Binazirbonu Yusupova is a doctoral candidate and Marie Curie Early-Stage Researcher at Dublin City University’s School of Law and Government. She is part of the EU-funded MARKETS project (Innovative Training Network: Mapping Uncertainties, Challenges, and Future Opportunities of Emerging Markets), supported by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) grant under Horizon 2020. Her doctoral research explores the intersections of precarity, patriarchy, and capitalism in Uzbekistan, employing feminist political economy and ethnography to center the experiences of women and marginalized communities in Uzbekistan’s shifting political-economic landscape. Trained in interdisciplinary approaches, Binazirbonu integrates feminist theory, development economics, and political economy into her work. She holds an MSc in Development Economics from the University of Sussex and is particularly committed to advancing scholarship on gendered labor dynamics, informal economies, and the socio-political transformations of Central Asia. Her research strives to bridge academia and activism, advocating for decolonial and participatory frameworks in studies of informal markets.