Surname: Istileulova

Curriculum Vitae : Istileulova Yelena, PhD

PERSONAL INFORMATION : Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; URL: https://uni-lj.academia.edu/YelenaIstileulova; ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2402-6347 Contact details: Gorkičeva, 14, Ljubljana, 1000 ; skype: aleona_ist; Tel.: +386 70 452 652

PROFESSIONAL • Specialisation in RESEARCH & CONSULTING: (1) International Accreditation of Business Schools (Western European vs. Central and Eastern European), Doctoral PhD Thesis: (SEB, School of Economics and Business), University of Ljubljana (UoL). The Team Lead for international accreditation in CEU with the team from the EU (4 institutional, 10 programme accreditations): 2018-2020; (2) Key Performance Indicators: (a) KPIs in the Guild (19 Universities) & LERU (23 European Universities) for setting up the future strategies: teaching/learning, research, internationalisation, innovation, SDG-2030, rankings; third mission; excellence initiatives; (b) KPIs in the Arts (for the UoL); (3) Knowledge Economy in open innovation ecosystems: Higher Education & Labour markets; (4) Interdisciplinary: Innovative Learning/Digitalisation/

• Professional AWARDS: EU Commission Expert (EACEA, from 2011 – current; EASME (from 2014 – current) Beta-Gamma-Sigma awards (USA, 2019) – Tempus/Erasmus+ National HEREs Expert (from Slovenia – for RK): Apr. 2010-Jan., 2015 International Policy Fellow, Hungary – Central European University (2003-2005) Fulbright Scholar Washington DC, Bureau of Labor Statistics, (USA: 2000-2001), Oxford Researcher, (UK: 2001) PhD thesis (2018, recommended for the EDAMBA competition) Non-professional: 10 international prizes in the Music festivals on the songs about Scientists of 17-20th centuries; Slovenia (2012-2020)

POSITION(S) AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2020 (1) DAAD External Expert of “Bologna hub Peer Support”; University of Maribor, Teaching course on Innovative Learning, preparing for INOVUP; External Expert/Evaluator/Rapporteur of the European Commission: EACEA (the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency), EASME (Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises); (3) Evaluator in Accreditation of HEIs, a team lead (3 experts´ team in the CEU); part- time: British International School of Ljubljana: invited expertise; KEN (Brussels): Briefs 10/2018 –2019: Researcher (Consulting) for the Rectorate of the University of Ljubljana for the Project on KPIs and the Strategy 2020-25 of the European Universities (the Guild and LERU); Rectorate /Quality Assurance Dep./ University of Ljubljana/ Slovenia; Expert of the EU Commission 11/2011- 09/2017 (1) Doctoral Research; development of the Theory of Global Accreditation; the collection of material on the AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accreditations in (a) the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012); (b) attending 19 courses of PhD programme at the FELU; (c) European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (Brussels): Qualitative Methods in Business Research by Prof. David Silverman, University of London; and Prof. Eriksson & Kovalainen, Finland (2015); (d) interviews/survey collected in Slovenia, Poland, Croatia, Lithuania and Russia in each BS, their competitors, Employers: 2013-15; (e) Theory Development course by prof. Rai Arun, Georgia State Uni; (2) 2010-2015: HERE (Higher Education Reforms Expert), RK-EU: selected by Kazakhstan (Ministry of Education) and the European Commission; Expertise and the Editor of the Journal for HEIs; Surname: Istileulova

(3) External expert of the EU Commission: 2011-now: EU expert in HEIs, accreditation; innovation 07/2009- 10/2010 Director of the Center for Research and Development (CRD), International Academy of Business (IAB) & Professor of Economics (English-teaching) for MBA students. Research: KPIs for all departments; CA Universities (): Transformation of higher education in Central Asia for 20 years. In Proceedings of the 10th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association for Communist & Post-Communist Studies (AACaPS). Canberra, Australia. Feb., 2011; 03/2006-05/2008 Consultant of the International Telecommunication company “Ducat”/Arna on development of KPIs for all departments with the developed methodology of “Motivation Maps” 04/2004-03/2006 Managing Director of the Innovation Fund of Kazakhstan (private-public) project management & HR, and in 2005 – moved to one of the Private Enterprises 03/2003-03/2004 Project Manager of the pilot UNDP project (Norway-RK): Integrated Water Resources Management; prepared 3 Strategic documents, hired experts, training for 16 regions 10/2001-03/2003 Researcher at the Center for Research and Development, KIMEP – 2 projects (simultaneously: carried out my own research project in Hungary and projects for the UN FAO 11/1997-07/2000 National Adviser of the TACIS project “Support to the Commercial Banking Sector; the research developed and carried out for the application of the National Bank Standards

