Working hours: 9.00 am 7.00 pm, 4 Abai Avenue, Almaty, 050010
Graduates of the College of Social Sciences have highly successful careers in government, business and academia. Students can benefit from close ties with European and American partner universities and participate in exchange programs, pursue dual degrees options or prepare for their postgraduate studies.
The College of Social Sciences is home to the departments of Economics, Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration, Media and Communication, offering programs at the bachelor, master and doctoral levels.
The College offers a vibrant environment for students and researchers and it houses a research center:
China and Central Asia Studies Center (CCASC)
Graduates of the College of Social Sciences have highly successful careers in government, business and academia. Students can benefit from close ties with European and American partner universities and participate in exchange programs, pursue dual degrees options or prepare for their postgraduate studies.
Graduates of the College of Social Sciences have highly successful careers in government, business and academia. Students can benefit from close ties with European and American partner universities and participate in exchange programs, pursue dual degrees options or prepare for their postgraduate studies.
The mission of the Bang College of Business is to offer quality business and management programs, to prepare students to be committed professionals and lifelong learners and to contribute to and take leading positions in business and society. Theory and practice are linked together through teaching, scholarship, and service in order to benefit both students and broader community.
Today, the college is the largest unit of KIMEP University, offering the Bachelor, Master, Masters, DBA and Ph.D. degree programs in Accounting and Audit, Finance, Management, Marketing, and Information Systems.
The Bang College of Business (BCB) programs prepare students to meet the diverse needs of modern Kazakhstan and the worldwide employment markets worldwide. Upon graduation, students will have acquired fundamental knowledge of Marketing, Management, Finance and Accounting and will understand the importance of Information Systems and Computer Applications in business. Moreover, they will demonstrate a firm grasp of theoretical knowledge within their area of specialization. By applying skills and knowledge, the graduates of the Bang College of Business will be able to compete with other highly qualified candidates worldwide and make a significant contribution to business and the development of the public sector.
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Milen-FilipovThey prepare students for rewarding careers and leadership roles in finance, business, economic development, politics, international relations, public administration, public policy, journalism, and public relations. Our faculty is unique in Kazakhstan because it comprises Kazakhstani scholars and professors from many other countries. They give our students an international perspective of Kazakhstan which they can get nowhere else – an edge that helps them succeed when they move into the job market. If you want a first-class international education, if you want a vibrant academic environment, if you want to be among tomorrow’s leaders, if you want to make an important contribution to local and global society: Enroll in one of the four departments in the College of Social Sciences!” Milen Filipov, Acting Dean
The College promotes understanding about society, its structure, its relationship to both the state and the marketplace, and the means by which information is disseminated throughout society. The College accomplishes its purpose by:
The goal of the College is to aid in the building of civil society in Kazakhstan and, through our graduates who move beyond its borders, in Central Asia and the World. The College strives to play a significant role in promoting societal and political liberalization throughout the region, thereby contributing to the quality of people’s lives both materially and culturally. The Strategy for achieving the mission is to develop and disseminate knowledge of diversified human economic, social and political experience relevant to Central Asia. We recognize that life is complex and that not all the situations our graduates will face will be easily understood. That’s why we prepare them to think analytically and critically about past and present human experience at the individual, group national and global level. That is also why we provide our students with the values, the basic analytical knowledge and techniques, and the employment-relevant and problem-solving skills they needed to be able to address both the anticipated and the unknown challenges that lie ahead in the twenty-first century. Our students are prepared for a wide variety of graduate programs in the social sciences and for career opportunities in business, journalism, government, social services and education. We want all our students to experience a vibrant academic community, one in which they have opportunities:
The College is headed by the Dean, who is appointed by the President and who reports to the Vice-President of Academic Affairs. He is assisted by:
This group constitutes the College Executive Committee (Chairs meetings), which advises the Dean on College policy and operational issues The key policy-making body is the College Council, which comprises the Dean (Chair), the other College office bears, elected faculty represented and student representatives nominated by the KIMEP Students Association, with observer status given to representative of other Colleges nominated by the respective Deans. There are four standing College Committees, membership is by departmental nomination;
Administrative Manager
Email: zdinara@kimep.kz
Tel: 270-43-40 Ext: 3471
Office: 302A/ Valikhanov bld
MPA, KIMEP University Kamila MussinaProgram Coordinator
Email: css_coordinator@kimep.kz
Tel: 270-42-12 Ext: 3266
Office: 507 / Valikhanov bld
MSc in Educational Leadership program, Nazarbayev University; MBA, KIMEP University
Zhamilya UtarbayevaInternship Coordinator
Email: css_internship@kimep.kz / zhamilya@kimep.kz
Tel: 270-42-11 Ext: 3233
Office: 306 / Valikhanov bld
Aigul AinabekovaCSS Program Coordinator
Email: aigulb@kimep.kz
Tel: 270-43-11, ext. 3473
Office # 509 Valikhanov building
MPA, KIMEP University
Senior Researcher / Assistant Professor
Education: Ph.D. in Public Policy from Nazarbayev University and M.A. in Public Administration from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Research interests: She defended her thesis, “Regulatory Impact Assessment in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Georgia: Cases of Policy Learning and Capacity.” Her other research interests include good governance reforms, strategic trade controls, and sanctions.
