Dr. Zauresh Atakhanova specializes in analysis of sustainable development, resources policy, mineral and energy economics and finance.  She has conducted research on Kazakhstan’s and international markets for coal, electricity, metals, and petroleum industries.  Specific interests include risk measurement, pricing, support services, regulation, skill development, and social impact of resource industries.

• Mineral Economics;
• Energy Economics;
• Sustainable Development;
• Resources Policy.

• Howie P., Atakhanova Z., 2022. Assessing initial conditions and ETS outcomes in a fossil-fuel dependent economy. Energy Strategy Reviews 40, 100818.
• Atakhanova Z., 2021. Kazakhstan’s oil boom, diversification strategies, and the service sector. Mineral Economics 34, 399-409.
• Atakhanova Z., 2021. Support services in the extractive industries and the role of innovation. Mineral Economics 34, 141-150.
• Atakhanova Z., Howie P., 2020. Metal intensity of use in the era of global value chains. Mineral Economics 33, 101-113.
• Howie P., Atakhanova Z., 2020. Heterogeneous labor and structural change in low- and middle-income, resource-dependent countries. Economic Change and Restructuring 53(2), 297-232.
• Atakhanova Z., 2019, Kazakhstan’s international economic policy, In Eds: R. Dulambayeva et al.: Contemporary economic policy of Kazakhstan: reality and challenges. AlmaU Press.
• Atakhanova Z., 2018, Oilfield services in Kazakhstan, In Eds: K. Anderson et al.: Kazakhstan: Accelerating economic diversification, Asian Development Bank 122-141.
• Howie P., Atakhanova Z. 2017, Household Coal Demand in Rural Kazakhstan: Subsidies, Efficiency, and Alternatives, Energy and Policy Research, 4(1), 55-64.
• Atakhanova Z., Howie P., 2017. Econometric Analysis of Household Coal Demand in Kazakhstan, IAEE Energy Forum 43(1), 19-22.
• Howie P., Atakhanova Z., 2014. Resource Boom and Inequality: Kazakhstan as a Case Study, Resources Policy 39, 71-79.
• Atakhanova Z., Howie P, 2008. Regional Development in Kazakhstan, Transition Economies: 21st Century Issues and Challenges, Ed. Lakatos, Gergõ M., Nova Science Publishers, 9-18.
• Atakhanova Z., Howie P, 2007. Electricity Demand in Kazakhstan, Energy Policy, 35 (7), 3729-3743.
• Atakhanova Z., 2006. “The Future of Russian Gas and Gazprom” by Jonathan Stern, book review. Energy Journal, 27 (3) 181-184.
• Atakhanova Z, Howie P., 2005. Energy Demand in Kazakhstan, Economics Education and Research Consortium, Working Papers and E-prints.
• Khindanova I., Atakhanova Z., Rachev S., 2004. GARCH-type Processes in Modeling Energy Prices, In: Handbook of Computational and Numerical Methods in Finance, Ed.: S. Rachev, 71-110.
• Khindanova I., Atakhanova Z., 2002. Stable Modeling of Energy Risk Management, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 55 (2), 225-245.
• Khindanova I., Atakhanova Z., Rachev S., 2001. Stable Modeling of Energy Risk, IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 34 (20), 219-224.
• Dahl, C., Atakhanova Z., 2000. Managing in the multicultural world of oil. Transforming Energy. 21^st USAEE/IAEE North American Conference, online proceedings.