Chiara Pierobon is from October until November 2016 a Visiting Research Fellow at the American University of Central Asia, Tian Shan Policy Center (TSPC), Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Fieldwork for the project "EU and empowerment of civil society in Kyrgyzstan" evaluating the outcomes of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) and the thematic program Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development (NSA/LA) for Kyrgyz civil society.