Murat Bakhadirov is an associate professor of the Department of International Relations at UWED. Subjects taught: Analysis of geostrategic risks, Domestic policy and foreign policy, Political economy, Water diplomacy.

In 1994, he graduated from the Karakalpak State University named after Berdakh in the direction of "History". In 1996-1999, he was a postgraduate student of the Department of International Relations at UWED, specializing in "Political problems of international systems and global development". In 2003, he defended his dissertation for the degree of candidate of political sciences in specialty 23.00.04 - "Political problems of international systems and global development". Murat Bakhadirov's research interests cover contemporary geopolitical and geo-economic processes in Central Asia.