Faculty and Staff

The ISE has both national and International faculty, all of whom are screened by the academic committee. The ISE is currently conducting an international search to attract leading scholars in the fields of economics and finance as it moves into its fourth year of operation.

Professors working in the ISE are required to teach and be actively engaged in research and publishing. The teaching load of 8 credit hours per semester is a reflection of the requirements for scholarly work.

The ISE is staffed by a team of highly qualified professors, administrators and a steering committee. Our faculty is comprised of both international as well as internationally-trained Kazakhstani's. The programme frequently invites scholars from the London School of Economics, Oxford and other top U.K. universities to support the academic process and prepare students for international exams.

The ISE teaching staff includes:

  • Aidan Islyami
    Master
    Senior Lecturer
    Research Interests: International trade, General equilibrium modeling, Industrial Organization, Kazakhstan economy
  • Alisher Aldashev
    Ph.D., Regensburg University
    Assistant Professor of Economics
    Research Interests: Migration and mobility, unemployment, wage inequality
  • Aslan Tanekenov
    Senior Lecturer in Sociology
    Research Interests: Sociology
  • Diana Yermekbayeva
    Senior Lecturer in Finance
  • Dmitriy Kha
    Ph.D., Suffolk University
    Assistant Professor of Economics
    Research Interests: Energy economics, deregulation of electricity markets, political economics
  • Gulnissa Makhanova
    Candidate of Philology, MA, University of Warwick
    Senior Lecturer
    Research Interests: Applied Linguistics, Text and Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Cultures of Learning
  • Kairat Mynbayev
    Doctor of Science, The Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics
    Professor of Econometrics
    Research Interests: Econometrics and statistics
  • Lyudmila Smirnova
    Candidate of Philology, Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages
    Associate Professor of English Language
    Research Interests: English grammar, text linguistics, and methods of English language teaching
  • Stanislav Kharin
    Doctor of Science, The Institute of Thermophysics
    Professor of Mathematics
    Research Interests: Mathematical modelling
  • Tamasha Aiganatova
    Senior Lecturer in Economics

The ISE programme is administered by:

  • Zoya Tuiebakhova, dean of the ISE
  • Anna Rekhert, associate dean of the ISE
  • Sabina Issabekova, senior manager
  • Aisulu Yerdebayeva, manager

The main decisions on the academic programmes, courses, syllabi, progression rules, admission criteria, codes of conduct and the appointment of professors are made by the ISE Academic Committee.

The members of the Committee are:

  • Amos Witztum, professor of the LSE, project director of the ISE
  • Martin Anthony,  project advisor of the ISE
  • Zoya Tuiebakhova, dean of the ISE

Simon Briercliffe is the administrative coordinator at the LSE and the University of London.

 

World Class Teaching Professionals at Your Disposal

ISE professors and staff are here to help you as a student to find your way. You will have the opportunity to consult with your professors before, during or after classes as well as during office hours. You can consult the ISE staff (the dean and his team) whenever you want. We have an open door policy.

As a student, you will receive information and communicate with the faculty in the following ways:

  • Student meetings: the ISE staff will organise student meetings to provide you with news and information and to get your feedback.
  • Intranet: all the information you need for your studies is available on the KBTU Intranet. You'll receive a personal log-in name and password. The Intranet is the main tool you will use to register yourself for courses and examinations and to find the results of your examinations. You will also find syllabi and course materials on the Intranet.
  • Student advisors: the ISE professors are there to advise you on how to study, to monitor your progress and provide you with advice on how to improve. Please check the list of student advisors at the ISE office to find out which professor is your advisor
  • Interviews: once a year, the dean will interview all students individually to discuss your progress.
  • Evaluations: after each semester, you will be asked to fill in an evaluation form to evaluate the professors and the courses, as well as ISE in general.