Khasan is a PhD candidate in Political Science in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a Predoctoral Fellow at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. Khasan’s research focuses on comparative politics, political economy of development, governance and public accountability in non-democratic regimes, social policy, and redistribution, with an empirical focus on postcommunist Eurasia. In his works, Khasan employs archival research, immersive fieldworks, original surveys and interviews, and content analysis in addition to experimental research designs. Khasan co-founded and is a co-principal investigator at two long-term and externally funded collaborative research projects: Local Economic and Administrative Performance (LEAP) in Central Asia and Interdisciplinary Central Asia Politics, History and Economics (ICAPHE) Research Lab. Both projects proudly employ and train junior Central Eurasia scholars. Since 2023, Khasan has served the Central Eurasian Studies Society on two committees. Khasan’s works were generously funded by the Institute for Humane Studies, Harriman Institute and Carnegie Corporation NY, Wisconsin Russia Project, Mosse Program in History, ASEEES, APSA, and others.