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IN THIS ISSUE Three milestones of Dilshod (page 2) Optimizing analytical queries over semantic web sources (page 4) From TUIT to WIUT to SUNY (page 5) Employability skills agenda (page 6) Welcome back to WIUT (page 6) Curious Angelina (page 7) International speakers and

visiting practitioners

(page 9)

International research publi-cations in 2017 (page 10) Local research publications in 2017 (page 11) Research training sessions in 2017 (page 11) International conferences and workshops in 2017 (pages 12, 13) Research seminars in 2017 (page 14) Upcoming events (page 15)

Dear Generation Z

students,

You may wonder why

students need to be en-

gaged in cutting-edge

research. Research is an

endless process of en-

deavor. People always

highly reward new – big

ideas, because big ideas

built on curiosity and

hardwork are drivers of

human development and

progress. Research skills

such as problem solving, critical thinking, working in a team, qualitative

and quantitative data analytical skills as well as academic writing and

public speaking are highly demanded in the labor market and graduate

programs today. Research – discovery process is one way to develop

your skills, pursue your own ideas and become independent and life-

long learners.

Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT) has high po-

tential to cultivate and support research collaboration between students

and faculty. We are excited to represent the WIUT Research Society, a

platform that brings together talented students from different subject

areas to facilitate and celebrate research activity. International experi-

ence and capacity of WIUT faculty, modern research tools for business

and social sciences, and students` strong desire to learn, together bring

big research opportunities and interdisciplinary collaboration for the uni-

versity.

Joining the Research Society benefits range from building meaningful

connections with faculty and other students who share similar interests,

applying classroom learning to real-world problems to co-authoring pa-

pers, attending international conferences, patenting inventions or

launching a start-up. We plan to organize our first International Under-

graduate Research Conference, that will be run by Research Socie-

ty members for all students, including undergraduate students from

abroad. Stay tuned and engaged in research – exciting news is coming

soon!

WIUT Research Society Executive Team and Akhtem Useinov

R ESEARCH DIGEST

http://www.wiut.uz/research/digest 1

WIUT Research Society Executive Team (from left to right): President - Azizbek Ikramov (Level 6) Vice-President - Manzura Jumaniyazova (Level 6) Secretary - Ismoil Abdurakhmonov (Level 6)

2 http://www.wiut.uz/research/digest 2

Interview with Dr. Dilshod Ibragimov, senior lec-

turer at WIUT. He has a PhD in Computer Sci-

ence from the Université libre de Bruxelles, Bel-

gium and is currently teaching Decision Support

and Data Mining Systems module and Systems

Analysis and Design module.

Dr. Ibragimov – you have defended your PhD

thesis in Computer Science titled "Optimizing

Analytical Queries over Semantic Web Sources"

in November 2017. Congratulations on your

achievement! Why have you chosen this field?

What motivated/interested you to pursue your

PhD in this topic and abroad?

Business Intelligence is a very trendy research area

right now. It encompasses many scientific and tech-

nological fields including data warehousing, data

mining, content analytics, business process man-

agement, visual analytics, and requires competenc-

es in information systems, web science, decision

science, and software engineering. This field lets me

try various ideas using scientific methods and work

on real-world problems applying mathematical mod-

els and machine learning techniques. Through the

collection, analysis and interpretation of data, ma-

chine learning helps me understand how humans

make decisions and improve algorithms to optimize

the decision-making outcomes.

Since 2013, I was a student in the Erasmus Mundus

Joint Doctorate in Information Technologies for Busi-

ness Intelligence – Doctoral College (IT4BI-DC) pro-

gramme. I chose the IT4BI-DC programme because

it is a well-organized programme. The curriculum is

jointly delivered by associated partners from around

the world include top-ranked universities, leading

industries in Business Intelligence, public and pri-

vate research organizations, R&D companies, con-

sulting companies, and public authorities. IT4BI-DC

provides doctoral candidates with a high-level edu-

cation and training programme comprising Research

-specific courses, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

courses, Methodological and Communication cours-

es, Language courses, Organization of and partici-

pation in scientific events, and Internships. Each

doctoral candidate is engaged on a research topic

proposed by two institutions (i.e., home and host).

