Announcement
on the Defense of the Dissertation by A. Neske
The Dissertation Council «8D041 Business and Management» (Educational Program «8D04101 – Management») at the Kazakh-American Free University announces the upcoming defense of the dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the educational program «8D04101 – Management» by Neske Alexander on the topic «Managing Sustainability-Related Complexity in Supply Chains: A Capability-Based Managerial Framework for Organizational Response».
The dissertation was prepared at the Department of «Business» of the Kazakh-American Free University.
Format of the defense: dissertation.
Language of the defense: English.
Official Reviewers:
1. Aknur Zhidebekkyzy – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Associate Professor; Research Professor at the School of Management, Almaty Management University (Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan).
2. Yasanur Kayikci – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), FHEA, Associate Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University (Sheffield, United Kingdom).
Academic Advisors:
Domestic Academic Advisor:
1. Bordiyanu Ilona Vladimirovna – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Associate Professor; Head of the Department of Business at the Kazakh-American Free University (Oskemen, Republic of Kazakhstan).
Foreign Academic Advisor:
2. Hans-Christian Brauweiler – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Sciences in Business, Management and Economics, Head of the Chair of Business Administration, Faculty of Business, Management and Economics, West Saxon University of Applied Sciences of Zwickau (Zwickau, Federal Republic of Germany).
Permanent Members of the Dissertation Council:
1. Baikenov Zhassulan Yerbolovich – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), First Vice President of the Kazakh-American Free University (Oskemen, Republic of Kazakhstan).
2. Rakhmetulina Aigerim Abaevna – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Senior Lecturer at the Department of Business, Kazakh-American Free University (Oskemen, Republic of Kazakhstan).
3. Bordiyanu Ilona Vladimirovna – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Associate Professor; Head of the Department of Business, Kazakh-American Free University (Oskemen, Republic of Kazakhstan).
4. Kydyrbekova Aliya Adylovna – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Senior Lecturer at the Department of Business, Kazakh-American Free University (Oskemen, Republic of Kazakhstan).
Temporary Members of the Dissertation Council:
5. Koichubayev Alexander Sergeyevich— Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Rector of Alikhan Bokeikhan University (Semey, Republic of Kazakhstan).
6. Bekturganova Makpal Sattikulovna – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Associate Professor; Leading Researcher at the RSE «Institute of Economics» of the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan).
7. Popova Olga Yuryevna— foreign scholar, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Vice-Rector for Research and Professor of the Department of Economics and Management at Donetsk National Technical University (Donetsk, Ukraine).
The defense will take place on November 11, 2026, at 10:00 at the Dissertation Council «8D041 Business and Management» (Educational Program «8D04101 – Management») of the Kazakh-American Free University at the address: East Kazakhstan Region, Oskemen, 76 M. Gorky St., Room 209.
The meeting of the Dissertation Council will be held in a hybrid (offline and online) format.
Conference link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88985467134?pwd=xvSL0v8D0lls1gB7kgcSqIYDbLwBAx.1
Meeting ID: 889 8546 7134
Passcode: 595910
Academic Secretary of the Dissertation Council:
I.V. Bordiyanu
Tel.: +77778551636
e-mail: bordiyanuilona@mail.ru