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Ainur Begim

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Ainur Begim

Associate Professor
Department of International Business
Faculty of Economics and Management

ainur.begim@ntnu.no
+4773559372 K366 Kompasset, Ålesund
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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; energy transitions;  financialization; entrepreneurship; pensions; economic anthropology and social studies of finance; Kazakhstan and Norway. 

Aina is also 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

  • ESG data
  • sustainable finance

Research

Research interests include sustainable finance; ESG data; energy transitions;  financialization; entrepreneurship; pensions; economic anthropology and social studies of finance; Kazakhstan and Norway. 

  • Business Transitions to Sustainable Development

Publications

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2023

  • Begim, Ainur. (2023) 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

  • Begim, Ainur. (2018) Am I Muslim or Just Kazakh? Politics of Care in Postsocialist Kazakhstan. Berghahn Books
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • 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

  • Begim, Ainur. (2010) Abschied von den Mythen. [The Modern Entrepreneur: Farewell to Myths.] . Impulse
    Article in business/trade/industry journal

Journal publications

  • Begim, Ainur. (2023) 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
  • 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
  • Begim, Ainur. (2010) Abschied von den Mythen. [The Modern Entrepreneur: Farewell to Myths.] . Impulse
    Article in business/trade/industry journal

Part of book/report

  • Begim, Ainur. (2018) Am I Muslim or Just Kazakh? Politics of Care in Postsocialist Kazakhstan. Berghahn Books
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

Courses

  • AV600522 - Sustainable Finance
  • AE512021 - ESG in Business and Finance
  • AL301408 - Understanding culture

Outreach

2023

  • Academic lecture
    Begim, Ainur. (2023) Making Nature Count: Water, Data, and Finance. Department of Social Anthropology, UiO and Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology Everyday Life in Digitalized Worlds , Oslo, Norway 2023-10-25 - 2023-10-27
  • Academic lecture
    Begim, 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
  • Academic lecture
    Begim, 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
  • Academic lecture
    Begim, 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

2022

  • Lecture
    Begim, Ainur. (2022) Green Data, Green Capitalism?. TEFT Lab, NTNU and Sparebanken Møre TEFT-lab symposium 2022-06-02 - 2022-06-02
  • Academic lecture
    Begim, 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
  • Academic lecture
    Begim, 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

  • Academic lecture
    Begim, 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
  • Academic lecture
    Begim, 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
  • Academic lecture
    Begim, 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

  • Academic lecture
    Begim, 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

  • Academic lecture
    Begim, 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 -
  • Academic lecture
    Begim, 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 -
  • Academic lecture
    Begim, Ainur. (2017) From Words to Numbers. Inception Workshop 2017-12-15 -

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