Nijat Muradzada

Nijat Muradzada is the Deputy Director of the UNEC Empirical Research Center and PhD candidate at the University of Glasgow. His current research explores institutional change over time, policy-driven green transformation, innovation and management in post-Soviet countries, and state entrepreneurship. Besides his academic work, Muradzada is closely engaged in management advisory and consultancy services.

Muradzada received a postgraduate degree (MSc) in Global Economy from the University of Glasgow, where he graduated with Distinction and ranked first in his cohort and completed an undergraduate degree (BA) in Business Administration at Istanbul University with Distinction in the top three. He took part in internship programs at the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, the Central Office of Yapi Kredi Bank in Istanbul, and the Baku Stock Exchange during his studies.

Nijat Muradzada coauthored and authored two books, five research papers published in peer-reviewed journals, two conference materials, and a series of opinion articles published in the press, mainly in the Azerbaijan State News Agency (AZERTAC).