• EDUCATION 10/2010 – 10/2017 PhD Diploma (Interdisciplinary: Economics, Manag-t, Education, Political Science) Erasmus Mundus Exchange PhD (2010-2012), from October: Full-time PhD programme (with PhD thesis defended on the 4th of July, 2018), Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana (FELU) 06/1992 – 06/1994 MBA Diploma (Marketing) Faculty of Business/ KIMEP and Lancashire University/Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Resources, RK (TACIS project)/1 semester spent in the Lancashire University, Preston, UK (1993 year) simult: local PhD (Academy of Management, 1992-1996) 09/1984 – 06/1990 Bachelor Diploma (Engineer-Economist) Irrigation, Land Reclamation&Construction/Economics´ Dep-t/ RK, Excellence Diploma of Engineer-Economist simultaneously: the Musical College (Piano Teacher, Diploma)

• FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 2020 (DAAD, Bonn) & Belgium (Brussels), Nominated EU Expert, EHEA 2020 Slovenia, recognized cultural status in Slovenia (international awards in culture/music as a composer/performer), International Awards (five 1st& five 2nd prizes): International Festivals 06/2019 USA: BetaGammaSigma, the int. honor society, recognition of high academic achievements 2012-20 Slovenia, Russian Center of Science&Culture in Ljubljana; The 1st prize in April, 2020 in on- line 2020 Int. Festival: “Apples of Sievers” (My composition about the German Botanist who discovered the unique apple-tree); 10 prizes from Music festivals (Russian romances/Children) 11/2018 Slovenia-Brussels: Recommendation of by the Dean of FELU to recommend PhD for the European 2019 EDAMBA PhD Thesis Competition; Developed theory TGA; 03/2010 –01/2015 European Commission (Brussels) & RK Ministry of Higher Education & Science: Selected as the Higher Education's Reforms Expert (HERE) of Tempus/Erasmus+ programme. Expertise: Science, Innovation and Quality 05/2014 Slovenia-Russia/Award for cooperation, Russian Center of Science & Culture 06/2003 – 06/2005 Hungary/International Policy Fellowship in the Central European University, research on Gender inequalities at the level of small and medium enterprises in RK 05/2001 -09/2001 UK: International Research Fellow (winner of the British Council): the Oxford University (Linacre College): research on Int.IFS Accreditation for National Bank Training Standard 08/2000-05/2001 : the prestigious Fulbright award (the Bureau of Labor Statistics): a research based on the comparative labour markets of the US, and RK

• SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS 04/2018 – 09/2018 5 Postdocs-Fellows with PhD/Master degrees (as the Director of the Gender Surname: Istileulova

Economics Research Center (GERC) & professor on-line: distance work from Slovenia. The pilot project had been funded by Narhoz University & Soros Foundation, RK 08/2009-08/2010 Professor of International Economics, MAB (International Academy of Business, MBA department, 5 research MBA students; Private (ranking N 1) simultaneously with the position of the Director of the Center for Research & Development, RK; 09/1997-12/2008 Professor on the evening MBA departments of business schools: KIMEP, UIB, KAU – supervision of Diploma for graduate students (2 students per each year)

