Yelena Muzykina, a futurist, educator, and researcher, obtained her PhD in postnormal times and is a dedicated trainer at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kazakhstan. Her role as a consultant for international, public, and private organizations in futures studies and foresight is underscored by her commitment to education. She actively cooperates with such international organizations as the Association of Professional Futurists, Teach the Future, and Central Eurasian Studies Society. Her research interests include futures studies, Islamic and Religious Studies, Christian and Islamic Theology, Islamic Finance, and Education. She is a member of the editorial board of Islamoved, a peer-reviewed journal of the Dagestan State University (Russia). Yelena has published extensively in Russian and English and translated several books on futures studies and postnormal times into Russian. She has organised numerous workshops and conferences on futures and postnormal times and given lectures throughout Central Asia.