Junior Fellowship Program Archives - Page 6 of 48

Salome Minesashvili

Salome Minesashvili holds a B.A. degree in International Relations from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. During her B.A., Salome spent a year at Southeast Community College in Nebraska, USA as an exchange student majoring in Political Science. Currently, Salome is an M.A. student at Tbilisi State University, and is expected to obtain her Master’s degree in Social Sciences focusing on Transformation in the South Caucasus. Prior to joining CRRC, Salome has done internships for Peace Corps Georgia and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs Parliamentary program. Her research interests include foreign policy analysis, the role of culture and traditions in the process of transformation, and regionalism.

Merab Bochoidze

Merab Bochoidze finished the T. Gegelia Physics and Mathematics Public Boarding School of Tbilisi State University in 2004. In 2008 he earned a B.B.A. (majoring in Management) from the Caucasus School of Business. Before joining CRRC’s Junior Research Fellowship Program, Merab was involved in marketing research, and contributed to the development of the Georgian-language Wikipedia. His research interests include social economics, marketing, and interpersonal relationships.

Sophio Mtchedlishvili

Sophio Mtchedlishvili holds a B.A. in Social Sciences from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, and her specialization is Social Psychology. Sophio is currently studying for her M.A. in International Affairs at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA). Since February 2011 she has been a Junior Fellow at CRRC. Her research interests are mainly related to politics, national security, and social issues.

Tsisana Khundadze

Tsisana Khundadze holds a B.A. in Social Sciences and a M.A. in Psychology from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Currently, she is a PHD student at TSU and her specialization is social, political and cultural psychology. Before becoming a Junior Fellow at CRRC in 2011 she worked on different projects as an assistant at ISR and Ars Magna. She mainly participated in social and organizational studies. Her research interests are related to the means of mass communication and political culture.

Vazha Burduli

Vazha Burduli earned a diploma in Law from the Georgian Humanitarian-Economic University in 2001, and a B.A. in the Humanities (majoring in American Studies) from the International Black Sea University in 2008. Prior to joining CRRC he worked as a translator/English version copy editor for Business News magazine, and also as a translator for the Public Defender’s Office, with which he continues to cooperate. His research interests include the Georgian national liberation movement during the Soviet period and recent Georgian history.

Thea Goginashvili

Thea Goginashvili earned a B.A. in Mathematics from Tbilisi State University, and holds a M.A. in Economics from the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University. Before joining CRRC’s Junior Research Fellow program, she worked as a Research Assistant for Prof. Frédéric Laurin, a research fellow at ISET. Her research interests include real estate economics and macroeconomics.

Elene Japaridze

Elene Japaridze holds a B.A. in Social Psychology at Iv. Javakhishvili State University, and an M.A. in Social and Political Science at the Ilia Chavchavadze State University. While attaining her B.A., Elene participated in a student exchange program at the University of Saarbrucken, where she had training courses in small-groups psychology. After returning to Tbilisi, Elene worked as an interviewer at ACT. During her M.A. programme, she planned and conducted different social research projects under the supervision of the Ilia Chavchavadze University research team.

Keti Chubinishvili

Keti Chubinishvili holds a B.A. in Sociology from Tbilisi State University, and studied for her M.A. in Social Science at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. Since February 2010 she has been a Junior Fellow at CRRC. Before becoming a Junior Fellow, she worked on a variety of research projects for different organizations. Her research interests are mainly related to social and cultural issues.