2024: Awarded a Medal by the Government of Kazakhstan for Contribution to Research

2024: Outstanding Scholar Award, Nazarbayev University

2020-2022: Member, Kazakhstan's National Research Council

2019: Invited Seminar on Women's Entrepreneurship Research Agenda at the Gordon Institute of Business Studies, University of Pretoria, South Africa

2019: Invited Seminar on Perception of Success for Women's Entrepreneurs at the University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia

2017: Invited Seminar on Women Entrepreneurship and Social Value Creation at the Tsinghua University School of Economics & Management, Beijing, China

2017: Invited Seminar on Contextual Embeddedness of Women Entrepreneurship at Birzeit University, West Bank, Palestine

2015-2017: Representative for Wales and Pakistan for the Global WEP (Women Entrepreneurship Project)

2015: Winner of the Emerald Citations of Excellence Award

2014: Outstanding Research & Engagement Contribution Award, Cardiff University

2014-2015: Competitive Paid Research Leave Awarded by Cardiff University

2012-Present: Reviewer for ESRC and LaCaixa Grant Applications