Ainur Begim
About
Ainur "Aina" Begim received her B.A. degree from Bates College and her M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University. Aina was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oslo from 2017 to 2021. In 2016-2017 she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Russian and East European Studies and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to graduate studies, Aina worked as a credit analyst on Wall Street.
Her research and teaching interests include sustainable finance; ESG data; financial ethics; entrepreneurship; natural resources and energy transitions; financialization and globalization; economic anthropology and social studies of finance; Eurasia and Norway.
Aina is the head of Business Transitions to Sustainable Development, an interdisciplinary NTNU network, based in Ålesund, that brings together researchers and practitioners from business and finance, social sciences, natural sciences, and technology working on sustainability, ESG, and circular economy.
Aina is affiliated with the Center for Energy Ethics, University of St Andrews, Cultures of Finance Group and “Oikos” Working Group, Institute for Public Knowledge (IPK), New York University, and the Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh.
Competencies
Research
Research interests include sustainable finance; ESG data; financial ethics; entrepreneurship; natural resources and energy transitions; financialization and globalization; economic anthropology and social studies of finance; Eurasia and Norway.
Publications
2022
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Begim, Ainur.
(2022)
Surreal events, “TV zombies,” and social media in postsocialist Kazakhstan: Reflecting on violence in Russia’s sphere of influence.
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
Academic article
2018
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Begim, Ainur.
(2018)
Am I Muslim or Just Kazakh? Politics of Care in Postsocialist Kazakhstan.
Berghahn Books
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Begim, Ainur.
(2018)
How to retire like a Soviet person: informality, household
finances, and kinship in financialized Kazakhstan.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Academic article
2010
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Begim, Ainur.
(2010)
Impulse
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Journal publications
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Begim, Ainur.
(2022)
Surreal events, “TV zombies,” and social media in postsocialist Kazakhstan: Reflecting on violence in Russia’s sphere of influence.
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
Academic article
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Begim, Ainur.
(2018)
How to retire like a Soviet person: informality, household
finances, and kinship in financialized Kazakhstan.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Academic article
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Begim, Ainur.
(2010)
Impulse
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Part of book/report
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Begim, Ainur.
(2018)
Am I Muslim or Just Kazakh? Politics of Care in Postsocialist Kazakhstan.
Berghahn Books
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Teaching
Courses
Media
2023
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Academic lectureBegim, Ainur. (2023) Time, Money and Morality. University of Leiden Round Table: Time, Money and Morality, University of Leiden , Leiden 2023-04-19 - 2023-04-21
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Academic lectureBegim, Ainur. (2023) “Searching for Meaning and Objectivity: ESG Data and Responsible Investments in the Age of Sustainability" . Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo Departmental Seminar, UiO Department of Social Anthropology , Oslo, Norway 2023-02-15 - 2023-02-15
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Academic lectureBegim, Ainur; Spears, Taylor. (2023) ENFOLDING THE NON-FINANCIAL INTO FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURES: ESG AND THE INFRASTRUCTURES OF THE GLOBAL DERIVATIVES MARKETS. University of St Andrews ENERGY ETHICS 2023: FINANCING THE FUTURE , St Andrews 2023-06-06 - 2023-06-08
2022
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LectureBegim, Ainur. (2022) Green Data, Green Capitalism?. TEFT Lab, NTNU and Sparebanken Møre TEFT-lab symposium 2022-06-02 - 2022-06-02
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Academic lectureBegim, Ainur. (2022) Sustainable Finance, Regulation, and ESG Data through the Eyes of Practitioners. University of Oslo Law Faculty Guest Lecture at UiO Law Faculty 2022-10-31 - 2022-10-31
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Academic lectureBegim, Ainur. (2022) Moral or Pragmatic? The Case of ESG. University of St. Andrews Energy Climate Finance Network Energy Cafe, University of St. Andrews Energy Climate Finance Network , St Andrews, Scotland 2022-06-07 - 2022-06-07
2021
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Academic lectureBegim, Ainur. (2021) Data, Finance, and Ethics: The Case of ESG in Sustainable Finance . Norwegian Anthropological Association Norwegian Anthropological Association Annual Conference , Bergen 2021-11-25 - 2021-11-26
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Academic lectureBegim, Ainur. (2021) Words and Numbers: Sustainable Finance, Stories, and Data. University of St. Andrews Energy Ethics 2021 Conference "Energy Transitions and Planetary Futures" , St Andrews, Scotland 2021-10-25 - 2021-10-27
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Academic lectureBegim, Ainur. (2021) “Greening” Finance in the Wake of the Pandemic: Sustainability Work and Hunt for Non-Financial Data. ERC-sponsored project The Hau of Finance: Impact Investing Finance’s Pandemic Promises, ERC-sponsored project The Hau of Finance: Impact Investing , University of Bologna 2021-10-06 - 2021-10-07
2019
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Academic lectureBegim, Ainur. (2019) Oil Wealth, Ethical Risks, and Market Reason. American Anthropological Association 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association , Vancouver 2019-11-24 - 2019-11-24
2017
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Academic lectureBegim, Ainur. (2017) Household Finances, Offshore Money, and Bonds of Kinship in Financialized Central Asia. UiO Museum of Cultural History Household Finances, Offshore Money, and Bonds of Kinship in Financialized Central Asia , Oslo 2017-09-14 -
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Academic lectureBegim, Ainur. (2017) How to Retire Like a Soviet Person: Informality, Household Finances, and Kinship in Financialized Kazakhstan. UiO Department of Social Anthropology How to Retire Like a Soviet Person: Informality, Household Finances, and Kinship in Financialized Kazakhstan , Oslo 2017-08-30 -
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Academic lectureBegim, Ainur. (2017) From Words to Numbers. Inception Workshop 2017-12-15 -