Dr. Shaikenova is a Senior Researcher at the DPRK Strategic Research Center and an Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration.
Before joining the Ph.D. program, she worked with USAID, ADB, and the U.S. Department of State EXBS Program on strategic trade controls in Kazakhstan and in the Central Asian region.
Assistant Professor
Education:
MA, University of Louisville, USA, Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Georgia
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:
Service to Journals — Peer Review
Central Asian Survey
Journal of Information Technology & Politics
Europe Asia Studies
Memberships
American Political Science Association
International Studies Association
Southern Political Science Association
Western Political Science Association
Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communications/College of Social Sciences
Office # 412, Abay, 4
Education: M.F.A. Cinema-Television, University of Southern California
Academic Affiliations:
UCU, UFVA, AAUP, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Psi Omega, Lambda Pi Eta.
Academic Honors:
Distinguished Faculty Mentor 2006, Lees-McRae College, Alpha Chi chapter
Professional Activities:
2024 Utah International Film Festival, Judge/screener
2018-2023 Carolina Book and Writer’s Conference, panel lead
2019-2020 St. Mary’s School, Documentary Film, extracurricular program
2018-2019 Sonorous Road Theater & Film, Let’s Make a Movie, film camp
2016 Broadcast Technology Summit, attendee
2014 Emerging Technology Broadcast Summit, attendee
2013 Telluride Film Festival Student Alumni, Telluride, CO
2012 North Carolina Media Association Conference, workshop lead
2012 WSSU Staff Interpersonal Communication Workshop, lead
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations / College of Social Sciences
Office # 123, Abay, 4
Education:
PhD in Political Science, Duke University
Selected recent publications:
Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration / College of Social Sciences
Office # 321, Abay, 4
Education:
PhD in Public Administration, Rutgers University, USA
Research interests: Digitalization, policy implementation, Regulation, Sustainability, Administrative burden, Qualitative & Interpretive Methodologies
Recent research publications:
Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations /College of Social Sciences and Director of China and Central Asian Studies Center (CCASC – www.ccasc.kz)
Education:
Ph.D., Political Science at Université Libre de Bruxelles
Most significant publications in the last 5 years:
Some facts from Dr. Zhang’s employment history
Full Professor, Institute of Belt and Road Initiative & Global Governance, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 2020-
Full Professor, School of Political Science and Public Administration, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 2016-2020
Associate Professor, School of Political Science and Public Administration, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 2012-2016
Vice Dean, Institute of International Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 2017-2020
Executive Director, Wuhan University Centre for Economic Diplomacy, Wuhan, China, 2013-2020
Executive Director, the Joint Research Centre for Caribbean Studies between Wuhan University and the University of the West Indies – St. Augustine Campus, 2015-2020
Deputy Director, US Desk, Ministry of Commerce, China, 2010-2012
David Porter is an Assistant Professor at the Economics Department….
David Porter is an Assistant Professor at the Economics Department. He has obtained his PhD degree in Economics from the University of Georgia, USA.
