Gulshan Pashayeva

Dr. Gulshan Pashayeva is Deputy Director of the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SAM). Previously, she was Head of the Foreign Policy Analysis Department of this Center; worked for the United Nations Office in Azerbaijan, as National Program Coordinator for the United Nations Development Fund for Women regional project “Women for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding in the Caucasus”, and as Public Information Associate for United Nations Department for Public Information office in Azerbaijan. She also directed the Conflict Research Center, a non-governmental organization located in Baku and taught at different universities in Azerbaijan. Dr. Pashayeva specializes in conflict resolution and security studies, gender and language policy.