Tokhir Pallaev

• Pallaev, Tokhir (2025). "Healing the Earth": Recultivation of Technogenic Landscapes in the Soviet Union. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Pallaev, Tokhir (2025). Climate change in Central Asia decarbonization, energy transition and climate policy. Central Asian Survey. ISSN 0263-4937. 44(4), s. 645–645. doi: 10.1080/02634937.2025.2560876. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Pallaev, Tokhir (2024). The formation of regional environmental issues in Central Asia: an analysis of UNEP documents. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This paper examines how regional environmental issues of the Central Asian states emerged and developed in documents published by the UN Environment Program (UNEP). It will trace the evolution of dominating themes and narratives produced by this international institution and study how Central Asia as a region was gradually integrated into the knowledge framework of the organization and the global environmental and development agenda. Studies focused on international institutions have proven to be a useful source of insight in understanding the development of civil society (Toktomushev 2023) and broader international politics (Cooley 2021) in Central Asian states. Other publications highlight the important role of international development institutions in influencing and shaping environmental policy in the region (Bayramov 2020). However, academic publications focused on studying environment are still very underrepresented in Central Asia studies (Vakulchuk et. all, 2023). This paper aims to address the gap given the historical and present significance of environmental issues in the region as well as their impact on political and social dimensions of all Central Asian countries ranging from legacies of environmental catastrophes left by Soviet projects to contemporary problems around the use of environmental resources. It will do so by using methodological tools and concepts from the field of science and technology studies (STS). In Central Asia studies literature, there have already been successful attempts to use STS concepts to study urban space mobility (Sgibnev & Vozyanov 2016), space politics (Bekus 2022) and more specifically environmental issues (Gurchiani 2022, Féaux De La Croix et al. 2022). This paper will draw from literature that studies practices of institutional knowledge production relying on tools and methodologies of document-analysis (Asdal and Reinertsen 2022) and other literature focused on how environmental issues are shaped through text being adapted to new environmental and political concerns. Simultaneously, it is aimed to open Central Asia studies to novel academic approach and tools offered by other interdisciplinary traditions of studying relations between institutional knowledge practices and power relations. Focusing on regional environmental projects will also be helpful in positioning the region in relation to the global environmental and development agenda.

• Pallaev, Tokhir & Bauer, Susanne (2024). Soils as laboratories of science and politics during periods of transition. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This contribution describes the changing role and position of soil science and soil practitioners during periods of political transition. It focuses on transformation of soil knowledges and remediation practices in Kazakhstan’s dryland ecosystems during Soviet and independent history.

• Bauer, Susanne & Pallaev, Tokhir (2024). Soviet Soil Science in Central Asia: Laboratories for Remediation Research. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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