Our Researchers

Azat Aituar, Associate Professor

PhD of Business and Economics, University of Reading, UK

International trade, non-tariff barriers, diversification

Assel Bitabarova, Teaching Professor

Ph.D. Candidate in International Relations, Hokkaido University, Japan

International politics, nation-building processes in Central Asia, foreign policy of the Central Asian states, China’s foreign policy

Email: a_bitabarova@kazguu.kz

Daliya Kaskirbayeva, Assistant Professor

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Leeds, UK

Сost-effectiveness analysis, Survival analysis, Hospital efficiency, Inequality in health, Health financing

Email:d_kaskirbayeva@kazguu.kz

Saule Kemelbayeva, Associate Professor

PhD in Economics, Newcastle University, UK

Applied Microeconometrics, Causal Inference, Economics of Education, Labour Economics

Email:s_kemelbayeva@kazguu.kz

Bakhytzhan Kurmanov, Assistant Professor

PhD in Public Policy, Nazarbayev University

Open Government, E-Government & Digital Governance, Regime Consolidation in Authoritarian States, Citizen Activism and Civil Society Development, Public Sector Reforms and Economic Policy in Transition countries, Authoritarian Politics, Political economy of the post-soviet countries

Email:b_kurmanov@kazguu.kz

Dmitry Melnikov, Teaching Professor

Ph.D. Candidate, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Philisophy of religion, philosophy of literature and art, critical thinking, post-colonial studies, Art and literature of the Central Asia, Memory research

Email: d_melnikov@kazguu.kz

Elmira Mynbayeva, Assistant Professor

PhD in Finance, University of Aberdeen, UK

Portfolio optimisation (current) and asset pricing

Email:e_mynbayeva@kazguu.kz

Ikboljon Qoraboyev, Associate Professor

Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole, Doctorate in Law, Public international law

Comparative regionalism, international law, and international organizations and with a particular focus on Central Asia, post-Soviet space, and Turkey

Email:I_Qoraboyev@kazguu.kz