Alexandr Diller
Country: Kazakhstan
School: IBTS/Vu Amsterdam
Area of Study: Intercultural Studies
Research Focus: How Christianity arose in gulag mining camps and then shaped Kazakh identity under the Soviet Union
Emil
Country: Kyrgyzstan
School: Kyrgyz National University (Kyrgyzstan)
Area of Study: Philosophy of Religion
Research Focus: The role of faith (including church attendance, personal & communal prayer, & theological education) in physical healing in Kyrgyzstan’s secular, atheistic culture.
Bear
Country: Russia
School: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Area of Study: Practical Theology
Research Focus: How Christian counseling might reach unbelievers in Russia’s secular, atheistic culture.
Mirzabek
Country: Uzbekistan
School: Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (UK)
Area of Study: Intercultural Studies
Research Focus: How the Evangelical Church is contributing to Uzbek society, especially in relation to Islam
Kanat
Country: Kyrgyzstan
School: Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (UK)
Area of Study: Theology
Research Focus: Theological analysis of the work of Chinghiz Aitmatov, one of Kyrgyzstan's best-known writers.
Radostin Marchev
Country: Bulgaria
School: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Area of Study: Theology
Research Focus: The Virgin Mary's place in theological dialogue between Orthodox and Protestant Christians.
Dr. Gelu Paul Faina (Romania)
Country: Romania
School: Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (USA)
Area of Study: Educational Studies
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Country: Russia
School: University of South Africa
Area of Study: Theology
Research Focus: The mission work of the Russian Orthodox Church in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Dr. Valentin Siniy (Ukraine)
Country: Ukraine
School: South African Theological Seminary (South Africa)
Area of Study: Theology
Research Focus: Leadership and governance in theological education in Eastern Europe.
Dr. Alexander Belyaev (Russia)
Country: Russia
School: Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia
Area of Study: Religious Studies
Research Focus: Christology and an analysis of Early Christian apocalyptic tradition.