The Doctorate thesis is co-supervised by two profes-

sors, one from each of the proponent institutions us-

ing a co-tutelle model.

Can you tell us something about your PhD learn-

ing and defense process? What was the most

interesting and the most difficult part for you?

During the first two months after the enrolment, I to-

gether with my co-advisors, drafted a Doctoral Pro-

ject Plan (DPP), which formulated and concretized

the elements involved in the research process. The

DPP specified my coursework and training pro-

gramme taking into account my previous education-

al background. In addition, the DPP specified the

expected student mobility periods between the host

university—Aalborg University & the home universi-

ty—Free University of Brussels.

With respect to the student mobility, I started the first

semester at the home university, spent the second

semester at the host university, and then returned

for one year back to the home university. In my third

year I started my studies in the host university and

then returned to the home university for the second

semester.

Further, I had shorter stays at the host university for

meeting my advisors and taking some courses.

WIUT RESEARCH DIGEST

THREE MILESTONES OF DILSHOD

(continued on next page)

Dr. Dilshod Ibragimov


Thus, I spent at least 33% of my doctorate at the

host Aalborg university.

I achieved three milestones within this programme:

at the end of my first year, I presented my Thesis

Proposal Report (TPR, extended DPP version); at

the end of my second year, I presented my Re-

search Progress Report (RPP), including a descrip-

tion of the main issues, preliminary research results,

and an action plan for the remaining work; and at

the end of my study, I submitted my Doctoral Thesis.

During my PhD studies, I participated in the Europe-

an Business Intelligence Summer School (eBISS)

organized by the Erasmus Mundus Master course

IT4BI, the Doctoral Colloquium organized by IT4BI-

DC, the Keystone Training School in Keyword

search in Big Linked Data organized by the Universi-

ty of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) and the

Spring School "Models, Systems, and Algorithms for

Role-based Business Intelligence Applications" or-

ganized by Dresden University of Technology

(Germany).

The most difficult part of this journey was to keep

working after your conference paper or journal man-

uscript gets rejected more than once. Dealing with

rejection is not easy and reading the comments of

the anonymous peer reviewers may lower your self-

esteem. My strong message is if you keep revising/

redrafting and improving your paper, your manu-

script will eventually get accepted to high-quality

conferences and journals.

Can you please give general advice to students

and research assistants on their potential Com-

puter Science research/career? What`s next for

you?

My general advice to all students and research as-

sistants – do not give up. It took me several years to

find a proper program and be accepted, and yet

more hard work to finish my studies. Research is a

continuously challenging but rewarding process –

you have to work on the same idea again and again,

keep polishing every word in your paper – only the

most persistent succeeds. But the end result is

worth the effort and all the sweat.

What I like about my field is that I can work on any

topic I like, be it astronomy, medicine, education or

anything else. Data are everywhere today and I can

analyze and find interesting dependencies which

could lead to new discoveries. In my opinion, this is

really exciting!

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The capability of incorporating data from different

sources into the decision making process is, nowa-

days, essential for Business Intelligence (BI) appli-

cations. Huge amounts of data available on the Web

call for more active use of these data to provide rich-

er insights. However, due to the amount and com-

plexity of data available on the Web, incorporation

and utilization of these data pose challenges for

technologies that were shaped for storing and ma-

nipulating structural data. Thus, our research pre-

sents the approach aimed at optimizing analytical

queries over Resource Description Framework

(RDF) sources. This research focuses on data inte-

gration and data processing techniques to enable

efficient execution of analytical SPARQL (RDF que-

ry language) queries in the Semantic Web.

First, we propose a framework for Exploratory

Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) over Linked

Open Data (LOD) sources. We then present a use

case that demonstrates the applicability of the pro-

posed framework. This framework sets the direction

for further investigation. In particular, we investigate

the algorithms and techniques to increase the effi-

ciency of executing analytical SPARQL queries in a

distributed environment. For example, we find that

the state-of-the-art triple store timed out during the

execution of the aggregate queries that retrieves in-

formation from a remote endpoint. To remedy this

issue, we investigate several query processing strat-

egies for this scenario such as Mediator Join, Semi-

Join, and Partial Aggregation and propose a cost

model that analyzes each query and chooses the

best strategy in each case. The comprehensive ex-

perimental evaluation shows that our approach is

efficient and scalable, able to pick the best query

processing plan in different situations, and signifi-

cantly outperforms current state-of-the art triple

stores.

