December 21, 2018
On Wednesday, December 19 AUCA faculty honored with the Matthew Nimetz research award for publications in Scopus. Chingiz Shamshiev, AUCA Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, awarded AUCA faculty and presented the certificates of appreciation to them along with the speech encouraging to academic career development.
“This is a 2nd awarding ceremony of Matthew Nimetz for research publications. According to the strategies for 3 years to increase the number of publications in Scopus by AUCA faculty, we are still the only university from Kyrgyzstan being in QS ranking. We are among the top 10 Central Asian universities. Publications in Scopus increases academic performance and a quality level that impacts on presence the QS ranking. Over the past 5 years, we have been strengthening scientific research performance and encourage our faculty to apply for research project funds. It is a great pleasure for me to work with you, and award you today, dear faculty. Thanks to our former trustee, Matthew Nimetz who has been in the Board for many years", addressed Chingiz Shamshiev.
The “Matthew Nimetz award for publications in Scopus” (MNAPS) aims at honoring the efforts of outstanding researchers at AUCA and encouraging them to exert more for the sake of elevating academic research at AUCA to the highest levels. The award also aims at increasing research productivity and uplifting the AUCA in QS EECA ranking and augmenting AUCA research activity visibility.
MATTHEW NIMETZ is an Advisory Director (formally Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, 2000-2013) of General Atlantic LLC, a leading private investment firm. Mr. Nimetz was born in New York, and attended Williams College, Oxford University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review. Mr. Nimetz served both on the board of the Central European University and AUCA, on which he has served since 2011 to 2018.
List of awardees:
Title: Considering Intentions in Decision Making: What Is So Odd about It?
Title: John Italos on the eternity of the World
Title: Participation in a new cultural group and patterns of identification in a globalized world: The moderating role of similarity
Title: Framing of Crimean annexation and Eastern Ukraine conflict in newspapers of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in 2014
Title: Instant Messaging for Journalists and PR-Practitioners: A study of Four Countries
Title: The making of empowered women: Exploring gender and development practice in Kyrgyzstan
Title: The (missing) subjects of research on gender and global governanceToward inquiry into the ruling relations of development
Title: Bride Kidnapping in post-Soviet Eurasia: A roundtable discussion
Title: Attenuating effect of informative intention on persuasion attribution
Title: When persuasive intent and product’s healthiness make a difference for young consumers
Title: Charlemagne’s Road, God’s Threshing Floor; Comprehending The Role Of Hungary In The First Crusade
Title: The making of empowered women: Exploring gender and development practice in Kyrgyzstan
Title: The making of empowered women: Exploring gender and development practice in Kyrgyzstan
Title: The making of empowered women: Exploring gender and development practice in Kyrgyzstan
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