Dr. Moldiyar Yergebekov is a researcher and broadcaster working across Kazakh social theory, media and film studies. Based at the Media and Film School at Almaty Management University, his doctoral research explored the role of cinema in the construction of the Kazakh nation-state. In 2018, Yergebekov co-founded the FemAgora Public Foundation, which strives to raise the visibility of women in cultural, social, economic, scientific and political fields in Central Asia.