005.03. NU Distinguished Speakers

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    CONTACT LENSES FUNCTIONALIZED WITH ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES FOR THE PREVENTION OF CORNEAL INFECTIONS
    (Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia; Spanish National Research Council (IQAC-CSIC); Centros de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN); University of Barcelona, 2021-05) Esquesna, J.; Salvagni, E.; García, C.; Manresa, À.; Rodríguez-Abreu, C.; Garcia-Celma, M.J.; Müller-Sánchez, C.; Reina, M.
    One of the most common problems related to contact lenses is associated with microbial infection.
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    Nazarbayev University – a vector for modernization
    (Kazinform International News Agency, 2019-12-20) Katsu, Shigeo
    Shigeo Katsu, President of Nazarbayev University, shares the article, in which he looks back at the past of Nazarbayev University and what the future holds for NU as it approaches its 10th Birthday.
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    Loretta O’Donnell, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
    (Pie Chat, 2019-08-21) Quinn, Callan
    Kazakhstan, like its Russian neighbour to the north, is currently on a mission to revamp its educational system and plug itself into the landscape of international higher ed. The PIE spoke with Loretta O’Donnell, vice provost of Academic Affairs at Nazarbayev University in the capital Nur-Sultan (formerly known as Astana), about how the industry is being swept up in the Central Asian nation’s push for reform and internationalisation...
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    “Why I left my established career in Sydney to help lead a new university in Kazakhstan” With Dr. Loretta O’Donnell
    (Authority Magazine, 2019-07-29) Mowbray, Kate
    Some of the challenges in moving to a higher education system in another part of the world include the need to make implicit knowledge much more explicit. We have nearly 500 faculty members from 59 countries. Quite naturally, everyone arrives in Kazakhstan with a fully formed view of how a university should function. It takes time to come to a consensus position on the most appropriate way to operate within this context. For instance, five years ago, we debated the meaning of simple terms such as “learning outcomes”, because our British, American, European, Australian and Kazakh colleagues all used the term in different ways...
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    NU Magazine (July - 2017)
    (Nazarbayev University Press Office, 2017-07) Kakimzhanova, Madina
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    Zone infrastructures: China’s new urban paradigm and export product
    (China Studies Center, NU, 2018-09) Oakes, Tim
    The presentation includes the following information: introduction BRI and the China model of development infrastructure zone infrastructure case: Gui’an New Area, China concluding points
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    Research and innovation in China: domestic and international challenges
    (China Studies Center, NU, 2018-09) Suttmeier, Richard P.
    The presentation includes information for the following questions: • Controversial interpretations of what is happening with Chinese research and innovation • What is China doing right? • What is China doing wrong? • Implications for arguments about a “Chinese model” of scientific and technological development • International implications
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    China’s Growth Performance and Prospects
    (China Studies Center, NU, 2018-09) Yusuf, Shahid
    China has acquired enviable growth momentum, manufacturing capabilities are world class, STI system is improving, resource mobilization remains impressive, and trade competitiveness is strong. But ebbing globalization, structural changes, macroeconomic issues, the constraints imposed by corruption, pollution, and aging cloud growth prospects. Overseas commitments, military ambitions are a drain. A number of potential flashpoints increase the threat of conflict. Near term threats are from: domestic financial crisis that derails growth process with serious political consequences; a damaging trade war with the US that drags down global economy; disputes with neighbors and their allies that accidentally or otherwise lead to military action. All three are in the cards, which makes it difficult to claim that China’s economy will hum along as smoothly as it has done in the recent past.