In January 2021, he joined Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU ) in Fort Myers, Florida and taught numerous sections of ECO 2023 Microeconomics, both in-person and online, to more than 600 students as a Visiting Instructor. Since 1999, Dr. Porter has been employed in the energy sector as electricity load forecaster, tariff rate forecaster (Enron Energy Services), real-time electricity trader (Enron and Nextera), financial trader (Nextera) and proprietary speculative trader for numerous firms. He has an extensive background in Financial Economics and Monetary Economics dealing with foreign exchange, option pricing, swaps, collars and derivatives.
Dr. Porter joined KIMEP University from the Spring 2023 semester, he is currently teaching “Monetary Economics”, “Money and Banking” and “Financial Management Institutions” courses.
Scholarly Research Papers Published in Peer-reviewed Journals
The Demand for residential, industrial and total electricity, 1973-1998. Kamerchen, D.R. and Porter, D.V., Energy Economics, 26 (1), p.87-100, Jan 2004
Market Structure in the US Electricity industry: A long-term perspective. Kamerschen, D.R., Klein, P.G. and Porter, D.V., Energy Economics, 27 (5), p.731-751, Sep 2005
Contact information: d.porter@kimep.kz
Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication/College of Social Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communication / Acting Dean College of Social Sciences
Research and Publications:
Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics/College of Social Sciences
Research and Publications:
Kudaibergenov, K., (2016). On model-theoretic properties in the sense of Peretyat’kin, o-minimality, and mutually interpretable theories. Siberian Advances in Mathematics. ISSN: 1055-1344, vol. 26, No. 3, 190 – 195.
Kudaibergenov, K. (2017). The small index property and the cofinality of the automorphism group. Siberian Advances in Mathematics. ISSN: 1055-1344, vol. 27, No. 1, 1 – 15.
Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration/College of Social Sciences
Faculty Profile
MA Geography, (1996) University of Connecticut
BA Geography, (1992) Clark University
Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogoches, Texas) (2001-2004)
University of Connecticut (Storrs, Connecticut) (1998-2001)
Globalization and Diversity
Population and Environment
Human Geography
The Aral Sea Crisis: A Geographical Perspective
Political Geography
Ecology and Sustainable Development
Oil Geopolitics (Graduate seminar)
Oil and Gas Policy
Introduction to Environmental Studies
Digital Photography
Photojournalism
Natural Resource Management and Economics
Research Reading and Writing
Geography of Central Asia, Kazakhstan. Regional economy, Aral Sea region, Aral Sea crisis and contemporary socio-economic development in Aral Sea region. .
White, K.D. and Micklin, P. 2021. Ecological restoration and economic recovery in Kazakhstan’s Northern Aral Sea region. Focus on Geography 64: doi: 10.21690/foge/2021.64.4f.
White, K.D. 2021. Population, Development, and Environment in Kazakhstan. In: McNicol, B. ed. Sustainable Planet: Issues and Solutions for Our Environment’s Future. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 29-37.
Micklin, P., Aladin, N.V., Chida, T., Boroffka, N., Plotnikov, I.S., Krivonogov, S., and White, K. 2020. The Aral Sea: A story of devastation and partial recovery of a large lake. In: Mischke, S. ed. Large Asian Lakes in a Changing World: Natural State and Human Impact. Switzerland AG: Springer Nature, pp. 109-141.
White, K.D. 2019. Environmental Issues in Kazakhstan. In: Farazmand, A. ed. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance (Switzerland: Springer Nature).
White, K.D. 2019. Visualizing the languages of nature, society, power and politics in contemporary Kazakhstan. In: Brunn, S.D and Kehrein, R. eds. Handbook of the Changing World Language Map (New York: Springer Nature).
White, K.D. 2018. The snow leopard and cultural landscape in contemporary Kazakhstan. Society and Animals 26: 1-23.
Koch, N. and White, K. 2016. Cowboys, gangsters, and rural bumpkins: Constructing the ‘other’ in Kazakhstan’s ‘Texas.’ In: Laruelle, M. ed. Kazakhstan in the Making: Legitimacy, Symbols, and Social Changes. Lanham: Lexington Books, pp. 181-207.
White, K.D. 2016. Kazakhstan’s Northern Aral Sea today: Partial ecosystem restoration and economic recovery. In: Freedman, E. and Neuzil, M. eds. Environmental Crises in Central Asia: From steppes to seas, from deserts to glaciers. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 129-140.