• TEACHING ACTIVITIES 2020 University of Maribor (Slovenia): Teaching course to be delivered on Innovative learning for INOVUP project 07/2009 – 10/2010 Professor of International Economics/International Academy of Business (IAB), MBA Department of Economics & Management: teaching was conducted in English/RK 09/1997 – 12/2008 Lecturer of Marketing/International Economics/Labour Economics in the evening MBA departments of Business schools/KIMEP, Kazakh-American University, UIB: in English • INVITED SPEAKER ISTILEULOVA, Y. (07.06.2019, Slovenian Parliament). Invited speaker on the current challenges for quality evaluation systems in HE. The Slovenian Parliament, 7th of June, 2019. Profession, Practice & Education, http://www.ds-rs.si/?q=novice/svetovni-dan-varne-hrane-2019; ISTILEULOVA, Y. (26.04. 2019). Socratic lectures, pp. 104-110, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2nd Mini-symposium. Interdisciplinarity & Music (and concert during symposium with my compositions about scientists (performed as Aleona Sultanova) ISTILEULOVA, Y. (28th Feb. 2019). The Invited Speaker, the EURIE Summit on Higher Education: the International Panel on International Accreditation in HE, Selected Proceedings; ISTILEULOVA, Y (9th of Mar,2018) Invited Speaker: “Innovation Teaching in Schools“, InnoTeach ISTILEULOVA, Y. (November, 2015). The First International Women and Justice Summit organised by the Women and Democracy Association; spoke on the Gender differences in SMEs

• ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

2015-2018 Help in the organisation of the annual international seminars on the topics of innovation – in the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Ljubljana 2016 Interviews organised/taken for the Euro-Asian Consortium from all coordinators of 20 Universities of Europe and Central Asia (in English & Russian) and survey of 150 exchange students, researchers and professors as an Independent Evaluator 10/2014 – Delegated on behalf of RK for the Erasmus+ EU / Slovenia- / 200 participants 2010 – 2014 Delegated HERE on behalf of RK for the Tempus EU International Conference “Putting Bucharest's Conclusions on Track: The Expert's Role” / 200 participants /Lithuania, to Cyprus and 06/2003 Secretary of the International ASIM Conference, KIMEP. Prepared the individual proposal, won the grant. Invited the Seniour Economist of the IMF as the key speaker

• INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

2011-2020 Peer-reviews for the Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ) IGI Global (2020); Economics and Business Review (EBR); Journal of Education for Business (US), Organization Management Journal () (2016-2019); National Tempus/Erasmus+ Journal funded by the EU Commission (2010-2015, in Russian); Surname: Istileulova

03/2010 – 01/2015 National member of the Tacis/Erasmus + Team of RK (being located in Slovenia): preparation of articles/paper on Science, Innovation and Quality. Editing Responibilities for all papers of the National experts; 2011 Helped the International Department of FELU to develop the project for the International Department for Central Asian Universities (Received 2.5 mln.Euro + 2.5 mln. Euro for its continuation)/Slovenia 07/2010 – 10/2010 Developed the Research Capacity Building project for the CRD in IAB, and got funds for the institution. Was responsible for the CEEMAN International Accreditation on behalf of this Business School/IAB/RK 2003-2004 Raised 0.5 mln. dollars for the IWRM project for the UNDP/RK 10/2002 – 06/2003 Secretary of the ASIM conference also develop proposal and won the grant for KIMEP: invited the IMF Senior Economist (Washington, DC) for ASIM Conference, 2003/Center for Research&Devel-t/KIMEP/RK 11/1997 – 08/2000 (a) prepared the justification and get the funding from Brussels for another 1 year of Tacis project; (b) Member of a Training Standards Committee; developed the research project and became the winner of the British Council in the Oxford University

• MAJOR COLLABORATIONS 1. Expert, DAAD (from October, 2020) 2. Teaching the international course on Innovative Learning; University of Maribor; INOVUP 3. Member of the International Task Force for the new programme of KEN (Knowledge Economy Network, Brussels): the creation of the Sustainability Network of Networks 4. Collaboration with the International Department of the Faculty of Economics (FELU), Slovenia; assistance with editing the Application for the Central Asian Universities; and improve it. Results: got 2.5 mln. euro (and another 2.5 mln. euro for continuation); 2011 Evaluator of 2 Erasmus Mundus projects of the European-Asian Consortium (UoL), 2016 5. Collaboration with the National Tempus Journal for the Universities of Kazakhstan, Writing articles on Science, Research and Innovations, Joint publications; Editor (2010-2015); 6. External Accreditation for the National Agencies in the Central and Eastern Europe, from 2018

