

Murod Ismailov, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Tsukuba (Japan), and a Visiting Professor of Policy Studies at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Japan). He is a chairperson of CAMCA Network's Education Working Group and a founding president of CAMCA Academy and Academic Consortium. He previously served as dean of the School of International Relations at the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (UWED) in Tashkent.

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Murod's current teaching and research interests are cross-disciplinary and include (1) Transformative Education in CAMCA Region and the Asia-Pacific, (2) Media and Technology for Learning; (3) Educational Psychology (Self-Determination Theory) and Learner-Centered Education, and (4) Sustainability and Climate Change Education.

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His research appeared in many international journals, including Interactive Learning Environments, Educational Psychology, Computers and Education, The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, E-Learning and Digital Media, Frontiers in Psychology, The Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and others. His policy-focused articles were featured in The Diplomat, The Central-Asia Caucasus Analyst, and other publications. He is a co-author of Social Capital Construction and Governance in Central Asia (Palgrave MacMillan, New York 2017).

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He is a member of the editorial boards of Interactive Learning Environments (Taylor & Francis), Frontiers in Developmental Psychology (Frontiers), and Social Sciences and Humanities Open (Springer-Nature) international academic journals, and a peer-reviewer for over fifty journals in the field of teaching and learning, STEM, sustainability, area studies, and others.