White, K.D. 2014. Nature and Economy in the Aral Sea Basin. In: Micklin, P., Aladin, N., and Plotnikov, I. eds. The Aral Sea: The devastation and partial rehabilitation of a great lake. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 301-335.
White, K.D. 2013. A geographical perspective on the Aral Sea crisis: Three interpretations of an image. Bulletin of Geography Socio-economic Series 21: 125-132.
White, K.D. 2013. Nature-Society Linkages in the Aral Sea Region. Journal of Eurasian Studies 4(1): 18-33.
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations/College of Social Sciences
Dr Nurseit Niyazbekov is an assistant professor in the Department of International Relations in KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He is researching and consulting various international media and think tanks in the areas of post-communist transitions, democratization, Central Asian state building and protest mobilization. He was a visiting research fellow at the University of Michigan and SciencePO. He obtained his PhD and MSc degrees in Politics and Sociology from the University of Oxford.
Professor, Department of Economics/College of Social Sciences, College of Social Sciences
Research and Publications:
Naqvi, N., & Egbert, H. (2015). Market-Dependent Domestic Production Set. Journal of Economics and Finance Education, 14 (1), 31-40
Naqvi, N. (2017). Production Possibility Frontier: New Concepts for Post-Crisis Economics Textbooks in Ploehn, Juergen and George Chobanov (Eds.), Sustainability and Welfare Policy in European Market Economies, Peter Lang, pp 11-12.
Associate Professor, Department of Economics/College of Social Sciences
Dean, College of Social Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Economics/College of Social Sciences
Gerald Pech held teaching and research positions at the Graduate School Bochum and Dortmund, the University of St Andrews, National University of Ireland in Galway, American University in Bulgaria and Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz. His fields of specialization are game theory, public economics and the economic analysis of institutions.
Professor, Department of Public Administration/College of Social Sciences
Research and Publications:
Amagoh, F. (2017). Healthcare in Kazakhstan in The Future of Healthcare in Developing Countries in Asia( Eds. C. Aspalter and K. Pribadi). London: Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
Amagoh, F., & Rahman, T. (2016). Tapping into the Potential of Academic Diaspora for Homeland Development: The Case of Nigeria. Journal of International Migration and Integration .Vol. 17 No. 1, 35-53.
Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Department of Political Science and International Relations/College of Social Sciences
Nygmet Ibadildin graduated in 1995 from Kazakh State University with major in Philosophy. He made his Master of Arts in International relations in California State University at Fresno. He defended his PhD dissertation in 2011 in University of Tampere, School of Management. Title of dissertation is Role Of New And Old Institutional Framework In Combating The Resource Curse In Kazakhstan”. Dissertation grade is Magna cum laude approbatur.
He was editor and journalist in the Energy of Kazakhstan magazine and in the newspaper Vremya Po form 1999-2002.
Worked in different schools in Kazakhstan and abroad.
Research interests are political economy of natural resources, institutional development, Post-Soviet institutions and discourse analysis.
Currently teaching in KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Research and Publications:
Ibadildin, N. (2012). Role of institutions in Kazakhstan in combating the resource curse: Transition from the Soviet legacy to something else. London: Lambert Academic Publishing.
Ibadildin, N. (2009). Oil and Authoritarianism in Kazakhstan, in Ostrov, B. (Ed.) From Silk Road to Oil Slick: Kazakhstan Reemergence to Modernity. Norwalk: EastBridge.