Later, as a continuation of our research in federated

queries, we investigate federations of SPARQL end-

points where data are distributed in such a manner

that related data are stored on multiple endpoints

such that an endpoint contributes data for a certain

“aspect” (dimensions, hierarchies, facts, etc.) only. A

typical example is the setup where each endpoint

contains statistics data of a single country only. In

our approach, we define the mappings to link a me-

diated (global) schema to source (local) schemas,

extended RDF vocabularies to be used for mapping,

and propose a query rewriting algorithm that re-

writes a globally defined query to queries for local

endpoints. Our experimental evaluation shows the

efficiency and scalability of the proposed approach.

Finally, we investigate one of the methods to in-

crease the performance of aggregate queries on a

single SPARQL endpoint – materializing RDF views

for their further utilization during query execution.

We propose a materialized view selection and ana-

lytical SPARQL query rewriting approach for RDF

data where a view selection algorithm is based on

an RDF-specific cost model. The approach also ac-

counts for implicit triples present in the view. A com-

prehensive experimental evaluation shows the effi-

ciency and scalability of our approach resulting in 3-

10 times speedup in query execution.

To sum up, we investigate different aspects and pro-

pose algorithms and query processing optimization

techniques for improving query performance for ana-

lytical SPARQL queries in a federated setup. Our

approach helps to increase the performance gain for

analytical queries in a federation to 7x times, and

increases the performance gain for analytical que-

ries on single endpoints to 3-11x times.

Dilshod Ibragimov

Senior Lecturer at WIUT


OPTIMIZING ANALYTICAL QUERIES OVER SEMANTIC WEB SOURCES OPTIMIZING ANALYTICAL QUERIES OVER SEMANTIC WEB SOURCES


Interview with Ulugbek Ergashev, a former WIUT

research assistant, about his studies at the State

University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY).

What made you apply for this programme at this

particular time? Why did you choose SUNY?

Studying as a student at Tashkent University of In-

formation Technology (TUIT) & working as a re-

search assistant at Westminster International Uni-

versity in Tashkent (WIUT), I had gained valuable

experience by completing coursework and projects

in the field of Data Mining and Data Warehouse that

involved information extraction and identification of

customers’ preference. This experience gave me

many ideas for my future study and incentive to con-

tinue research career specifically in the field of Infor-

mation Retrieval and Search Engines.

Despite of my six years of studies and research ex-

perience, I developed a huge urgency to deepen my

knowledge in the field of Computer Science (CS). I

chose the State University of New York at Bing-

hamton because I found the research interest of my

current supervisor (Prof. Weiyi Meng), an excellent

fit for his strong emphasis on web-based search

technologies and metasearch engines. Moreover, I

was really eager to attend some field oriented cours-

es offered at SUNY which I could not find in CS pro-

grams of other well-known universities.

What sort of things students at WIUT/TUIT

should do well to prepare for their professional

career and to meet the demands of a graduate

program like SUNY Binghamton? What are your

future plans/aspirations?

I would suggest students at WIUT/TUIT to start their

preparations as early as possible. Time manage-

ment plays an intrinsic role in the process of prepa-

ration for the universities abroad. Students should

have daily preparation schedule and consistently

strive towards their goals, otherwise they may give

up without trying hard. This is the moment when stu-

dents should demonstrate their persistence every

day, and I am sure their devised plan will bear fruit

sooner than expected.

After completing my Masters and PhD program, I

plan to return to Uzbekistan and apply machine

learning techniques to Big data & identify interesting

trends that can help us improve any sector of Uz-

bekistan`s economy and beyond.


