Scientific activity
The Department of Economics and Entrepreneurship actively carries out research activities aimed at the development of economics, entrepreneurship, logistics, human capital, digital transformation and sustainable development of the national economy.
The department operates and develops scientific schools covering key areas of modern economics, including:
- Development of total human capital;
- Economic development of Kazakhstan;
- Improving the competitiveness of the national economy and logistics models;
- Oil and gas sector and investment policy;
- Digitalization of urban infrastructure and Smart City;
- Intellectual property and innovative economic development.
The faculty of the department are members of the University's Dissertation Council for the defense of dissertations for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the field of «Business and Management» training (6D050600-Economics, 8D04106-Analytical Economics, 8D04102-Economics), scientific consultants of doctoral students, and also act as official reviewers and participate in the discussion and conducting dissertation defense procedures.
Ongoing Research Projects
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№ р/с |
Supervisor's full name |
Topic name |
The customer and the source of financing |
|
1. |
Raimbekov Zh.S. |
АР19677634 «Development of logistics infrastructure and sustainable supply chain of perishable foodstuffs in Kazakhstan» |
Committee of Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Republican Budget, grant financing, 2023-2025 years |
|
2. |
Maidyrova A. B. |
AP26103857 «Economic assessment of the added value of human capital and its impact on the quality of life». |
Committee of Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Republican Budget, grant financing, 2025-2027 years |
|
3. |
Ergaliev R.E. |
AP22686491 «Assessment of the potential and development of a model for using blockchain technology in logistics and supply chains of meat products in Kazakhstan» |
Committee of Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Republican Budget, grant financing, 2024-2026 years |
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4. |
Kalieva S.S. |
AP22686421 «Development of methodological recommendations for the disposal and processing of food waste in educational institutions» |
Committee of Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Republican Budget, grant financing, 2024-2026 years |
The research activity of the Department of Economics and Entrepreneurship is characterized by the growth of publication activity, the development of scientific schools, the active participation of teachers and students in the international scientific space and the integration of scientific results into the educational process.
Basic quantitative indicators
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№ |
Indicators |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
1. |
Total number of awards |
2 |
- |
2 |
|
2. |
Academic degree of personnel ( %) |
96 |
96 |
96 |
|
3. |
Total number of publications by the faculty: of these, in the Web of Science and in Scopus |
36 9 |
64 10 |
47 9 |
|
4. |
Percentage of teaching staff who publish articles in journals included in the Web of Science and Scopus (in %) |
48 |
39 |
22 |
|
5. |
The number of organized and conducted scientific events at the faculty |
11 |
6 |
4 |
|
6. |
Total number of publications of students: |
75 |
62 |
66 |
|
of which publications of students: |
19 |
20 |
11 |
|
|
Master’s students |
17 |
24 |
27 |
|
|
Doctoral students: |
39 |
18 |
28 |
|
|
7. |
The total number of students who have won national and international scientific project competitions: |
11 |
16 |
18 |
|
of which publications of students: |
8 |
13 |
14 |
|
|
Master’s students |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
Doctoral students: |
2 |
- |
- |
|
|
8 |
Number of published monographs: |
1 |
5 |
3 |
|
of them in Kazakh: |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
in Russian: |
- |
2 |
2 |
|
|
in English: |
- |
2 |
- |
ANNUAL RESEARCH REPORTS
Scientific Club “Ystyq Shelpek”
Since November 2019, the scientific club “Ystyq Shelpek” has been operating at the Department of Economics and Entrepreneurship. The members of the Club include faculty members, doctoral students and, upon request, master’s students of the department, as well as academic staff and doctoral students from other departments of the Faculty of Economics at L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, and faculty, staff, and students from other universities in Kazakhstan and abroad.
The main objective of the Club is to develop theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of economic research through reading, discussing, and publishing articles in the world’s leading economic journals.
Main activities of the Club:
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Organization and conduct of the scientific seminar “Ystyq Shelpek,” where papers from the world’s top ten economic journals are presented and discussed. To date, 15 high-quality papers by leading economists have been presented and discussed;
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Publication (depositing) of Club members’ economic papers in working paper format through the ENU website or other repositories such as ub.uni-muenchen.de. The first paper of a Club member has been published in the repository mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de: https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/105084/ (MPRA Paper No. 105084);
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Encouraging Club members to study modern economic literature through the “Library of the Ambitious Economist,” which contains contemporary academic literature from leading universities worldwide, including works by Nobel laureates in Economics;
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Promoting publication of Club members’ research in high-ranking economic journals. Many members and doctoral students have submitted their articles to journals indexed in Scopus.
In 2022–2023, representatives of foreign universities and scientific organizations expressed interest in participating in the seminar. In particular, the seminars were attended by Kamen Spassov Velichkov (Bulgaria), staff member and diplomatic adviser of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC); Yaroslav Kultan, PhD, Professor at the University of Economics in Bratislava (Slovakia); and other participants. Information about the Club’s seminars is published on the official website of the Faculty of Economics (ef.enu.kz).
Annual reports of the Scientific Club