List of Publications
Charles McGrath, Nygmet Ibadildin. Kazakh Famine 1928-1932. Publication date.2018/5. Journal Ukrainian Policymaker, Volume 2, 2018: 12-19 DOI: 10.29202/up/2/2
Ken Harvey and Nygmet Ibadildin. Handbook of Research on Human Social Interaction in the Age of Mobile Devices, scheduled for publication in 2016 by IGI Global, Chapter Mobile Impacting All Phases of Business IGI Global 2016
Ken Harvey and Nygmet Ibadildin. Business and mobile: Rapid restructure required June 2016 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0469-6.ch014
Нефть и политика. Мировой опыт и Казахстан. Казакпарат: Алматы 2015 in Russian
Role Of New And Old Institutional Framework In Combating The Resource Curse In Kazakhstan. Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 1600, Tampere 2011
Role of institutions in Kazakhstan in combating the resource curse
Transition from the Soviet legacy to something else
2011
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
292 p
Oil and Authoritarianism in Kazakhstan, Chapter for the book From Silk Road to Oil Slick: Kazakhstan Reemergence to Modernity, Edited by Ben Ostrov. Norwalk: EastBridge 2009
Resource Curse avoidance policies in Kazakhstan: issues, debates, difficulties in implementation in The Exploitation Of The Landscape Of Central And Inner Asia: Past, Present And Future Edited by Michael Gervers, Uradyn E. Bulag, Gillian Long, Toronto Studies in Central and Inner Asia, No. 9 Asian Institute, University of Toronto
Toronto, 2008
Kazakhstan. Article for the Routledge Encyclopedia of adolescence, 2007
“Concepts of Political Development and Modernization”, Poisk, Research journal of the Ministry of education and science 2003, 4 (Part II)
“Concepts of Political Development and Modernization”, Poisk, Research journal of the Ministry of education and science 2003, 4 (Part I)
“Historical and Country Lessons in Oil Development”, Poisk , Research journal of the Ministry of education and science 2002 , 4
“Interdependence Of Oil And Politics In Kazakhstan”, Poisk , Research journal of the Ministry of education and science 2002 , 3
“The Great Game. History and today”, Vestnik Vishei Shkoly Kazakhstana, 2002, 1, Almaty
“World Best Practice for Petroleum Fund and Kazakhstan’s Variant”, Poisk , Research journal of the Ministry of education and science 1,2002, p.152-156
“Some Positive and Negative Aspects of Oil Development in Kazakhstan”, Poisk , Research Journal of the Ministry of Education and Science №6, 2001, p.215-218
“International aspects of oil production in Kazakhstan”, Kazakhstan and World Community: Collection of the Articles, edited by M. Zholdasbekov Almaty: Dyke-press, 2000. p.134-143
“What are the Price Determinants for Oil Markets” Materials of the International Conference held by Diplomatic Academy, Astana, January 18-19, 2001 TACIS, FINEK.
“Some Implications of the Recent Constitutional Changes in Kazakhstan”, Working Papers. Symposium: Politics, Economics and Ideology in Kazakhstan, Research Center Almaty, Kazakhstan, KIMEP, 1999, pp. 130-134
“Philosophy and Idealism” Poisk , Research Journal of the Ministry of Education and Science 1999, 1, p.194-199, Almaty,
“Realist, Interdependent and World Systems theories as Explanatory Models of International Relations” Higher Education in Kazakhstan. 1999, 1, pp.119-124, Almaty
“The Economic Miracle and Its Rational Explanations” Poisk, Research Journal of the Ministry of Education and Science. 1998, 3, pp.198-201, Almaty,
“Philosophy as an Apophatic Phenomenon of the Consciousness” Mysl, Republican journal on social and political issues 1998, 6, pp.18-23, Almaty,
“Liberalization in Kazakhstan. Part 1.”, Vestnik Vishei Shkoly Kazakhstana ,1998, 4, pp.135-141, Almaty
“Liberalization in Kazakhstan. Part 2.”, Vestnik Vishei Shkoly Kazakhstana 1998, 5, pp.94-106, Almaty
“Truth. Beauty and Common Good”, Mysl, Republican journal on social and political issues
1998, 6, pp.36-38, Almaty,
“Some Peculiarities of Philosophical Discourse”, Poisk , Research Journal of the Ministry of Education and Science 1998, 3, pp.191-192, Almaty,
“Relationship between Political and Military Elites in Russia”, Vestnik Vishei shkoly Kazakhstana, 1996, 4, pp. 65-70, Almaty
“Kataphatic Definition of Philosophy”, Methodical Recommendations Almaty, “Kazakh Universiteti”, 1997 pp.3-17
