From 2 to 5 March 2025, Dr. Sebastian Mayer, DAAD Associate Professor, and Dr. Anja Mihr, MA in Human Rights and Sustainability (MAHRS) Academic Programme Director, at the OSCE Academy, attended the 66th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association in Chicago, USA. Dr. Mayer presented a paper on „The OSCE as a Contested Security Institution“ in a panel on “Norms shaping and being shaped by intergovernmental interactions”.

On 11 March 2025, the OSCE Academy hosted a book presentation titled "Intercommunal Warfare and Ethnic Peacemaking in Central Asia" by Dr. Joldon Kutmanaliev, a researcher at Leuphana University in Germany. The event was opened by Dr. Pal Dunay, the Director of the OSCE Academy, and Dr. Sebastian Mayer, a DAAD Associate Professor at the Academy. During the presentation, Dr. Kutmanaliev introduced his book and shared insights from his fieldwork, highlighting the crucial role played by local leaders. He explored how geography and social dynamics influenced the events of the 2010 Kyrgyz-Uzbek clashes.

On 7 March 2025 the Foreign Ministry of Kyrgyzstan in commemoration of the “International Day for Disarmament of and Non-Proliferation Awareness” organized an event: “From Awareness to Action: Engaging Youth in Disarmament and Non-proliferation”. It convened representatives of universities in Bishkek, including the OSCE Academy that was represented by Ms. Aruuke Chapyrashty and Ms. Saule Bargyeva, accompanied by the Director of the OSCE Academy, Dr. Pal Dunay. The students and professors were welcomed by Mr. Asein Isaev, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic. The session was chaired by Mr. Melis Mamadaliev, Director of the Department for International Organizations and Security of the MFA of Kyrgyzstan. UN Under-Secretary-General, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu sent a recorded video message to the meeting.

On 6 March 2025, students from the Economic Governance and Development (EGD) Programme visited the World Bank office in Bishkek as part of their Good Governance in Central Asia course, led by Professor Aibek Ashirov, a visiting lecturer of the programme.