The Head of the “Economics” Department
PhD in Economics and Associate Professor Sugra Ingilab gizi Humbatova
e-mail: [email protected]
She was born in 1979 in Baku.
In 1996, she graduated from the “Zangi” Lyceum, where she specialized in Biology and Chemistry, achieving excellent results.
In 2000, she completed her Bachelor’s degree in “Economic Regulation” at the Azerbaijan State Economic Institute (now UNEC), graduating with distinction.
In 2002, she earned her Master’s degree in the same field, again with distinction, and was awarded the academic degree of Master.
In 2012, she successfully defended her dissertation on the topic “Methods of Utilizing Price Factors in Ensuring Domestic Market Protection and Economic Security” in the field of “General Economics” (specialization code 5308.01) at UNEC. Based on the decision of the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, she was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Economics.
Since 2014, she has been conducting research under the Doctor of Science in Economics program on the topic “Directions for Increasing Solvent Demand in the Agricultural Market.”
From 2001 to 2014, she served as a senior laboratory assistant in the “Pricing and Evaluation” Department.
From 2014 to 2018, she worked as a lecturer in the same department.
Between 2018 and 2019, she held the position of senior lecturer at the “Economics and Management” Department within the International Master’s and Doctoral Center.
In 2020, she was promoted to Associate Professor in the same department. She also served as the program leader for the specialties of “Economics,” “Statistics,” and “Industrial Organization and Management.”
She has taught a wide range of courses, including “Advanced Microeconomics,” “Advanced Macroeconomics,” “Economics of the Public Sector,” “Pricing and State Antimonopoly Policy,” “Pricing and Evaluation,” “Evaluation of Investment Projects,” “Research Methods,” and “Academic Writing.”
From 2017 to 2019, she taught the subject “Pricing and Evaluation” in both Azerbaijani and English for UNEC’s SABAH Groups.
In 2017, she was elected to the Management Board of UNEC’s “Young Teachers’ Council,” and in 2018, she became a member of the “Young Scientists’ Council.”
Between 2016 and 2019, she served as UNEC’s “Quality Ambassador,” actively contributing to the university’s institutional development.
Dr. Humbatova has received several awards in recognition of her contributions. In 2011, she achieved first place in the Republican Scientific Article Competition for her research titled “Heydar Aliyev and 20 Years of Socio-Economic Development of Independent Azerbaijan.”
In 2017, she received third place in UNEC’s internal scientific article competition as part of the “Science Month” initiative.
Her academic activities have extended internationally. In 2017, she delivered a presentation titled “The Role of Solvent Demand in Shaping a Competitive Economy in Azerbaijan” at the Second International Economic and Administrative Perspectives Conference, jointly organized by UNEC and Suleyman Demirel University in Isparta, Turkey.
In 2018, she participated in a scientific exchange program at Istanbul University under UNEC’s mutual collaboration framework. She also presented her research and served as a session moderator at the International Strategic and Social Research Symposium held in Istanbul.
In 2019, she successfully completed the British Council’s “Academic Writing” course and earned a B2-level Aptis certificate.
In 2017, she completed training on the “Basics of Using the Web of Science Scientometric Database” conducted by UNEC and Clarivate Analytics.
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In 2018, she participated in training on the “Mechanism for Publishing the Main Results of Scientific Research in Internationally Recognized Journals” conducted by UNEC and Clarivate Analytics.
In 2018, she completed training on “Developing the Individual Work Plan (Syllabus) of a Modern Teacher,” organized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, ADA University, and the SABAH Center.
In 2020, she partook in training on “Organization and Methodological Support of Teaching in Distance Education,” organized by UNEC.
In 2021, she participated in training organized by Elsevier on the topic “Best Practices for Submitting to Lancet Journals and Open Access Options” as well as several other specialized training programs in her field, earning relevant certificates.
Since the 2017/2018 academic year, including the current academic year, she has consistently ranked among the top 10 in the “Differential Salary System for Academic Staff” at the Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC).
Her Hirsch Index is 11, with 569 citations to her articles, and an i-10 index of 12.
Since 2001, Dr Humbatova has authored 100 scientific works, including methodological guidelines, course syllabi, and co-authorship of one textbook. This total includes 39 articles co-authored with academic staff from foreign universities and published in scientific journals indexed in international databases such as Web of Science and Scopus, both in Azerbaijan and abroad.
Since 2019, she has been a member of the Scientific Council of UNEC’s International Graduate and Doctoral Center, as well as a member of the scientific seminar under the UNEC FD 1.11 Dissertation Council.
In accordance with her field of specialization, she has served as a scientific supervisor for three PhD candidates in Economics and has guided nearly 30 master’s students in their research at the graduate level.
In 2021, she was awarded second place in the “Victory in Science Award-2021” competition organized in connection with the Great Victory Day and World Science Day by the Science Development Foundation under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (EIF), the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), and the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO). This recognition was given for her scientific research titled “Do High Oil Prices Obstruct the Transition to Renewable Energy Consumption?”
In 2021, she was honored with the Honorary Diploma of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On September 2, 2022, she was designated as the Head of the “Economics” Department.
In 2023, she was appointed as the Scientific Secretary of the UNEC Dissertation Council by the relevant order of the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. This role involves organizing the defense of doctoral and PhD dissertations in the field of economics.
Additionally, based on the relevant order regarding the establishment of “Researcher” titles at UNEC, she was awarded the status of “Researcher-Associate Professor” for the 2023/2024 academic year.
In 2024, she engaged in a fully funded research program as a Visiting Professor (Short-term Habilitation Period) under the scientific collaboration between the UNEC Women Researchers Council and Hungary’s Óbuda University. She conducted joint research on the topic “The Impact of Economic Growth on the Environmental Context and Renewable Energy Production: The Cases of Azerbaijan and Hungary” at the Keleti Károly Faculty of Business and Management.
She was also listed as one of the editors for the “Special Issue on Management Studies” of Óbuda University’s Scopus-indexed Q1 category publication.
On March 27, 2024, she presented at an international scientific conference at Hungary’s Dunaújváros University, dedicated to the theme of “Green Economy and Sustainability.”
In 2024, she was elected as an advisor to the Chairperson of the Azerbaijan Society of Appraisers.
Dr. Humbatova is married and has two children.