“Economic and Political relations of Kazakhstan with Russia, China and United States”, Vestnik Vishei Shkoly Kazakhstana , 1997, 4, pp.75-82, Almaty
“Sino-American Relations” Materials of the First International Scientific Conference on the Role of Sociology, October 23-24 1996, pp.158-167, Almaty, 1997
“Kataphatic Definition of Philosophy” Vestnik Vishei Shkoly Kazakhstana , 1996, 5, pp.114-124, Almaty
“Apophatic Definition of Philosophy”, Vestnik Vishei Shkoly Kazakhstana 1996, 4, pp. 71-81, Almaty
US Patent PCT/US 2013/049188 Bentonite collars for wellbore casings Craig Benson, Ivan Kornienko, Nygmet Ibadildin – US Patent App. 13/542,390, 2012 WO 2014008325 A1 United States Patent US009080419B2 (12) (10) Patent No.: US 9,080,419 Date of Patent: Jul. 14, 2015
Номер патента: 30703. Узел обсадной трубы и способ изоляции зазора между обсадной трубой и стенкой ствола скважины.. Опубликовано: 15.12.2015. Авторы: Бэнсон Крэг Х., Ибадильдин Ныгмет Амангельдинович, Корниенко Иван Викторович
МПК: E21B 43/10, C09K 3/18, E21B 17/01
Kazakhstan Patent No16322, Е21В 33/14, 14.10.2005 Сушко Сергей Михайлович, Бегун Анатолий Данилович, Ибадильдин Ныгмет Амангендинович, Корниенко Иван Викторович. Способ заканчивания технологических скважин и конструкция герметизирующего стакана
Kazakhstan Patent No15117, 15.12.2004 Цирельсон Людмила Екимовна, Ибадильдин Ныгмет Амангендинович Способ лечения диарейных заболеваний
Kazakhstan Patent No 14313, 05.05.2004 Цирельсон Людмила Екимовна, Ибадильдин Ныгмет Амангендинович Способ получения адсорбирующего средства из коллоидных глин
Kazakhstan Patent No 13071, 15.05.2003 Бухман Михаил Александрович, Ибадильдин Ныгмет Амангендинович Распылительная сушилка
Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communications/College of Social Sciences
Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communications/College of Social Sciences
Currently, Sholpan is on leave to study towards her PhD in Journalism Studies at the University of Maryland. Sholpan Kozhamkulova graduated from Kazakh National University with a BA in Journalism in 2000. She earned an MA in Translation Theory from Abylay Khan Kazakh State University in 2002, an MA in Journalism and Public Affairs from the American University in Washington DC in 2004 and a PhD in Political Communications from KazNU in 2008. Her career includes work as an editor at “Aykos” and teaching positions at Abylay Khan University and KazNU.
Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communications, College of Social Sciences
Professional journalist, experienced instructor, has been working at KIMEP University since 2003. Graduated from the Advanced training program for faculty of the University of Michigan (USA) and Lund University (Sweden). Member of the Thomson Foundation Editors’ Program, Cardiff, UK. Speaker at international conferences in Germany, Hungary, Turkey, Malaysia, and Spain. Member of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA). Presented at the UNESCO session on journalism education as an expert. Shared her positive experience of teaching journalism at KIMEP University and spoke about the processes of globalization of journalism education in Kazakhstan. Completed an internship for journalists in the USA, got acquainted with the work of the ABC News, The Washington Post, Discovery TV channel and other US media.
Lectures on journalism and mass communications, supervises students’ internships, and coordinates department’s communications with professional communities. Has developed new courses, for example, Fashion and Lifestyle Journalism. Created a practical laboratory for students, where practicing journalists, PR specialists and other media specialists regularly conduct trainings and master classes.
Awarded with the Y. Altynsarin breastplate from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Author of one of the chapters of the first in Kazakhstan textbook on media literacy for university faculty. “The best faculty for 2016-2017” award.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/saltanat.kazhimuratova/
Portfolio: https://newreporter.org/author/saltanat/
E-mail: saltanat@kimep.kz
Phone.: +7 (727) 270-42-96
PhD, Professor, Department of Economics/College of Social Sciences
Faculty profile
2020- current Research director of College of Social Sciences, KIMEP University
2004 – current Assistant Professor, KIMEP University.
