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Ainur Begim

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; 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

  • ESG data
  • sustainable finance

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. 

  • Business Transitions to Sustainable Development

Publications

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2022

  • 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. volum 12 (3).
    Academic article

2018

  • Begim, Ainur. (2018) Am I Muslim or Just Kazakh? Politics of Care in Postsocialist Kazakhstan. Reconceiving Muslim Men: Love and Marriage, Family and Care in Precarious times.
    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. volum 24 (4).
    Academic article

2010

  • Begim, Ainur. (2010) Abschied von den Mythen. [The Modern Entrepreneur: Farewell to Myths.]. Impulse.
    Article

Journal publications

  • 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. volum 12 (3).
    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. volum 24 (4).
    Academic article
  • Begim, Ainur. (2010) Abschied von den Mythen. [The Modern Entrepreneur: Farewell to Myths.]. Impulse.
    Article

Part of book/report

  • Begim, Ainur. (2018) Am I Muslim or Just Kazakh? Politics of Care in Postsocialist Kazakhstan. Reconceiving Muslim Men: Love and Marriage, Family and Care in Precarious times.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

Courses

  • AE512021 - Sustainable Finance
  • AM201306 - Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
  • AL301408 - Understanding culture

Media

2023

  • Academic lecture
    Begim, Ainur. (2023) “Searching for Meaning and Objectivity: ESG Data and Responsible Investments in the Age of Sustainability". Departmental Seminar, UiO Department of Social Anthropology . Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo; Oslo, Norway. 2023-02-15 - 2023-02-15.

2022

  • Lecture
    Begim, Ainur. (2022) Green Data, Green Capitalism?. TEFT-lab symposium . TEFT Lab, NTNU and Sparebanken Møre; 2022-06-02 - 2022-06-02.
  • Academic lecture
    Begim, Ainur. (2022) Moral or Pragmatic? The Case of ESG. Energy Cafe, University of St. Andrews Energy Climate Finance Network . University of St. Andrews Energy Climate Finance Network; St Andrews, Scotland. 2022-06-07 - 2022-06-07.
  • Academic lecture
    Begim, Ainur. (2022) Sustainable Finance, Regulation, and ESG Data through the Eyes of Practitioners. Guest Lecture at UiO Law Faculty . University of Oslo Law Faculty; 2022-10-31 - 2022-10-31.

2021

  • Academic lecture
    Begim, Ainur. (2021) Data, Finance, and Ethics: The Case of ESG in Sustainable Finance. Norwegian Anthropological Association Annual Conference . Norwegian Anthropological Association; Bergen. 2021-11-25 - 2021-11-26.
  • Academic lecture
    Begim, Ainur. (2021) “Greening” Finance in the Wake of the Pandemic: Sustainability Work and Hunt for Non-Financial Data. Finance’s Pandemic Promises, ERC-sponsored project The Hau of Finance: Impact Investing . ERC-sponsored project The Hau of Finance: Impact Investing; University of Bologna. 2021-10-06 - 2021-10-07.
  • Academic lecture
    Begim, Ainur. (2021) Words and Numbers: Sustainable Finance, Stories, and Data. Energy Ethics 2021 Conference "Energy Transitions and Planetary Futures" . University of St. Andrews; St Andrews, Scotland. 2021-10-25 - 2021-10-27.

2019

  • Academic lecture
    Begim, Ainur. (2019) Oil Wealth, Ethical Risks, and Market Reason. 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association . American Anthropological Association; Vancouver. 2019-11-24 - 2019-11-24.

2017

  • Academic lecture
    Begim, Ainur. (2017) From Words to Numbers. Inception Workshop ; 2017-12-15.
  • Academic lecture
    Begim, Ainur. (2017) Household Finances, Offshore Money, and Bonds of Kinship in Financialized Central Asia. Household Finances, Offshore Money, and Bonds of Kinship in Financialized Central Asia . UiO Museum of Cultural History; Oslo. 2017-09-14.
  • Academic lecture
    Begim, Ainur. (2017) How to Retire Like a Soviet Person: Informality, Household Finances, and Kinship in Financialized Kazakhstan. How to Retire Like a Soviet Person: Informality, Household Finances, and Kinship in Financialized Kazakhstan . UiO Department of Social Anthropology; Oslo. 2017-08-30.
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