Parviz Mullojanov, Ph.D, a political scientist, senior adviser of the International Alert office in Tajikistan; one of the active country’s civil society activists since the middle of 90’s. Parviz Mullojanov is a former member of the Inter-Tajik Dialogue, a peaceful international civic initiative during the civil war in Tajikistan and former member of the EUCAM (EU and Central Asia Monitoring) research group. He worked for various international agencies and organizations such as Human Rights Watch/Helsinki, UNCHR, UNDP and ADB. Parviz Mullojanov received his Ph.D in Islamic studies at the University of Basel (Switzerland).