2015 Teaching assistant at the Institute of Development Policy and Management, the University of
2010- 2011 Research Fellow at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) by the Erasmus Mundus Program
2003 –2004 Research Fellow of the Fulbright Program, Indiana University
2001 – 2003 Associate Dean of the college of Economics and Business, Kazakh State National University (KazNU), Kazakhstan
2001-2003 Associate Professor (part-time), International Academy of Business (Almaty)
1995- 2001 Senior Lecturer, KazNU
1992-1995 Lecturer, KazNU
Principles of microeconomics, principles of macroeconomics, econometric methods, advanced econometrics, financial econometrics, quantitative methods in economics, managerial economics, mathematical economics, economy of Kazakhstan, internship for undergraduate students and graduate students, Research seminar, special topic in economics, thesis seminar, research methods and methodology.
Reza Arabsheibani, Alma Kudebayeva, Altay Mussurov (2021) “Note on Bride Kidnapping and Labour Supply of Kyrgyz Women”. Economic Systems. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2021.100885
Kudebayeva, A., Sharipova, A., & Sharipova, D. (2021). Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being in Central Asia. Europe-Asia Studies, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2021.1973965
Primiano, C. B., & Kudebayeva, A. (2020). What is democracy and who supports it? Findings from a university survey in Kazakhstan. Central Asian Survey, 39(4), 463–479. https://doi.org/10.1080/02634937.2020.1823318
Barrientos, A., and Kudebayeva, A., (2018) “Social Transfers and Women’s Labour Supply in Kyrgyzstan” IZA Institute of Labor Economics, GLM|LIC Working Paper No. 41. https://conference.iza.org/conference_files/GLMLIC_Nepal2019_Conference/kudebayeva_a8594.pdf
Kudebayeva, A., & Barrientos, A. (2017). A Decade of Poverty Reduction in Kazakhstan 2001–2009: Growth and/or Redistribution? Journal of International Development, 29(8), 1166–1186. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3278
Brück, T., Esenaliev, D., Kroeger, A., Kudebayeva, A., Mirkasimov, B., & Steiner, S. (2014). Household Survey Data for Research on Well-being and Behavior in Central Asia. Journal of Comparative Economics, 42(3), 819–835. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2013.02.003
Chair, Department of Economics/College of Social Sciences
Research and Publications:
Alimbekov, A., Madumarov, E., & Pech, G. (2017). Sequencing in Customs Union Formation: Theory and Application to the Eurasian Economic Union. Journal of Economic Integration 32.
Madumarov, E. (2008) External Factors of Economic Growth: Transition Economies of the Baltics and Central Asia. VDM Verlag, Saarbrücken, August 2008. (Book).
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration/College of Social Sciences
Research and Publications:
Kabdiyeva, A. (2015). Development of NGOs in Kazakhstan. European Journal of Business and Social Sciences 4 (2), pp. 159-169.
Dixon, J., Kabdiyeva A. (2014). Collaboration between the State and NGOs in Kazakhstan. International Journal of Community and Cooperative Studies 1(1), pp. 27-41.
Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations
Phone: 270-42-79, 270-42-88 ext. 3077
Office:129 /ac
E-Mail: dgulnara@kimep.kz
Professor
Education:
D.Sc. (Historical Sciences), Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi, Kazakhstan
Work experience:
2005 – present, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, KIMEP, Kazakhstan
1987 – 2005, Lecturer, Department of History,in Kazakh National University named after al-Farabi, Kazakhstan
Primary teaching areas and teaching experience:
History of Kazakhstan, “Nation-state building in Asian Republics of Soviet Union” ”Government and Politics in Central Asia”, ”Central Asian – Russian Relations”, “History of Diplomacy from 1648 to 1815”, “History of Diplomacy from 1815 to 1945”
Research interests:
Nationalism and nation-state building processes in modern Central Asia.
Selected publications:
Articles
Post-Soviet Kazakhstan: Nationalism and Language Issues. The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, vol. 37 no. 2 2010, Brill The Netherland, ISSN 1075-1262, e-ISSN 1876-3324 (co-author A. Adibayeva)
Kazakh Nationalism in Eurasian Context. History Research, vol.2, Number 7, July 2012. USA, David Publishing Company, ISSN 2159-550X, ISSN 2159-5518.
