Nijat Muradzada

n.muradzada.1@research.gla.ac.uk

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0009-0008-4354-3685

Research title: How can the Entrepreneurial State Facilitate Green Transition? A Retrospective Exploratory Analysis of Azerbaijan.

Research Summary

Muradzada's current research retrospectively explores the role of the entrepreneurial state in facilitating green transformation in resource-abundant Azerbaijan.

Research interests:

  • Policy-driven green transformation
  • Entrepreneurial State
  • Academia-Industry-Government relations
  • Historical institutionalism

Supervisors

Grants

  • The Internal Grant of the Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC), 2022-2023.

Additional Information

Nijat Muradzada is a PhD student in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow. His research retrospectively explores the role of the entrepreneurial state in facilitating green transformation in Azerbaijan. Prior to re-joining to Glasgow, he held a lecturership and served as the deputy director of a research center at the Azerbaijan State University of Economics. 

Muradzada received a postgraduate degree (MSc) in Global Economy from the University of Glasgow, where he graduated with Distinction and ranked first in his cohort, and completed an undergraduate degree (BA) in Business Administration at Istanbul University with Distinction in the top three. He took part in internship programs at the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, the Central Office of Yapi Kredi Bank in Istanbul, and the Baku Stock Exchange during his studies.

Nijat Muradzada coauthored and authored two books, five research papers published in peer-reviewed journals, two conference materials, and a series of opinion articles published in the press, mainly in the Azerbaijan State News Agency (AZERTAC).