Akhtem Useinov


FROM TUIT TO WIUT TO SUNY

Ulugbek Ergashev

Ulugbek Ergashev


WIUT staff who attended

the annual Learning and

Teaching Symposium in

May 2017 might remember

Richard Paterson’s presen-

tation on ‘Student and lec-

turer perceptions of em-

ployability skills’. The re-

search that Richard’s

presentation was based on

has now been published in

the international journal

Qualitative Research in Education. Richard is a lec-

turer at the University of Westminster in London,

and has visited WIUT many times in the past few

years to deliver training sessions to staff. As part of

his ongoing Doctoral studies he is investigating how

staff and students at WIUT engage with the employ-

ability skills agenda that is playing an increasingly

important role in higher education. Students should

now recognise that gaining a degree in itself is not

enough to ensure graduate level employment; em-

ployers the world over are looking for graduates with

additional soft skills, abilities and achievements. The

article, titled ‘Because sometimes your failures can

also teach you certain skills’, looks at why the em-

ployability skills agenda is at the fore in higher edu-

cation policy, and considers how the lack of clarity

over definitions of employability has led to misunder-

standings in employer expectations and student abil-

ities. The main findings from the research highlight

that even though staff and students may have simi-

lar understandings of the importance of employabil-

ity skills, it is not always clear how classroom activi-

ties are used to develop them. Perhaps more im-

portantly, even if students feel they have developed

useful employability skills during their studies, they

do not always feel able to describe them in a way

that will help them gain future employment. These

findings are feeding forward to the next phase of the

research, which is looking at how employability ped-

agogy is perceived and mobilised at WIUT. This re-

search will begin in 2018, and will include interviews

with staff and students, as well as analysis of class-

room activities.

You can find the full article from the journal’s web-

site here:

http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/qre.2017.2583

If any WIUT staff or students are interested in partic-

ipating in Richard’s further research into employabil-

ity pedagogy then please contact him at this email

address:

[email protected]

Richard Paterson

Lecturer at the University of Westminster

Salim Turdaliev – a suc-

cessful WIUT alumnus

(Graduation Class 2014),

one of the first WIUT Re-

search Assistants (RAs),

a recent graduate of the

Center for Economic Re-

search and Graduate

Education – Economics

Institute (CERGE-EI),

rejoined the Economics

department at his alma mater as a lecturer.

Salim`s research areas include labor economics,

family economics, gender studies, and economics of

transition. His research papers made it to the top 3

and top 15 of the “New Economic Talent” competi-

tion by CERGE-EI in 2014 and 2015 respectively

(https://www.cerge-ei.cz/global/net-2014-results).

Since he has completed the PhD coursework at

CERGE-EI, he is planning to finish the research part

of his PhD in the near future.

Lets wish Salim successful academic career and

productive and high-quality research output in the

New Year!


EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AGENDA

Richard Paterson

WELCOME BACK TO WIUT

Salim Turdaliev


Interview with Angelina Nazarova, a successful

WIUT alumnus, a former WIUT research assis-

tant, a successful graduate of the University of

Konstanz, Germany and currently a PhD candi-

date at the University of Bologna in Italy.

Angelina – please tell us what you have been do-

ing/studying/working on during the past year?

First of all, thank you for inviting me to participate in

this interview, it is an honour. I must say that I am

very proud to be part of the WIUT family. I consider

WIUT as a cornerstone of my achievements after

my graduation from BSc Economics with Finance.

If I could describe myself in one word, I would

choose "curious". It reflects my inquisitive and ex-

plorative attitude to life. When the person is passion-

ate about what he/she is doing, it helps overcome

challenges on the way. Even if there is a lack of

skills or knowledge, it is always possible to fill the

gaps with strong motivation behind. I am extremely

curious about the fields of Development Economics

and Macroeconomics including human capital for-

mation, inequality, intergenerational mobility and

economic growth.

My past year was quite intense and challenging due

to finishing my Master`s program, completing PhD

applications and some extracurriculum activities. In

addition to my studies, I worked as a Research As-

sistant at the University of Konstanz and concentrat-

ed on wealth inequality and tax evasion research

and at the same time wrote my thesis. Since I was

DAAD scholarship holder, I was also eager to ac-

tively participate in social events organized by

DAAD, including Europe Regional Conference 2017

in Berlin, where I presented one of my research

works at the session "Economics and Political Econ-

omy" and took part in "Policy and Implementation"

workshop held by the International Centre for Policy

Advocacy (ICPA).

