From 1987 to 1992, Shafa Gulieva studied at the Azerbaijan Institute of National Economy named after D. Bunyadzada (currently the Azerbaijan State University of Economics, UNEC).
Since 1992, she has worked as a senior laboratory assistant in the “Price Formation” department at the Azerbaijan Institute of National Economy.
In 1994, she began working part-time (0.5 FTE) as a lecturer in the “Price Formation” department at the Azerbaijan Institute of National Economy.
In 1996, she successfully defended her candidate dissertation and was awarded the academic degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences.
In 2008, she became a senior lecturer in the “Management” department at the Azerbaijan State University of Economics.
From 2009 to 2011, she pursued doctoral studies.
In 2013, she was promoted to Associate Professor and defended her doctoral dissertation, earning the title of Doctor of Economic Sciences.
Currently, she serves as a Professor in the “Business and Logistics” department at UNEC.
Dr. Gulieva is the author of 36 scientific publications.