Graduate School of Public Policy
Graduate School of Public Policy
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Kz
Graduate School of Public Policy
Graduate School of Public Policy
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Kz
Graduate School of Public Policy
Graduate School of Public Policy
En
Ru

Research Areas

Governments and multinational enterprises (MNEs), institutions and development policies, political economy of state, democracy and social media

Research Output

Contact information:

Dr. Serik Orazgaliyev
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Public Policy
Room 4.010
Nazarbayev University
53 Kabanbay batyr Avenue
Astana, Kazakhstan 010000
Telephone: +7 7172 70 91 60
Email: serik.orazgaliyev@nu.edu.kz


Serik Orazgaliyev

Position: Associate Professor
Education Background: Ph.D. in Development Studies, University of Cambridge (UK)

Dr. Serik Orazgaliyev has been with GSPP since 2016 first as an Instructor, Assistant Professor and currently as an Associate Professor and Co-Chair of Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) country chapter in Kazakhstan. He taught in Asian Universities Alliance (AUA) Lecture Series, attended by students from thirteen AUA universities in China, Japan, India, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Singapore, UAE and other countries. He was awarded NU Teaching Award in 2022 in ‘Internationalization’ category.

Dr. Orazgaliyev’s research appeared in International Journal of the Commons, Sustainability, Journal of Eurasian Studies and Thunderbird International Business Review. He was awarded a three-year (2022-2024) research grant from the Ministry of Education and Science of Kazakhstan and was also a recipient of AUA Scholars Award (2019) and Bolashak International Scholarship (2012). He provided consultancy services to several government agencies in Kazakhstan, Asian Development Bank as well as for UNDP and OECD-led projects.

Selected Publications

Journal articles:

  1. Raghavan, A.; Demircioglu, M.A.; Orazgaliyev, S. (2021) COVID-19 and the New Normal of Organizations and Employees: An Overview. Sustainability, 13:11942. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111942
  2. Akhmetzharov S, Orazgaliyev S. (2021) Labor unions and institutional corruption: The case of Kazakhstan. Journal of Eurasian Studies, doi:10.1177/18793665211041198
  3. Orazgaliyev, S. (2020). The role of home governments in entry bargaining of multinationals: China’s investment in Central Asia’s natural resource sector. Thunderbird International Business Review, 62(3), 249-262. https://doi.org/10.1002/tie.22128
  4. Orazgaliyev, S., & Araral, E. (2019). Conflict and Cooperation in Global Commons: Theory and Evidence from the Caspian Sea. International Journal of the Commons, 13(2), 962–976, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.914
  5. Orazgaliyev, S. (2019). The Overland Silk Road: China’s Energy Cooperation with Central Asia in the Context of Industry Competition. China: An International Journal, 17(4), 62-75. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/742821.
  6. Orazgaliyev, S. (2018). State intervention in Kazakhstan’s energy sector: Nationalization or participation? Journal of Eurasian Studies, 9(2), 143–151. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euras.2018.06.001
  7. Orazgaliyev, S. (2018). Reconstructing MNE-host country bargaining model in the international oil industry. Transnational Corporations Review, 10:1, https://doi.org/10.1080/19186444.2018.1436646
  8. Orazgaliyev S. (2017) ‘Competition for pipeline export routes in the Caspian region: The new great game or the new Silk Road?’ Cambridge Journal of Eurasian Studies 2:1.
Book chapters:

  1. Burkhanov A., Orazgaliyev S. and Araral E., (2021) Political Culture and Power Transition: The Case of Kazakhstan, in Kazakhstan’s Political Transition, edited by Jean-Francois Caron, Palgrave MacMillan.
  2. Orazgaliyev S., (2021) Nationalisation and the role of national oil companies: the case of Kazakhstan, in Reforming State-Owned Enterprises in Asia, Eds.: Taghizadeh-Hesary, F., Yoshino N., Kim C.J., Springer Nature.
  3. Orazgaliyev, S., & Akhmetzharov, S. (2020). Kazakhstan’s Economy and the Oil Sector: A Developmental State or Resource Curse Model?. In Kazakhstan’s Developmental Journey (pp. 15-50). Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.
  4. Araral E., Mukherjee M., Qi F. and Orazgaliyev S. (2019), Water Commons: A Critical Appreciation and Revisionist View, Routledge Handbook of the Study of the Commons, eds: Blake H., Rosenbloom J., and Cole D., London: Routledge.
  5. Orazgaliyev S. (2019), From Conflict to Consensus: Energy Geopolitics in the Caspian Region, in The Idea of the Northern Tier: A New Order in the Middle East? Editor: Serkan Yolacan, Middle East Institute, Singapore: NUS Press.