Saule is an agricultural economist. The bulk of her applied work has focused on value chains, technology adoption, and agriculture in developing and transition countries, with extensive fieldwork across Central and South Asia. This includes designing questionnaires, implementing surveys, and conducting in-depth data analysis. She currently works at the intersection of climate change, agriculture, and regulation.
Her ongoing research focuses on how agricultural products can be included in public embedded emissions accounting frameworks, as well as the challenges associated with carbon footprinting in agri-food value chains. Saule is a highly accomplished researcher who publishes in high-impact journals, contributes to major edited volumes, collaborates on policy-relevant projects, and maintains strong multidisciplinary ties both within and outside of academia. Her education and career to date reflect a diverse journey through various research institutes and international organisations in Canada, Belgium, Germany, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and, now,Australia.
Appointments
- Research Fellow, ANU College of Law (Present)
Significant research publications
- Burkitbayeva, S., Janssen, E., & Swinnen, J. (2022). Hiding in plain sight: the emergence of modern dairy farms in India. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 13(2), 194-210.
- Burkitbayeva, S., Janssen, E., & Swinnen, J. (2020). Technology adoption, vertical coordination in value chains, and FDI in developing countries: Panel evidence from the dairy sector in India (Punjab). Review of Industrial Organization, 57, 433-479.
- Burkitbayeva, S., W. Liefert & J. Swinnen (2020). Agricultural Development and Food Security in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Chapter 7. In K. Otsuka and S. Fan. (eds.), Agricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World. International Food Policy Institute, Washington.
- Burkitbayeva, S., & Swinnen, J. (2018). Smallholder agriculture in transition economies. Journal of Agrarian Change, 18(4), 882-892.
- Swinnen, J., Burkitbayeva, S., Schierhorn, F., Prishchepov, A. V., & Mueller, D. (2017). Production potential in the “Bread Baskets” of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Global Food Security, 14, 38-53.
Curriculum vitae
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Refereed journal articles
- Burkitbayeva, S., Janssen, E., & Swinnen, J. (2022). Hiding in plain sight: the emergence of modern dairy farms in India. Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies, 13(2), 194-210.
- Burkitbayeva, S., Janssen, E., & Swinnen, J. (2020). Technology adoption, vertical coordination in value chains, and FDI in developing countries: Panel evidence from the dairy sector in India (Punjab). Review of Industrial Organization, 57, 433-479.
- Burkitbayeva, S., W. Liefert & J. Swinnen (2020). Agricultural Development and Food Security in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Chapter 7. In K. Otsuka and S. Fan. (eds.), Agricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World. International Food Policy Institute, Washington.
- Burkitbayeva, S., & Swinnen, J. (2018). Smallholder agriculture in transition economies. Journal of Agrarian Change, 18(4), 882-892.
- Swinnen, J., Burkitbayeva, S., Schierhorn, F., Prishchepov, A. V., & Mueller, D. (2017). Production potential in the “Bread Baskets” of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Global Food Security, 14, 38-53.
Refereed journal articles
- Burkitbayeva, S., W. Liefert & J. Swinnen (2020). Agricultural Development and Food Security in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Chapter 7. In K. Otsuka and S. Fan. (eds.), Agricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World. International Food Policy Institute, Washington.
- Petrick, M., D. Raitzer & S. Burkitbayeva (2018). Policies to Unlock Kazakhstan’s Agricultural Potential. Chapter 2 In K. Anderson, G. Capannelli, E. Ginting, and K. Taniguchi (eds.), Kazakhstan: Accelerating Economic Diversification. Asian Development Bank, Philippines.
- Burkitbayeva, S. & K. Deconinck (2016). Hot Chocolate in the Cold: The Economics and Politics of Chocolate in the former Soviet Union. Chapter 19. In Swinnen J. and M. Squicciarini. (eds.), The Economics of Chocolate. Oxford University Press.
- Burkitbayeva, S. & W. Kerr (2015). Accession of KRU to the WTO: The Effects of Tariff Reductions on KRU and International Wheat Market. Chapter 18. In Schmitz, A. and W. Meyers (eds.), Transition to Agricultural Market Economies: The Future of Kazakhstan, Russian, and Ukraine. CABI, Oxon, UK.
