Zaur Gasimov studied International Relations, International Law and History in Baku, Berlin and Eichstätt. From 2013 to 2019, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Orient Institute Istanbul (Max Weber Foundation). In December 2020, he completed his habilitation in Modern History and Eastern European History at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. As a principal investigator of the DFG, Zaur Gasimov worked from 2020 to 2023 on the transfer of knowledge between Eastern (Central) Europe and the Republic of Turkey at the Department of Eastern European History at the University of Bonn. In 2024, Gasimov joined the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and co-runs the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Turkish-German University in Istanbul. Zaur Gasimov has commented on current developments in Russian policy towards the Middle East and in the Caucasus for the BBC, Radio Free Europe, and ZDF.