• ADDITIONAL COURSES & SKILLS COURSES (in addition to the courses listed in the Attachment to PhD Diploma), EIASM (2014) course: Qualitative Methods in Business Research by Prof. Anne Kovalainen, Päivi Eriksson & David Silverman (Brussels), Theory Development course (2015) from Rai Arun, Georgia State University; the course “The Role of Higher Education in the Knowledge Economy”, Metafuture of HE (2015) by Sohail Inayatullah, a political scientist, the first UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies; various EU seminars for HERE of Tempus/Erasmus+; individual course of Business Trainer (Lancashire University, UK), etc SKILLS: Independent Accreditor (Independent Member of the Accreditation Commission/ KAA), Research, Reporting, External expert, Evaluator, Rapporteur, Project Manager; Writing (Russian- English), Peer-review skills, Presenting, Creative skills in writing poems, music and presenting it

• KEY SCIENTIFIC TALKS & CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS 2019, 7th of June: The Slovenian Parliament, Invited Speaker on Challenges for Quality Evaluation 2019, 28th of Feb: Invited Speaker for the EURIE Summit´s Panel on Accreditation in HE/Turkey 2018, 1-2nd of June: Istileulova (2018: BEE Croatia): Presentations on (1) Global Accreditation: how change is transformed in a shift of power; (2) Forces of digital Entrepreneurship 2015, 28th Nov. - the 1st International Women Summit on Justice: Invited Speaker on gender equality in SMEs/Istanbul, Turkey 2014, 24-25th of Oct. - The West Meets the East: Institutional Change of Business Schools presented at Copenhagen Business School, 12th Workshop on Int. Management/Denmark