With the support from my supervisor Prof. Georgi

Kocharkov and DAAD, I was admitted to the Sum-

mer School organized by Paris School of Economics

(PSE), which was focused on Economic Develop-

ment. It was invaluable experience for me to follow

courses from PSE experts, since I discovered areas

of potential research that I have not considered be-

fore and received very helpful feedback from Prof.

Francois Bourguignon (former Chief Economist and

Senior Vice President of the World Bank Group) re-

garding my work on inequality and intergenerational

mobility. Afterwards, I participated in the 16th Sum-

mer School in International and Development Eco-

nomics in Italy on the topic of "Family, Human Capi-

tal and Development". The program was taught by

Prof. Jean-Marie Baland (University of Namur) and

Prof. Ashraf Nava (London School of Economics

and Political Science), who are sharp-minded schol-

ars in the field of Development Economics. Due to

more informal structure of the Summer School, I had

an opportunity to discuss many topics with them. I

was inspired by Prof. Ashraf, who was excited to

know that I am coming from Uzbekistan. She gave

me priceless advice regarding my future steps in life

and career prospects. Overall, it was an unforgetta-

ble year for me, and I must admit it was full of chal-

lenges, but at the same time, very motivating, re-

warding and enlightening.

Why did you choose the University of Bologna?

I felt that for my further development as an academ-

ic, I needed to pursue a PhD in Economics. My op-

tions were limited due to funding. The University of

Bologna was among the universities my supervisor

recommended.


CURIOUS ANGELINA

Angelina Nazarova

(continued on next page)


This PhD program is famous for its focus on Macro-

economics and Development in Italy and students

benefit a lot from close collaboration with the Euro-

pean University Institute in Florence, Bocconi Uni-

versity in Milan and the branch of John Hopkins Uni-

versity in Bologna, where we can attend some semi-

nars. I am grateful that I received full scholarship

from the University of Bologna to pursue my dream.

What contribution do you think WIUT undergrad-

uate and Research Assistantship program made

to your chosen field of research and career de-

velopment?

I'm not only honoured to be part of its alumni, but

also very grateful to WIUT faculty members for in-

spiring me with new knowledge and pushing me to

continuous self-development throughout my studies.

Moreover, the roots of my research interests are

coming from WIUT and started growing further dur-

ing my Research Assistantship under the supervi-

sion of Nurmukhammad Yusupov. He inspired me to

become a passionate economist and to be deter-

mined person. I want to take this opportunity and

express my gratitude to my mentors: Muzaffar

Ahunov, Umid Aliev, Bakhrom Mirkasimov, Ziyodullo

Parpiev, Jahongir Negmatov, Kakhramon Yusupov,

Oybek Yuldashev, Inna Wolfson, Dmitriy Kha, Obid

Khakimov, Rustam Suleymanov, Natalya Muzaffa-

rova, Farrukh Ataev, Rauf Salahodjaev, Bekzod Ali-

mov and Nurmukhammad Yusupov.

What is on your mind right now?

I hope that there will be a change in Uzbekistan's

research capabilities. I observe that the research

capacity of my generation, on average, is limited

due to insufficient training, low awareness of modern

economic tools, research methods and sometimes

lack of curiosity amongst young minds.

Another aspect I would call your attention to is rigor-

ous math/statistics skills training, which are of equal

importance for any graduate program and profes-

sional career. Nowadays, I believe, most of the so-

cial science research involves advanced computa-

tional methods. That requires good level of statistical

and mathematical skills.

Personally, I consider topics of income inequality

and low intergenerational mobility of high im-

portance worldwide. Low level of intergenerational

mobility means that income of children are much

lower than income of parents observed at the same

age. The similar situation can be noticed for educa-

tional attainment, wealth, health, and other indica-

tors of socio-economic status. Furthermore, worsen-

ing income gap produces instability, decreases labor

market productivity and deteriorates economic op-

portunities for children living in poverty. Therefore, I

believe that policymakers, including those back-

home, should be more engaged in research-based

policy recommendations.


