Citizenship: Kazakhstan
Permanent Residence: Slovenia, Ljubljana
Languages: English (fluent), Russian (native), Slovenian (spoken), German (learning)
Fields of Research: Institutional & Organisational Changes; Interdisciplinary & Qualitative Research; Arts & Cultural History of Innovations, Innovative Teaching & Learning methods through STEAM (STEM + Arts) approach; Business & Higher
Education International Accreditation, Guild & LERU ́ practices
CEU: Central Eastern Europe & ex-USSR (regional specialization)
EU: Science Diplomacy: DAAD Bologna Hub Peer Support expert;
Cultural Ambassador/STEAM volunteer of Deloitte & EU Comm.,
Global: Global Asia (accreditation of HEIs); Global South Arts and Health Envoy GSAHE (2024)
Contacts: yelena.istileulova@gmail.com
URL:https://daad.academia.edu/YelenaIstileulova; //eu.daad.de
HGHER EDUCATION
2011 – 2018 PhD Diploma “The Effects of International Accreditation on Institutional Changes of Business schools” (Slovenia-Croatia-Poland-Russia), SEB UoL; best PhD (EDAMBA)
06/1992 – 06/1994 MBA Diploma (Marketing) KIMEP Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics & Strategic Resources, RK (International); Lancashire University (UK: Lancashire
University, 1993: TACIS Training4Trainers: Business and Education Development Certificate);
09/1984 – 06/1990 Bachelor Diploma of Excellence (Water Resources ́ Engineer-Economist); Irrigation, Land Reclamation & Construction Institute, Engineer-Economist; simultaneously:
Diploma (Teacher of Piano), Music College named after Tchaikovsky
Fellowships/Scholarships: Fulbright Scholar (US: 2000-01), Oxford Researcher (UK: 2001, Linacre College), International Policy Fellow (HU: 2003-04, CEU); Erasmus Mundus PhD (2010);
Global South Arts and Health Envoy (Composer & Researcher, 2023), Certificate of UCL (London) on International Arts and Health – best practices (2024)
WORKING EXPERIENCE
2020 - present (2024) :
DAAD expert (Bonn-Brussels), selected from Slovenia: German Academic Exchange Service expert for the Bologna Hub Peer Support Project. Support to HEIs for the topics of the Bologna; (49 EHEA countries) Counselling of top-management & staff of EHEA Universities: Spanish, German, Belgium, Romanian, Georgian and Ukranian HEIs (counselling for top-management)
External FIBAA Accreditation Project Manager: Accreditation Procedures for HEIs (Global Asian Universities: Indonesia & Vietnam)
Ambassador of ESTEAM (STEM+Arts), 2023 (Deloitte – EU Commission)
UCL University College London Certificate (May, 2024) – on Best Arts and Health Practices
Head of Arts & Science ́s section, Socratic Lectures ́ Symposium, Health Faculty (Uni. of Ljubljana),
KEN (Knowledge Economy Network) Honourable member
EACEA Evaluator 2018-2019 (Slovenia): public and private sectors ́ international business consulting practice
University of Ljubljana, Researcher; Rectorate of the University of Ljubljana: Analysis & Strategic KPIs/metric of the Guild (21 EU Universities)/LERU (23 Universities) on teaching, learning, research, SDGs-2030;
3rd mission; rankings, good practice; project developed for the UoL;
Director of the Pilot Gender Economics Research Center (GERC): supervised young researchers for the Pilot Narhoz project (Soros Foundation, online)
2011-2017: Slovenia: PhD student;
Specialisation: International Accreditation of the Business Education in Central and Eastern Europe (Slovenia, Croatia, Poland and Russia); 5 case studies with the development of Theory of Global Accreditation (TGA) Research implemented in Poland (Warsaw), Croatia (Zagreb), Russia (Moscow, Saint Petersburg HEIs) to interview top-management, stakeholders & experts. PhD Research grant
for the Russian, East European & Eurasian Center, Uni. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2012
