Academic Staff

A brief description of the experience:

Doctor of Economic Sciences and Professor with extensive experience in political and economic analysis. Specialized in providing advice on economic and social reforms, conducting economic policy analysis, and collaborating with various government organizations, ministries, and parliamentary committees. Has worked on projects with the EU, UN, and World Bank in Georgia. Previous roles include senior researcher at the Center for Social and Economic Studies (CASE), head of the Macroeconomics Department at the Budget Office of the Parliament of Georgia, and head of the World Bank Institute for Economic Development program "Social Policy Reforms in Transitional Economies" in Georgia. Also served as a member of the Board of the National Bank of Georgia and was associated with the Paata Gugushvili Institute of Economics at the Academy of Sciences of Georgia.

Author of over 150 publications covering topics such as finance, social economy, macroeconomics, international economics, and gender issues. 

Courses taught include: 

• Economic dimensions of state management
• Principles of economics
• Economic development

Studies and publications (last 5 years):

1. Barriers to Digital Business and Challenges to Social Innovations in Georgia. In the Book: Digital Management in Covid-19 Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Times Richard C. (Geibel · Shalva Machavariani Editors), Proceedings of the International Scientific-Practical Conference (ISPC 2021), Switzerland AG 2023, pp. 3-13. ISSN 2198-7246 ISSN 2198-7254 (electronic) Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics ISBN 978-3-031-20147-9 ISBN 978-3-031-20148-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/ 978-3-031-20148-6
2. Integration problems in the South Caucasus in the context of Russian-Georgian relations". (in Chinese). 2023. 外国学都旅行下载格鲁吉亚研究.pdf 下载 (Georgian Studies from the Perspective of Foreign Scholars .pdf). Research Center of Lanzhou University, (China) Proceedings, pp. 139-155.
3. From the paradoxes of economics to the crisis of modern economic science, "business-
4. The Model of financing of Circular Economy in Agriculture. Bulletin of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia, Vol. 16. # 3, 2022, p. 75-81,
5. The methodological approaches to the Integration of the Circular and Sustainable Economies The scientific heritage (Budapest, Hungary), No 94 (94) (2022), pp.18-22,
6. THE CONCEPT OF AGRICULTURAL EFFICIENCY IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT European Academic Science and Research, Hamburg Germany SciPub.de,, May 202, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6554769, https://ojs .scipub.de/index.php/REAR/issue/view/38
7. FORMATION OF MODERN CONCEPT OF AGRICULTURE AND NEW CHALLENGES OF GEORGIA, Innovations and Prospects of World science, Vancouver, Canada, 2022, https://sci-conf.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/INNOVATIONS -AND-PROSPECTS-OF-WORLD-SCIENCE-22-24.06.22.pdf
8. The impact of the anti-pandemic regulation of the Georgian government on the development of the economy, Business-Engineering, 2021, # 3-4
9. The concept of circular economy and the international experience of its implementation, Akaki Tsereteli State University "Moambe" 2021, 32 (18)
10. Local Economic Challenges during the COVID-19 Pandemic (in Georgian and English), Georgian Local Self-Government Association, 2021, (monograph)
11. Georgia-Turkey economic relations; Economy, finance, business. Tbilisi Open University, 2020, (monograph).
12. Georgia: From Autocracy to Democracy. Part.3. Economic and Regional Factors in Georgia's Political Transformation University of Toronto Press, Canada, 2020 Monograph
13. Экономизация Разешения Етнополитических Конфликтов в Грузий, Herald of Udmurtskogo Universitetata, Sotsiologiya, Politologiya, Mezhdunarodnye Отношения, 2019
14. Social capital of Turkish entrepreneurs in Georgia, challenges of globalization in economy and business, Tbilisi, TSU, 2019, p. 157-163.
15. Social capital of small entrepreneurs in Georgia, collection of scientific works, East European University. 2019.
16. Comparative analysis of agricultural industry development and challenges, "Moambe" of Akaki Tsereteli State University, 2019.
17. Capital market challenges and development prerequisites in Georgia "Globalization and Business", 2019.

Research interests:

Economic development, economic growth, economic policy, social policy, business environment