Professor Dr. Gulnaz Tulenova

Biography

Gulnaz Tulenova is a doctoral researcher whose project, "Dealing Institutional Volatility: Food Production, Processing, Trade South-Eastern Qazaqstan," is led by Prof. Dr. Peter Finke. Her research explores the dynamics of entrepreneurship within Kazakhstan's food dairy sectors and examines the intersection of public health, historical legacies, and gender in the context of post-Soviet identity. With an academic background in History (BA) and Public Health (MPH) from Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan, Gulnaz brings an interdisciplinary lens to her studies of everyday economic practices. She investigates small to mid-scale food production and trade, focusing on how they operate as livelihood strategies and forms of cultural and gendered expression. In addition to her academic research, Gulnaz leads Terek Story, a public history storytelling initiative that documents family histories and intergenerational entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan.

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