Shukhrat Bekmetovich Kurbanov

Shukhrat Bekmetovich Kurbanov

Shukhrat Bekmetovich Kurbanov – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor.

He was born in 1977 in the Shavat district of the Khorezm region to a working-class family. From 1984 to 1994 he attended secondary school No. 40 in the Shavat district. In 1996 he entered the Tashkent Regional State Pedagogical Institute majoring in "Geography, Fundamentals of Economic Knowledge and Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship", graduating in 2001 with a bachelor's degree. From 2001 to 2004 he worked as a geography teacher in a secondary school.

From 2004 to 2006 he completed his master's degree in the direction of "Economic and Social Geography" at the National University of Uzbekistan, receiving a master's degree in geography.

Work experience of Sh.B. Kurbanov from 2007 to 2024 was affiliated with the Department of Economic and Social Geography at the National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek. During this time he held the positions of lecturer, senior lecturer, acting associate professor, and associate professor in the department.

Since beginning his academic career at the National University of Uzbekistan Sh.B. Kurbanov under the academic supervision of Professor A.S. Saliev has conducted research on the socioeconomic geography of small territories, particularly the rural administrative districts of the republic. In 2017 Sh.B. Kurbanov defended his PhD dissertation in Geographical Sciences, specializing in 11.00.02 – "Economic and Social Geography", on the topic "Economic and geographical features of the development of rural districts of Uzbekistan."

By decision of the Academic Council of the National University of Uzbekistan Sh.B. Kurbanov was awarded the academic title of associate professor in 2021.

Associate Professor Sh.B. Kurbanov since 2024 has continued his career at Chirchik State Pedagogical University.

The scholar's primary research areas are the socioeconomic development of rural areas, the geography of quality of life and the geography of tourism and recreation. To date he has published approximately 300 scientific papers, including 3 co-authored textbooks, 2 teaching aids, approximately 20 scientific monographs and bio-bibliographic publications and over 70 articles in scientific journals.

He is currently working on his doctoral dissertation in specialty 11.00.02 – "Economic and Social Geography" on the topic "Socio-geographical analysis of quality of life in the regions of Uzbekistan: theory, methodology and practice".