Akhtem Useinov



On September

26 2017,

Michael Brody,

Fulbright

Teaching

Scholar at the

National Uni-

versity of

Uzbekistan

presented his

professional project on Global Climate Change. His

talk featured weather, climate, the green house ef-

fect, as well as future warming uncertainties.

On October 10

2017, Katrina

Kosec, Senior

Research Fel-

low in the De-

velopment

Strategy and

Governance

Division at the

International

Food Policy

Research Institute (IFPRI) presented her research

findings on topic: “Migration Responses to House-

hold Income Shocks”. In her presentation she ar-

gued that negative household income shocks in-

crease migration.

On December

5 2017,

Jonah Schein

from the

United States

Environmental

Protection

Agency's Wa-

ter Infrastruc-

ture Division,

provided a brief overview of water management and

advanced wastewater treatment methods at use in

the United States to WIUT students and staff.

On 14 November 2017, Rioji Shiozaki, a Japan In-

ternational Cooperation Agency (JICA) volunteer

working in Uzbekistan visited MAIBM students stud-

ying Marketing. For more than 36 years, he worked

as a manager in the Marketing department at Japa-

nese Kao Corporation. Kao is the leading global

player in personal care/hygiene/home cleaning

goods.

On 22 November 2017, Farrukh Lutfullaev, Man-

ager of HR Professional and Human Resource Di-

rector for Binket Group visited MAIBM students and

shared his international experience on current

trends in global HR and their effect on local compa-

nies. He had worked in multiple international com-

panies like Al-Ghurair, G4S (UAE), Heineken

(Belarus), Megapolis (Russia) and PepsiCo

(Uzbekistan).


INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS AND VISITING PRACTITIONERS

Dr. Michael Brody

Dr. Katrina Kosec

Mr. Jonah Schein

Mamurjon Rahimov (left) and Rioji Shiozaki (right)

Jobir Mallabaev (left) and Farrukh Lutfullaev (right)

http://www.ifpri.org/division/development-strategy-and-governance-dsgd







INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS IN 2017

International peer-reviewed journals (Thomson Reuters/Scopus)

Ahunov, M. and Yusupov, N., (2017). Risk attitudes and entrepreneurial motivations: Evidence from transition

economies, Economics Letters, vol. 160, pp. 7-11.

Akbarova, S. and Makovskaya, L., (2017). Soft skills for report writing. Teaching Times, (80), 17-18.

Azam, S., (2017). A Cross-Country Empirical Test of Cognitive Abilities and Innovation Nexus, International Journal

of Educational Development, vol. 53, 128-136.

Becker, Ch. M., Mirkasimov, B., Steiner, S., (2017). Forced Marriage and Birth Outcomes, Demography, vol. 54(4),

pp. 1401–1423.

Buriev, A. A., Dewandaru, G., Zainal, M., Masih, M., (forthcoming). Portfolio diversification benefits at differ-

ent investment horizons during the Arab uprisings: Turkish perspectives based on MGARCH–DCC and wavelet ap-

proaches, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade.

Haque, Md. M., Chowdhury, M. A. F., Buriev, A. A., Bacha, O. I., Masih, M., (forthcoming). Who drives whom - sukuk

or bond? A new evidence from granger causality and wavelet approach, Review of Financial Economics.

Huber, P. and Rahimov, U., (2017). The Self-Selection of Workers to the Formal and Informal in Transition Econo-

mies: Evidence from Tajikistan, Czech Journal of Economics and Finance, vol. 67(2), pp. 140-164.

Ibragimova, D., (forthcoming). Bank business models and risk-taking, The International Journal of Cybernetics,

Systems and Management Sciences.

Ismanjanov, A., (2017). Achievement of Institutional Balance in Disparity of Competences of the European

Union Institutions, Journal of Civil & Legal Sciences, vol. 6(2).

Ismanjanov, A., (2017). Regulatory Inconsistencies Resulting in Expropriatory Measures: The Duty of the State to

Warn, or Duty of Investor to be Aware? Journal of International Trade, Logistics and Law, vol. 3(1), 77-85.

