Quality Assurance Manager

A brief description of the experience

Nika Gigauri is the manager of GIPA's quality assurance service. He has been awarded the academic degree of Bachelor and Master of Political Science at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. At different times, Nika Gigauri worked both in the public sector and in non-governmental and research organizations in the direction of policy research and education administration. Before joining GIPA, Nika Gigauri worked in the higher education quality assurance service of the National Center for the Development of Education Quality of Georgia, and he is also xperts for the accreditation of higher education programs. In the field of public administration and law, Nika has participated in a number of local and international projects, including USAID, IFES and IRI international programs, as well as Nika has completed the qualification improvement program for quality assurance standards of the European space of higher education and ESG About the guiding principles. In terms of academic activity, Nika Gigauri is an invited lecturer at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and GIPA.

Courses: 

• Political ideologies.
• Political theory.
• Comparative politics.
• Political interests Articulation and aggregation.
• Public administration processes in modern Georgia;

Research and Publications:

• Gigauri, N. (2022). Education Quality Assurance Policy in Georgia: The Case of Cluster Accreditation. environment and society, 5(5).
• Gigauri, N. (2022). Diversification of finances and challenges of intra-party democracy in the Contemporary Georgian Political party spectrum. Politics6(2).
• Gigauri, N. (2022). What makes political party success in Georgia? Finances, Ideology and Organizational Structure. environment and society, 4(4), 48-82.
• "The concept of community-oriented policing: Swedish and Japanese police systems (case study) - April, 2021.
• "Strategies to fight against COVID 19 in the modern Georgian party spectrum: economy and education" - December, 2020.
• "The concept of state and small government in the modern Georgian party spectrum" - September, 2019.
• "Research on the causes of electoral nihilism among Georgian youth" - February, 2019.
• "Analysis of religious conflicts in the Georgian socio-political environment" - July, 2018.
• "Analysis of Georgian Health Policy and Universal Healthcare Program" - May, 2018.
• "The dilemma of secularism in the Georgian socio-political environment" - April, 2017.

Projects: 

• The research project: "Building democracy in Georgia";
• USAID and Georgian Policy Institute project: "Promotion of change-oriented youth in Georgia".
• "From Elections to a Democratic State" A(a)ip - Society for the Development of Civil Activities, United States Agency for International Development - USAID, International Fund for Electoral Systems - IFES

Research interests: 

Education policy administration, Party politics, Political ideologies, Politics and religion, Policing and democracy, Elections and electoral systems, Political theory, Comparative politics, Democratization.