NURCE - The Nazarbayev University’s Research Centre for Entrepreneurship
People
The NURCE’s core administration and research team are based at Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Business. We also cooperate with experts in the field of GEM, entrepreneurship and gender empowerment researches based in a range of other institutions.

Founders:

Shumaila Yousafzai
Director and Founder
Anjan Ghosh
Co-director and co-Founder
Philipp Schröder
Deputy Director
Nurlykhan Aljanova
Deputy Director
A. Onajomo Akemu
Assistant Professor and Co-Founder
Atanu Rakshit
Assistant Professor and Co-Founder

Post Doctorate Fellows:

Dr Alexander Parkyn-Smith
Visual Anthropologist
JUAN D BORRERO
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Shandana Sheikh
Researcher in Women Entrepreneurship
P K V Kishan
Assistant Professor, IRMA
Vahid Makizadeh
Assistant Professor, University of Hormozgan

PhD Students:

Nurbayeva Alua
Senior Lecturer, KBTU
Wojdan Omran-Farraj
PhD research student, Cardiff Business School
Madina Nurguzhina
PhD student, Imperial College Business School
Dauletzhan Baimukhanov
PhD student
Eva Lennartz
RA, NURCE
Dr. Yelena V. Muzykina
RA, NURCE
Zhansaule Kimel
RA, NURCE

Research Assistants:

Dana Sailaukhanova
RA, NURCE
Leila Farraj
RA, NURCE
Nurlyaiym Zhaksybayeva
RA, NURCE
Kassiyet Temirzakhkyzy
RA, NURCE
Amina Chaia
RA, NURCE
Nurlan Kulbatyrov
RA, NURCE
Makhabbat Sadvakassova
RA, NURCE
Yermukhan Maikhanov
RA, NURCE
Azim Dukenderov
RA, NURCE
Zhasmin Amirbekova
RA, NURCE
Zhuldyz Zhumashova
RA, NURCE

Administrative Team:

Ekaterina Chegnova
Event Manager
Assel Abdrakhmanova
Deputy Project Manager
Nazira Syzdykova
Media Manager
Dilnaz Aisakova
Social media manager
Adiya Akhmer
Media manager