Moroz Svetlana Pavlovna

Svetlana Pavlovna Moroz
Over 200 scientific works

Svetlana Pavlovna Moroz

Editor-in-Chief, Doctor of Law, Professor, Dean of the Adilet Higher School of Law at Caspian Public University

Academic Titles

The academic title of Associate Professor was conferred in 2001, and the academic title of Professor in 2006.

Professional Career

In 1988–1989, served as a Lecturer at the Semipalatinsk Pedagogical Institute; in 1989–1990, as a Lecturer at the Pavlodar Pedagogical Institute. In 1990–1991, was a Research Trainee at the Department of Soviet Law, Faculty of Law, Kazakh State University named after S.M. Kirov. From 1991 to 1994, pursued full-time postgraduate (doctoral) studies at the same university.

From 1995 to 1999, held positions as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Investment and Financial Law, Institute of Economics and Law, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Concurrently, from 1995 to 2000, served as Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Civil Law Relations and Ecology, Institute of State and Law of the Ministry of Science – Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Between 1997 and 1999, was a recipient of the State Scientific Scholarship for Young Talented Scientists and served as Executive Secretary of the Expert Council on Fundamental Research of the Ministry of Science and the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

From 2000 to 2007, served as Head of the Department of Legal Disciplines at the Kazakhstan-Russian Institute (Almaty).

Since 2006, has been a Chief Research Fellow at the Institute of Legislation under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan (including 2007–2014 in the same capacity). From 2006 to 2008, served as Professor at the Department of Civil Law, Almaty Law Academy of KazGUU. Between 2006 and 2010, was a member of the Joint Dissertation Council OD 14.50.11 for the defense of doctoral dissertations in law at KazGUU JSC.

From 2007 to 2014, served as Head of the Department of Private Law Disciplines at Caspian Public University. Since 2014 to the present, serves as Dean of the Adilet Higher School of Law at Caspian Public University.

Since 2010, has been a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan. From 2011 to 2015, acted as the national representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the International Centre for Settlement of Economic Disputes under the Interstate Economic Court of the CIS. From 2019 to 2021, served as Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Entrepreneurial, Competition, and Environmental Law, South Ural State University (Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation).

Achievements and Recognition

  • In 2009, as Chief Research Fellow, completed two expert projects commissioned by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including expert reviews of the draft Law “On Energy Saving” and related amendments, as well as the draft Law “On State Regulation of Production and Turnover of Certain Types of Petroleum Products” and corresponding legislative amendments.
  • Between 2009 and 2011, participated as Chief Research Fellow in three major international projects funded by the Volkswagen Foundation on: foreign investment law in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan and the balance of interests in transition economies; settlement of investment disputes involving transition economies; foreign investment law in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan with a focus on the Republic of Azerbaijan.
  • In 2011–2012, as Senior Research Fellow, conducted research commissioned by the State Registration Chamber under the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation on the legal regulation of registration of private business entities in Kazakhstan within the project “Registration of Business Entities: Russia and the CIS”.
  • In 2012 (July–August), as a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Law (Germany), studied legal regulation of investment activities in subsoil use in CIS countries, identified general legislative trends, and developed recommendations for improvement.
  • From 2018 to 2020, served as Project Leader of a fundamental research project (IRN No. AR05133545) commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan on “A Model for Improving the Civil Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Context of the Implementation of English Contract Law”.
  • In 2019–2020, as Senior Research Fellow at South Ural State University, participated in research projects in environmental, subsoil, entrepreneurial, and competition law, and authored publications on current legal issues.
  • In 2021, twice participated in academic staff mobility for teaching under the Erasmus+ KA107 programme at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdańsk (Poland).
  • From 2023 to 2027, serves as Vice-President of the Alumni Association of the Shanghai University of Political Science and Law (PRC), coordinating its activities and participating in joint research and educational projects.
  • In 2024, completed a research internship in the Republic of Poland on “Comparative Constitutional, Financial and Investment Law,” focusing on European legal frameworks with the aim of developing recommendations for improving the legislation and legal practice of the Republic of Kazakhstan.