Surname: Istileulova

• PUBLICATIONS Istileulova, Y (13th of March, 2020), Weekly Brief 8, KEN, Brussels. The Challenges of Skills Mismatch Istileulova, Y (Mar, 2019) Weekly Brief on the future needs & skills of Labour markets (15th of March, 2020) Istileulova, Y. (Nov, 2019). Weekly Brief 33, Brussels, Knowledge Economy Network. The European Innovation Council. Истилеулова Е. (Nov, 2019) Submission to Russian journal: “Международная аккредитация бизнес школ в России и ЦВЕ”. Istileulova, Y. (07.06.2019, Parliament). The current challenges for quality evaluation systems in HE. The Slovenian Parliament, 7th of June, 2019. Profession, Practice & Education, http://www.ds-rs.si/?q=novice/svetovni-dan-varne-hrane-2019 Istileulova Y (28th Feb. 2019) Invited Speaker, EURIE Summit: the Panel on Accreditation in HE, Selected Proceedings; Istileulova Y (July, 2018), PhD Thesis : Effects of International Accreditation on Institutional Changes of B-schools, UoL, FELU Istileulova Y (2018). Business Schools in Central and Eastern Europe: Cross-National Comparison, 7th EBR Annual Conference Istileulova (2018: BEE): Global Accreditation: how change is transformed in a shift of power; Forces of digital Ent. Istileulova, Y. Brief (2017, Brussels) for EU/non-EU Universities: The Bologna process in Knowledge Economy Istileulova, Y. & Peljhan, D. (2015). Institutional Change as a Result of International Accreditation: Business schools of Lithuania after the Iron Curtain. Economic and Business Review Journal, 17 (3), 291-312; DOI: 10.15458/85451.8 Istileulova, Y. (2015) in Women and Democracy Association (KADEM), International Women and Justice Summit. Panel presentation and Final Declaration, Turkey, 95-97; Invited Speaker from CIS countries Istileulova, Y. (2014, October). The West Meets the East: Institutional Change of Business Schools, paper presented at Copenhagen Business School, in the 12th Workshop on International Management/EIASM/Copenhagen. Истилеулова (2014). Международная аккредитация и рейтинг вузов бизнес-образования. Erasmus+ Journal, RK Istileulova, Y. & Peljhan, D. (2013). How accreditation stimulates business school change: evidence from the Commonwealth of Independent states. Dynamic Relationships Management Journal, 2(1), 15-29. DOI: 10.17708/DRMJ.2013.v02n01a02 Istileulova, Y. (2013, July 1-3). Accreditation of Business education as both sides of the same coin: Literature review, Research Directions, and Theoretical Framework, EDULEARN13 Proceedings, Barcelona, 900-918 Istileulova, Y. (2013, June 25-27). International accreditation as a transformational change: Case study of business school in Kazakhstan. Paper presented at 4th IntConference on New Horizons in Education, Rome, Italy, 1555-1566 Истилеулова (2013), жур-л «Сезон», внештатный журналист, Доступ к образованию (Social inclusion), карьера Istileulova, Y., Peljhan, D. (2013, May 23). Accreditation as an institutional change for business schools in Russia: to have or to be? Paper presented at EFMD Higher Education Research Conference, Paris, 1-24. Istileulova, Y. & Peljhan, D. (2012). International accreditation of B-schools: Global and regional perspectives, In: Globalization and sustainable economic development prospects: proceedings IV International conference, Tbilisi,. Istileulova, Y. & Peljhan, D (2012). External challenges vs. internal changes: B-schools' dilemma. In: Rozman, R. & Stare, A. (eds.): Organizational changes for dynamic stability. The Slovenian Academy of Management, 206-221. Istileulova, Y. & Peljhan, D. (2011). Pros and cons of international accreditation, EBR 1st Annual Conference, 2011. Ljubljana, 2 December 2011. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana Faculty of Economics. Истилеулова Елена (2013, декабрь). Он-лайн издание газеты “Бизнес и власть”. http://and.kz/site/article/112 Istileulova, Y. (2012, March,). Up the Down Staircase: Accreditation. Case of Russia and Kazakhstan, INTED, . Истилеулова &Вакульчук (2011). Неформальные барьеры в экспорте телеком.услуг, National Business. Истилеулова, Е. Инновационный университет: его ДНК и спирали развития (2011, Technological University) Istileulova, Y. (2011, Feb), “Transformation of Higher Education in Central Asia”, the 10th Biennial conference, Association for post-communist studies, Canberra, Australia Истилеулова, Е. (2011). “Наука, исследования и инновации в РК: Казахстан через разные грани призмы”, Сборник национальных экспертов Тempus реформирования Высшего Образования, 27-52 Истилеулова, Е. (2010). “Реформирование науки Казахстана в рамках Болонского процесса”, Tempus, Сборник национальных экспертов реформирования Высшего Образования, 46-74 Istileulova (Oct, 2010) Business Education of Central Asian Countries: Competences or corruption? 2nd Blue Black Sea Congress Istileulova, Y. Changes in Higher Education of Central Asia: better or worse? issue 57, CEEMAN News, 2010, Istileulova, 2010“Human Capital Development in Science: is there any solution?” Формирование и развитие конкурентноспособного человеческого капитала, Министерство Образования и Науки/Инcтитут Экономики Istileulova, Y. “HE of CA and Russia: Building Corporate Brand”, Ins. of Cultural Diplomacy, Germany, 2010 Istileulova, Y. (2010, Sep); “Changes in Business Education of Central Asian Countries: better or worse?” Tempus Istileulova, Y. (2010, March 25-27). “Research Capacity Building: case of IAB”, 7th KIRC Int. conf, KIMEP Istileulova, Y. (2009). Company Man-t in the time of downturn: HRM Motivation Maps, Fulbright conference Istileulova, Y. (2009, Winter): “Innovative Research Management in Business Schools”, CEEMAN News, Issue 54, Истилеулова (2009).“Модели управл-я персоналом: альтернативы в период спада”, Справочник кадровика”; Istileulova, Y. (2005). Gender Inequalities in SMEs and Governmental structures in Kazakhstan, CEU University Istileulova, Y. (Editor), 2004: UNDP Report on Microfinancing (Microcredit) in Kazakhstan Истилеулова, Е. (2004). Разработка НацПлана по ИУВР в РК“, Water Resources Management in RK. Istileulova, Y. (2003). New Measurement of Indicators in the Labor Market of RK, KIMEP, ASIM Proceedings; Истилеулова, Е. (2001). Предложения для нового измерения индикаторов безработицы и бедности в Казахстане: миф или реальность?, “Экономика и Статистика”, 3. (new measurement of unemployment & poverty) Istileulova, Y. “Unemployment &the Social Security System in RK”; “Kazakhstan Economic Trends”, EU Expertise Service, 1996; Istileulova, Y. (1996). Influence the Government policy on the labour market’s features and enterprise development, the Second AIDEA Giovani International Conference, Bocconi University: Italy