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    Устройство китайского сознания
    (Nazarbayev University Official, 2018-02-21) Виногродский, Бронислав
    «Основные области знаний в традиционном китайском мировоззрении, составляющие суть и основы китайской философии»
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    Innovations that transform society beyond robotics, genetics and artificial intelligence
    (Nazarbayev University Official, 2018-02-21) Gunter, Pauli
    A "Must-See" Exclusive Guest Lecture at Nazarbayev University by Entrepreneur and Author of "The Blue Economy" Gunter Pauli! Often called "The Steve Jobs of Sustainability," Gunter nowadays is one of the key speakers in the world! He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Novamont, and Founder and Director of ZERI [How to design business models that use all that is available, generate no waste, strive for innovations that generate jobs, and build up social capital.].
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    Stagnation traps
    (ECB - Lamfalussy Fellowship Programme, 2017-03) Benigno, Gianluca; Fornaro, Luca
    We provide a Keynesian growth theory in which pessimistic expectations can lead to very persistent, or even permanent, slumps characterized by unemployment and weak growth. We refer to these episodes as stagnation traps, because they consist in the joint occurrence of a liquidity and a growth trap. In a stagnation trap, the central bank is unable to restore full employment because weak growth depresses aggregate demand and pushes the interest rate against the zero lower bound, while growth is weak because low aggregate demand results in low profits, limiting firms’ investment in innovation. Policies aiming at restoring growth can successfully lead the economy out of a stagnation trap, thus rationalizing the notion of job creating growth.
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    How Late Bilinguals Process Complex Words
    (Potsdam Research Institute for Multilingualism (PRIM), 2017) Clahsen, Harald
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    News, Uncertainty and Economic Fluctuations
    (Astana University, 2017-05-12) Forni, Mario; Gambetti, Luca; Sala, Luca
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    Lecture by Ms. Christine Lagarde at Nazarbayev University
    (Nazarbayev University, 2017-05-26) Christine, Lagarde
    Lecture by Ms. Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund on the current and prospective global and regional environment, as well as the challenges and opportunities for Kazakhstan and the Caucasus and Central Asia region.
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    "The World in 2035: hyperconflict or global renaissance?"
    (Nazarbayev University, 2017-06-28) Attali, Jacques
    Lecture by Professor Jacques Attali, President of Positive Planet, founder and first President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1991-93) in London.
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    Kazakhstan—Macroeconomic Policy. Developments, Challenges and Opportunities
    (2017-02) Horton, Mark A.
    Kazakhstan—Macroeconomic Policy. Developments, Challenges and Opportunities
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    Strategic Perspectives for Bilateral Energy Cooperation between the UE and Kazakhstan - Geo - economic and Geopolitical Dimensions in Competition with Russia's and China's Central Asia Policies
    (Nazarbayev University, Konrad - Adenauer Foundation, 2016-02-15) Umbach, Frank
    Strategic Perspectives for Bilateral Energy Cooperation between the UE and Kazakhstan - Geo - economic and Geopolitical Dimensions in Competition with Russia's and China's Central Asia Policies
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    STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES FOR BILATERAL ENERGY COOPE-RATION BETWEEN THE EU AND KAZAKHSTAN GEO-ECONOMIC AND GEOPOLITICAL DIMENSIONS IN COMPETITION WITH RUSSIA AND CHINA’S CENTRAL ASIA POLICIES
    (Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Kazakhstan, 2016) Umbach, Frank; Raszewski, Slawomir
    Central Asia strategy in 2007, to enhance the energy and general political-economic cooperation with Central Asia. But the EU has had to compete mostly with Russia and China, the two major powers and potential rivals in Central Asia and the Caspian Region (CACR). While Azerbaijan has become the most important gas partner of the EU, due to the planned Trans-Anatolian Gas Pipeline (TANAP) and Trans- Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) pipeline network of the EU’s Southern Gas Corridor project, Kazakhstan is the most important oil partner in CACR.
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    Asia Pacific: recent economic and trade performance with focus on North and Central Asia
    (2016-02-08) Akhtar, Shamshad
    Dr. Akhtar deliver a presentation on recent developments and challenges facing the Asia Pacific region, related to regional economic cooperation and integration connectivity and future implementation of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development.