El Nasionalismo Kazajo en el Contexto Eurasia Tico, Eurasiatica Revista Online Sobre Asia Central, 2011, 2
Post-Crisis World: The Chinese Factor in The Transformation of Kazakhstan” , co-author A. Adibayeva (submitted for publication by Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (USA)
Problems of Refugees from Central Asia as Consequences of Stalin’s Modernization [Проблема Беженцев из Центральной Азии, как Последствия Сталинской Модернизации], Vestnik KazNU, Seriya Istoricheskaya, 2009, 2 (31): С. 11-18
Nationalism in Modern Kazakhstan Language Policy, Otan Tarihy, 2009, 2: 54-63
The Peculiarities of “Russification Processes” in SovietRepublics and Kazakh Language Problems [Особенности Процесса «Русификации» в Советских Республиках и Проблемы Казахского Языка], Аlash, 2009, 1 (22): 104 – 111
Kazakhstan – Russian relations in 2000-s geopolitical context (p. 21-27)// Kazakh civilization, # 3, 2012.
“Great Powers Politics in Central Asia in 2000-s: The New “Great Game”? // KazNU Herald [Вест. КазНУ, сер ист.] – 2013 – №3 (70).- с. 96-103.
Book chapters
“Mackinder’s legacy today: new challenges for Kazakhstan and Central Asia” in Central Asia in International Relations, ed. by Nick Megoran & Sevara Sharapova, Hirst and Co, London, 2013. (co–author A. Adibayeva)
Государственная языковая политика в независимом Казахстане: внешне- и внутриполитические факторы.(с. 270-282) –/ Центральная Азия. Традиции и современность. Под ред. А.О. Чубарьяна. Институт всеобщей истории РАН РК.- Москва, 2011.- 330 с. ISBN 978-5-94067-326-2.
Нациестроительство в Центральной Азии: от советских наций к постсоветским нациям-государствам.(с. 295-317) /Центральная Азия. Традиции и современность. Под ред. А.О. Чубарьяна. Институт всеобщей истории РАН РК.- Москва, 2011.- 330 с. ISBN 978-5-94067-326-2.
Kazakhstan during civil war [Казахстан в годы гражданской войны] //History of Kazakhstan since ancient times to nowadays [История Казахстана с древнейших времен до наших дней (курс лекций)]. – Алматы: Уш Киян, 2003. – С. 360-382.
Textbooks
Conference presentations
Involvement in academic and professional associations:
Member of “Kazakhstan Historians” Association.
Member of Central Eurasian Studies Society (USA).
Contact info:
Phone: 270 42 79/88, ext 3077
Office: 129 Valikhanov bld.
E-Mail: dgulnara@kimep.kz
Application for the academic rank of professor
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations
PhD in International Relations from the International University of Japan, Japan
Master of International Law and Economics, World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland
Bachelor of International Relations, Suleiman Demirel University, Kazakhstan
Visiting scholar at George Washington University’s Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
Courses taught at KIMEP: “Ethics in International Affairs”; “Theories of International Relations” and “Comparative Foreign Policy”
Research interest: Role of norms (ideas, identity, and culture) in both constraining and strengthening region-building processes in Eurasia.
Contact information: office # 117 Valikhanov building
Assistant Professor and Chair, Department of Media and Communications/College of Social Sciences
Assistant Professor and Chair, Department of Media and Communications/College of Social Sciences
Mr. Scott Burgess, new Assistant Professor at the Department of Media and Communications, CSS, joined KIMEP in Fall 2023. Currently he is teaching courses: Advanced Media Writing; Editing and Communication Research.
Education:
PhD candidate at Wayne State University, USA
MA, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
Bachelor degree from UCLA, USA
Research interests: perceptual biases in mass media including Hostile Media Effect and Third Person Effect and how the media can exacerbate these effects. He’s also interested in examining problems new journalists encounter when beginning their careers
Scott Burgess is a former journalist with more than three decades of experience. He has worked at small and large newspapers as a reporter and editor. He was the Middle East Bureau Chief for Stars & Stripes covering conflicts in Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He was the Auto Critic at The Detroit News and the Detroit Editor at Motor Trend.
Contact information: office # 511 Valikhanov building