2016: International Assessment & evaluation & Policy recommendations (the EU Commission/UoL); Winner of the EU Tender as the Independent Evaluator of the Euro-Asian Consortium (10 EU & 10 Central Asian Universities) for the EU Commission: interviews/survey of Universities ́ representatives from 20 universities Independent Evaluation of EuroAsian Consortium (10 EU and 10 Central Asian Universities): interviews in English and Russian/survey
2011 - Slovenia: National Higher Education Reform Tempus/Erasmus+ Expert of Kazakhstan
2010-2015: selected by the Ministry of HE & EU Commission (Accreditation; Science and Innovations); The European Commission ́s Evaluation (Expert Areas of evaluation: Capacity building; higher
education, Research & innovation, International Cooperation; SDGs, Entrepreneurial trainings; Digital Education, Technology; Employment, Energy & Food) (2011-2022)
07/2009- 10/2010: Kazakhstan Teaching – MBA Department: Lecturer of Economics for MBA students (English); Subjects: Lectures - Macroeconomics (in English) and Practical sessions;
Director of the Center for Research and Development (CRD), International Academy of Business (IAB) Set up one-month ́s scholarship for Young Researchers and provided Training for 5 students; Selected on behalf of the IAB as the Responsible for CEEMAN Int. Accreditation, award;selected as the National Bologna HERE, Higher Education Reforms Expert
2006-2008
HR Consultant of the International Telecommunication company “Ducat”/Arna on development of KPIs/departments with the proposed methodology of “Motivation Maps” Teaching at UIB, evening MBA department; Subjects: Labour Economics
2005-2006 Managing Director of the Innovation Fund of Kazakhstan & HR; Teaching at UIB, evening MBA
2003-2006 The United Nations (UN): OSCE, UNEP, FAO, OSCE; Project Manager of UNDP pilot project (Norway): pilot “Integrated Water Resources Management” project Management;
Development of 3 strategic documents; Trainer/organised training for 16 regions/Workshop in Japan; Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) (Kyrgyzstan/RK) (2003-06) – FAO Consultant;
2003-2004 Researcher at the Centre for Research and Development, KIMEP – Project research for P&G; Secretary of the International ASIM Conference, KIMEP.
UN FAO: developed/implemented my research project on Gender inequalities in SMEs (IPF)
2000-2001 The United States, Fulbright scholarship (Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
2001: UK, British Council grant, the Oxford University (National Bank Training Standard) Linacre College
1998-2000: National Adviser of the TACIS project “Support to the Commercial Banking Sector; winner of grant: on IFS accreditation in the Oxford University, Linacre College
1993-1996: Deputy Head, Abay School of Management – Tacis project with the Lancashire University
TEACHING ACTIVITIES & SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS. SKILLS
05//2018 – 09/2018 : the Director of the Gender Economics Research Center (GERC): the Pilot (online)
2009-2010: Director of the Center for Research & Development: trained 5 research MBA students,
1997-2010: Teaching at the Evening MBA Departments of Business schools, teaching/evening class
INVITED SPEAKER (from 2015)
Istileulova, Y (Speaker/Performance) International Symposium “Socratic Lectures” (2019-2023)
ISTILEULOVA, Y. (07.06.2019, Slovenian Parliament). Invited speaker on the current challenges for quality evaluation systems in Higher Education. The Slovenian Parliament, 7th of June, 2019.
Profession, Practice & Education, http://www.ds-rs.si/?q=novice/svetovni-dan-varne-hrane-2019;
ISTILEULOVA, Y. (28.02.2019). Invited Speaker, EURIE Summit on HE, Panel on Int. Accreditation
ISTILEULOVA, Y (09.03.2018). Invited Speaker: “Innovative Teaching in Schools“, InnoTeach Conference
ISTILEULOVA, Y. (24.11.2015). The 1 st Int. Women & Justice Summit: Gender differences in SMEs
Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl2j8TiTOj1cwQpHWDb8Ngg
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