Nargiza Umarova is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced International Studies (IAIS), University of World Economy and Diplomacy (UWED), and an analyst at the Non-governmental Research Institution,  “Knowledge Caravan”, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Her research activities are focused on studying the developments of Central Asia, trends in regional integration, and the influence of big powers on this process. Also she explores the current policy of Uzbekistan on the creation and development of international transport corridors.