Kasimova, D., (2017). The Relationship Between Higher Education and Youth Labor Market in Uzbekistan,

Journal of Management Value & Ethics, vol. 7(2).

Kinjemuratova, A., (forthcoming). The use of roundtable discussions for teaching English in a diverse group

of students, Scientific Progress.

Mirkasimov, B. and Parpiev, Z., (2017). The political economy of wheat pricing in Uzbekistan, Eurasian Center for

Food Security, Moscow.

Nikolaev, B., Salahodjaev, R., Boudreaux, Ch., (2017). Are individualistic societies less equal? Evidence from the

parasite stress theory of values, Journal of Economics Behavior and Organization, vol. 138, pp. 30-49.

Nurmukhamedov, U. and Kerimova. I., (2017). Google.Docs: Writing Practices and Potential Use in ESL/EFL Envi-

ronments, published in Teaching English Reflectively with Technology, edited by Philip Hubbard and Sophie Ioannou-

Georgiou.

Obydenkova, A. V and Salahodjaev, R., (2017). Climate change policies: The role of democracy and social

cognitive capital, Environmental Research, vol. 157, pp. 182-189.

Obydenkova, A. V and Salahodjaev, R., (2017). Government Size, Intelligence and Life Satisfaction, Intelligence,

vol. 61, pp. 85-91.

Salahodjaev, R. and Kanazawa, S., (2017). Why do Societies with Higher Average Cognitive Ability Have Low-er Income Inequality? The Role of Redistributive Policies, Journal of Biosocial Science, 1-18.



LOCAL RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS IN 2017

Local journals (Supreme Attestation Commission)

Bobokulova, F., (2017). Инвестиция низоларини ҳал этиш механизмлари, Huquq va Burch, Ноябрь.

Bobokulova, F., (2017). Согласительная процедура, консиляция как эффективный и действенный механизм в

урегулировании инвестиционных споров, Адвокат , № 5.

Ganiev, O., (forthcoming). Прогнозирование устойчивости пенсионной системы Узбекистан на среднесрочный

период, Справочник финансист а, № 12.

Karimov, F., (forthcoming). The review on the development of marketing thought, concepts, definitions and

its changing nature, Иқтисодиёт ва инновацион технологиялар.

Kasimova, D., (2017). Состояния инновационной деятельности на предприятиях: на примере акционерных об-

ществ Республики Узбекистан, Иқтисодиёт ва инновацион технологиялар, № 4.

Komilova, I., (forthcoming). Impact of store environment on impulse buying behavior of Uzbek customers, Иқтисо-

диёт ва инновацион технологиялар, № 6.

Makhkamov, T., (2017). Corporate Governance Theories Applied to Supervisory Boards of Commercial Joint -

Stock Banks in Uzbekistan, Иқтисодиёт ва инновацион технологиялар, № 5.

Muradov, N., (2017). Основные аспекты институционализации банковской системы Республики Узбекистан: тенденции и перспективы развития, Рынок, деньги и кредит , №3.

RESEARCH TRAINING SESSIONS IN 2017

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MAP OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS IN 2017


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LIST OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS IN 2017


Abduraupov, R., Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) International Confer-ence – Public Policy and Governance Beyond Borders, Brussels, 13-14 July 2017. Akbarova, S. and Makovskaya, L., Soft Skills for Report Writing. The 36th Annual International TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) France Colloquium, Paris, 17-19 November 2017. Akbarova, S., The Magic of Innovation: New Dimensions in Linguistics and Foreign Language Teaching: 3d international conference, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) University, Mos-cow, 24-25 March 2017. Azam, S., Second Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Think Tanks Development Fo-

rum, CAREC Institute, Urumqi, 6 – 9 September 2017.

Dushamova, K., IFPRI Research Seminar, Washington D. C., 2017.

Ibragimov, D., Training Workshop on Big Data for Developing Countries, Kuala Lumpur, 15 - 18 May 2017. Kabilov, F. and Perkov, T., Международная научно-практическая конференция "Новации юридиче-

ской науки и практики". Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 5 – 7 October 2017.

