Stanislav Khanin, Ph.D.

Stanislav khanin, ph.d.

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  • About me

    Product Manager | Ph.D. in Education | Critical Thinking and Digital Games

  • Education

    • Zhetysu state university

      2010 - 2014
      Bachelor of education (b.ed.) computer science
    • Nazarbayev university

      2016 - 2022
      Doctor of philosophy (ph.d.) education

      Thesis — Playing to think critically: a Delphi study on digital games and critical thinking

    • University of cambridge

      2017 - 2017
      Ph.d. training and supervision at partner's institution

      As a part of the Ph.D. in Education program at Nazarbayev University

    • Высшая школа экономики

      2015 - 2016
      Education and pedagogical sciences (doctoral studies | aspirantura | not completed)
    • Nazarbayev university

      2014 - 2015
      Master of science (m.sc.) in educational leadership
    • University of warsaw

      2012 - 2013
      Academic mobility computer science
  • Experience

    • Nazarbayev intellectual schools

      Jan 2014 - Mar 2014
      Internship

      Taught computer science

    • National research university — higher school of economics

      Mar 2016 - Aug 2016

      Co-led deployment of the "Project on assessing progression in creative and critical thinking skills in education" by the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation of OECD, Paris. I contributed to the organization of The Competition of Innovations in Education which required cooperation with 28 partners including Microsoft, Santander Group, and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives. After the first class as a student auditing the course made it to a teaching assistant position for the course taught by Denis Zubalov "Qualitative Methods in Social Sciences".

      • National coordinator of the research project

        Dec 2015 - Aug 2016
      • Trainee researcher

        Nov 2015 - Aug 2016
      • Teaching Assistant

        Mar 2016 - May 2016
    • Zu digital

      May 2017 - Jul 2017
      Research intern

      Conducted Ph.D. research and promoted the “World Rescue” game – the champion of UNESCO's “The Gaming Challenge”.

    • Nazarbayev university

      Jul 2018 - Dec 2020
      Research assistant

      Worked on several research projects, including “Diagnosing Children with Special Educational Needs in Kazakhstan”, and “Creating conditions for inclusive education in Kazakhstan: A case study of a resource center in Astana”.🥇The first project was published in a Q1 journal.

    • Medianet international centre for journalism, almaty and equal rights & independent media, lyon

      May 2020 - Jan 2022
      Product manager

      Joined an international team of NGOs to create educational games for Central Asian youth. Apart from game design, I managed and developed the Kazakhstani branch of the platform. ✨We built from scratch a unique platform with edu. games, news, articles, and community features. 🔥In this time frame, we released 11 games and granted over 24k prizes to players who raised their media and information literacy competencies.

    • Erim international

      Feb 2022 - Dec 2023

      Guided a team in developing 6 narrative games on fact-checking and propaganda in Central Asia 🎮Led capacity building and ensured the quality of edu. games.Managed games’ lifecycle: from ideation to launch, and beyond 🚀Trialed new game concept discovery techniques and designed games loved by players ✨ Led a team of game designers and coordinated the game design process across dev., design, and visual design teams.✨ Recovered the off-track project and maximized the games’ educational impact, which contributed to delivering 11 games in 11 months. 💡130k people registered on the platform and their critical thinking was improved significantly. Thus over-delivered on the sponsor’s (European Union) expectations.

      • Product Manager

        Dec 2022 - Dec 2023
      • Product Manager

        Feb 2022 - Nov 2022
    • Medianet international centre for journalism, almaty and osce, astana

      Apr 2022 - Nov 2022
      Game designer

      Created two games on gender inequality in Central Asia.🎮🙋🏽‍♀️ “My Business.” follows a story of a young girl from a village in her quest for education, career, and empowerment. We managed to create a game allowing for social and emotional learning while also telling about inequalities and personal strategies to fight them. Both games were sponsored by the OSCE office in Astana.

    • Gurdofarid ngo

      Dec 2022 - Oct 2023
      Game producer

      Teamed with Gurdofarid NGO to create two games dedicated to the prevention of violent extremism. 🎮 «What Is to Be Done?» – a narrative game about Amina and her struggle against an illegal landfill (in Russian and Tajik). We created an engaging storyline with humor and authentic Tajik characters inspiring players to civic action. Both games are sponsored by U.S. Embassy Democracy Commission.

    • Medianet international centre for journalism

      Dec 2023 - now
      Product manager

      🚀 On a mission to develop 10+ edu. games on propaganda, fact-checking, and critical thinking for Central Asian youth. Driving the evolution of the Qlever platform.⭐ Our team secured funding for the Qlever+ project backed by the US Department of State.

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