Faculty

Khatuna Gigauri

Associate Professor, Environmental Management and Policy

Email: kh.gigauri@gipa.ge

Doctor of life sciences and expert in highland ecology. He works mainly in the academic sector. His PhD degree is related to Ilia State University. Participates in international environmental projects, has been an important international project coordinator for 17 years. His areas of interest are highland ecology and the impact of climate change on biodiversity. Is the author of 10 publications, supervisor of several master thesis. Currently, he is a guest lecturer at Ilia University and an associate professor at the Institute of Public Affairs

 

 

Learning course:

Global climate change and politics

 

 

Research and publications:

 

  • Gigauri, O. Abdaladze, A. Bakhia, Z. Asanidze & A. Mamedova (2022)-The first results of the 3rd cycle of Global Monitoring GLORIA Network of the Central Great Caucasus. Bocconea 29: 103-119, Version of Record published online on 5 August 2022
  • Jolokhava T., Abdaladze O., Gigauri Kh., Kikvidze Z., (2021)Gradient analysis of soil-plant interactions from the alpine-nival ecotone to the snowline on slopes of the Central Great Caucasus (Kazbegi Region, Georgia). Ukrainian Botanical Journal 73(3): 163-175
  • Bürli S., Theurillat J-P., Winkler M., Lamprecht A., Pauli H., Rixen Ch., Steinbauer K., Wipf S., Abdaladze O., Andrews CH., Barančok P., Benito-Alonso J. L., Fernández Calzado M. R., Carranza M. L., Dick J., Erschbamer B., Ghosn D., Gigauri Kh., Kazakis G., Mallaun M., Michelsen O., Moiseev D., Moiseev P., Molau U., Molero Mesa J., Morra di Cella U., Nadeem I., Nagy L., Nicklas L., Palaj A., Pedersen B., Petey M., Puşcaş M., Rossi G., Stanisci A., Tomaselli M., Unterluggauer P.,Ursu T-M., Villar L. & Vittoz P. (2021) A common soil temperature threshold for the upper limit of alpine grasslands in European mountains Alpine Botany 131(1): 1-12. DOI: 10.1007/s00035-021-00250-1 (Impact Factor: 2.515)
  • Jonas Lembrechts, Johan van Den Hoogen, Juha Aalto, Michael Ashcroft, Pieter De Frenne, Julia Kemppinen, Martin Kopecký,Miska Luoto,  Miguel de Pablo, Stefano Chiesa, Christian Stiegler, Jürgen Dengler, Bart Deronde, Patrice Descombes, Valter Di Cecco, Michele Di Musciano, Jan Dick, Romina Dimarco, Jiri Dolezal, Ellen Dorrepaal, Jiří Dušek, Hamid Ejtehadi, Lars Eklundh, Brian Enquist, Mohammad Erfanian, Todd Erickson, Brigitta Erschbamer, Werner Eugster, Robert Ewers, Dan Exton, Nicolas Fanin, Fatih Fazlioglu, Iris Feigenwinter, Giuseppe Fenu, Olga Ferlian, Rosa Calzado, Eduardo Fernández-Pascual, Manfred Finckh, Rebecca Higgens, T'ai Forte, Erika Freeman, Esther Frei, Eduardo Fuentes-Lillo, María García, Rafael García, Charly Géron, Mana Gharun, Dany Ghosn, Khatuna Gigauri et all.  (2021)Global map of soil temperature, Global Change Biology  DOI: 10.32942/osf.io/pksqw (Impact Factor: 10.83)

 

  • Jonas J. Lembrechts1, Juha Aalto2,3, Michael B. Ashcroft4,5, Pieter De Frenne6, Martin Kopecký7,8, Jonathan Lenoir9, Miska Luoto3, Ilya M. D. Maclean10, Olivier Roupsard11,12, Eduardo Fuentes-Lillo13,14,15,1, Rafael A. García13,14, Loïc Pellissier16,17, Nina Buchmann56, Jiri Dolezal7,57, Radim Matula8, Andrew D. Thomas58, Joseph J. Bailey59, Dany Ghosn60, George Kazakis60, Miguel Angel de Pablo61, Julia Kemppinen3, Pekka Niittynen3, Lisa Rew62, Tim Seipel62, Christian Larson62, James D. M. Speed63, Jonas Ardö64, Nicoletta Cannone65, Mauro Guglielmin66, Francesco Malfasi66, Maaike Y. Bader67, Rafaella Canessa67, Angela Stanisci68, Juergen Kreyling24, Jonas Schmeddes24, Laurenz Teuber24, Valeria Aschero69,70, Marek Čiliak71, František Máliš72, Pallieter De Smedt6, Sanne Govaert6, Camille Meeussen6, Pieter Vangansbeke6, Khatuna Gigauri73 et all. (2020) ”SoilTemp: a global database of near-surface temperature”. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15123 (Impact Factor: 8.555)

 

 Projects:

From 2005 until now, coordinator of the international project - Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA-WORDWIDE) - co-funded by the European Union. Since 2019, participant of the international project - SoilTemp-Towards a global database of microclimate.

 

Research interest:                        

Global climate change, its impact on Georgia's biodiversity, raising awareness about climate change.