Karimov, K., Khasanov, A. and Ibragimov, D., 22nd Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (SAP) Academic Conference Europe, Middle East, & Africa (EMEA), Karlsruhe, Germany, 11 - 15 Septem-ber 2017. Kasimova, D., 8th International Academic Conference for undergraduate, graduate and PhD students

“Statistical methods and Application for Analysis of Economics and Society”, Moscow, 16-19 May 2017.

Kinjemuratova, A., International scientific-practical conference Government and Law in Changing World:

new vectors of judicial reform. Russian State University of Justice (Volga branch), Nizhny Novgorod, 21

March 2017.

Kuchkarov, N., 3d International Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, National Research University High-

er School of Economics, Moscow, 19-20 May 2017.

Matyakubova, D., The 3rd International Conference on Public Policy, Singapore, 28 – 30 June 2017. Mirkasimov, B., Annual Eurasian Food Security Conference, Dushanbe, 3 – 5 October 2017. Mirkasimov, B., The 2017 Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS)-Asia

conference: Agriculture and Rural Transformation in Asia, Bangkok, 12 – 13 December 2017.

Mirkasimov, B., The Italian Centre for International Development (ICID), IZA Institute of Labor Economics,

Renmin University Workshop: Labor Markets in Transition in China, Mongolia and Central Asia, Beijing, 28

– 29 September 2017.

Normatov, J., International Forum Centre for European Studies (CIFE), Berlin, 7 July 2017.

Normatov, J., PhD school of researchers from Caucasus and Central Asia, Institute for European Policy

Research, Berlin, 3-10 July 2017.

Parpiev, Z., Workshop on modelling Sustainable Development Goals, Istanbul, February 2017.

Volkova, E., XX International Science and Method Conference "Distance learning - educational environ-ment of the XXI century, Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics, Minsk, 7 Decem-ber 2017.

funded by WIUT Conference Travel Support Scheme

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RESEARCH SEMINARS IN 2017


September 5

Murod Aliyev Ownership of Intangible Assets and Their Usefulness across Countries with Different Levels of Institutional Development

September 12

Nargiza Alimukhamedova Closing Non-Bank Microfinance Sector: Does it Make any Impact?

September 19

Akhtem Useinov The Returns to Languages Skills in Multi-Ethnic States: Evidence from Central Asia

September 26

Michael Brody Global Climate Change

October 9

Nargiza Alimukhamedova The Importance of Geographic Access for the Impact of Microfinance

October 10

Katrina Kosec Migration Responses to Household Income Shocks: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan

October 17

Bilol Buzurukov Dynamic Panel Data Evidence on the Drivers of Irregular Migration: The Case of Korean Immigration

October 18

Zamira Ataniyazova Yellow Branding: Integration of CSR into Brand Values in Developing Countries

October 23

Bekhzod Egamberdiev Women Empowerment in Agriculture: What Role for Nutrition in Tajiki-stan

October 24

Salim Turdaliev Female Income and the Divorce Decision: Real versus Relative, De-veloped versus Developing

October 31

Khasan Sayfutdinov Legal Analysis on the Effectiveness of China’s Bits in Attracting FDI

November 6

Yulduz Yakubova Cultural Values as Determinant of Happiness - Cross Country Analysis on the Basis of Inglehart-Welzel Methodology

November 7

Bilol Buzurukov Does ICT Play a Role in Facilitating Migration?

November 20

Imran Safarov The Effect of Social Media Advertising on Purchase Intentions of Con-sumers in Restaurant Industry in Tashkent

November 21

Zafar Kurbanov Family Culture and Cooperative Behavior In Transition Economies

November 22

Makhsuma Muratova &

Sanemkhan Nurillaeva

Impact of Point-of-Purchase Olfactory Cues on Purchase Behavior (Paper Discussion)

November 28

Dilnovoz Abdurazzakova Risk Preferences and Decision to be an Employer. Evidence from Transition Economies

December 5

Jonah Schein Sustainable Urban Water Management

December 12

Ahliddin Malikov How do Sovereign Sukuk Impact on the Economic Growth of Develop-ing Countries? An Analysis of the Infrastructure Sector



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