The scientific positions were elected by competition at the departments “Demographic and Reproduction Problems of Labor Force" and " Regulation Problems of Entrepreneurship and Monopoly "

On June 29, 2018, at the next meeting of the Scientific Council, which was chaired by Professor, Nazim Muzaffarli, Director of the Institute of Economics of ANAS, held a competition for holding scientific positions

The Chairman of the Competition Commission, Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor Allahyar Muradov gave information about the pretendants of the department of “Demographic and Reproduction Problems of Labor Force”. Held discussions on each applicant's scientific activities, they asked to addressed questions and heard their opinions at the meeting. Then a secret ballot was held in order to hold the scientific position claimed for each candidate. According to the results, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Shahbaz Muradov elected head of the department, Rufat Efendiyev elected head scientific worker, Chingiz Bakhish elected senior scientific worker, Sevda seyidova, Samira Ahmadova and Sabina Shikhaliyeva elected leading scientific workers.
In the second half of the day, at the Scientific Council held a competition for scientific positions in the department of "Regulation Problems of Entrepreneurship and Monopoly". According to the results Doctor of Economics, Professor, Tarbiz Aliyev elected head of department, Abdul-Samed Hasanov and Esmira Bayramova elected leading scientific workers, Sevda Mahmudova elected head scientific worker, Mahir Zeynalov and Ramil Aliyev elected leading scientific workers, Gulnara Fataliyeva elected scientific worker (economics.com.az).