Members and fellows

The Centre for Euro-Asian Studies (CEAS) has members and fellows in over a dozen countries, uniting more than 30 professors and prominent academics across the Henley Business School, the University of Reading's School of Economics and several prestigious external organisations.

The CEAS covers six major areas of research, outlined below:

The specifics of transition in Euro-Asia and the emergence of new economies in the region

(Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Dr Christian Nygaard, Professor Mark Casson, Dr Irina Heim, Professor Mike Utton, Dr Olga Khotyasheva, Professor George Tridimas, Professor Richard Pomfret, Marina Bakanova, Professor Natalya Ketenci, Dr Nada Massoud, Dr Rosa Sarkeyeva, Aija Omarova, Professor Michael Kaser, Peter Wierts, Stella Tsani, Alexander Mihailov, Dr Peter Kenway, Dr Andrey Baykov, Dr Natalya Radko, Dr Maxim Slesarev, Daniyar Medetov, Evgeniya Pomerlyan, Dr Olena Khlystova, Dr Anlan Chen, Dr Rifat Kamasak, Murat Ospanov)

Post-transition challenges

(Professor Christopher Waters, Professor Christoph Bluth, Dr Tatiana Rowson, Dr Anne E. Peck, Dr Jeff Hass, Botagoz Kulakbayeva, Manshuk Nurseitova, Aija Omarova, Professor Gareth Winrow, Mehmet Ögütçü, Dr Andrey Baykov, Dr Rifat Kamasak, Murat Ospanov, Lev Shalev)

Energy security and renewable energy

(Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Dr Christian Nygaard, Mehmet Ögütçü, Willy Olsen, Dr Anne Crowley-Vigneau, Dr Dina Azhgaliyeva, Dr Aaron Ahali, Dr Kirsty Denyer, Murat Ospanov, Firyuza Nafasova, Lev Shalev)

Lifting the 'natural resource curse'

(Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Dr Christian Nygaard, Dr Irina Heim, Professor Richard Pomfret, Dr Stella Tsani, Willy Olsen, Dr Anne Crowley-Vigneau, Dr Dina Azhgaliyeva, Professor Justin Paul, Dr Natalya Radko, Dr Aaron Ahali, Dr Maxim Slesarev, Daniyar Medetov)

Economic transformation and business enterprises

(Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Dr Irina Heim, Dr Anne Crowley-Vigneau, Dr Dina Azhgaliyeva, Professor Justin Paul, Dr Natalya Radko, Dr Aaron Ahali, Dr Maxim Slesarev, Daniyar Medetov, Maria Richert, Ahmed Alshammary, Dr Anlan Chen, Professor Maks Belitski, Ekaterina Yaremchuk, Lev Shalev)

Creative industries and its dynamics

(Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova, Dr Olena Khlystova, Dr Rifat Kamasak, Dr Anlan Chen)

Faculty from outside of Henley Business School include:

Professor Dominik Zaum - Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic Planning and Resource)
Dr Christian Nygaard - Research Fellow and Centre Co-ordinator, CEAS
Dr Christopher Waters - Senior Lecturer
Professor Christoph Bluth - General Editor, Euro-Asian Studies, Palgrave Series
Professor Uma Kambhampati - Professor of Economics
Professor Mike Utton - Professor of Economics
Dr Anne E. Peck - Visiting Professor
Professor George Tridimas - Professor in Banking
Dr Jeff Hass - Lecturer in Sociology
Professor Richard Pomfret - Professor in Economics
Ms Marina Bakanova - Country Economist
Dr Anne Crowley-Vigneau - Alumnus
Dr Natalya Ketenci - Alumnus
Dr Nada Massoud - Alumnus
Dr Rosa Sarkeyeva - Alumnus
Ms Botagoz Kulakbayev - Alumnus
Ms Manshuk Nurseitova - Alumnus
Ms Aija Omarova - Alumnus
Ms Natalya Kruchkova - Alumnus
Professor Michael Kaser - Professor of Economics
Dr Peter Kenway - Director of the New Policy Institute
Professor Gareth Winrow - Professor of Politics
Mr Mehmet Ögütçü - Honorary Fellow
Mr Peter Wierts - Honorary Fellow
Ms Stela Cani - Researcher
Willy Olsen - Former Senior Advisor to the President and CEO of Statoil
Dr Dina Azhgaliyeva - Visiting Professor
Dr Andrey Baykov - Visiting Professor
Professor Justin Paul - Visiting Professor
Dr Natalya Radko - Alumnus
Dr Maxim Slesarev - Alumnus
Dr Kirsty Denyer - Alumnus
Dr Stella Tsani - Alumnus
Murat Ospanov - Alumnus