Junior Fellowship Program Archives - Page 4 of 51

David Mzikyan

David Mzikyan holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in Business Administration from Tbilisi State University and a Master’s degree in Human Rights and Democratization from the Eastern Partnership Regional Programme. Prior to joining the CRRC’s Junior Fellowship Program, David was involved in various projects in the private and non-governmental sectors. His research interests relate to political transformation in the South Caucasus following the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Nino Zubashvili

Nino holds an MA from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in Political Science and a BA from Ilia State University in European Studies. She studied at Warsaw University as an exchange student. Before joining the CRRC Junior Fellowship Program, Nino was involved in the projects, Interrelations between Public Policies, Migration and Development (OECD) and the UNDP’s Media Monitoring (2014) project at CRRC. She was also a research intern at the Center for Social Sciences and has done internships at Civil Society Institute and the Parliament of Georgia. Her research interests include issues related to social and political developments in Georgia, civil consciousness and social capital, human rights, human security, and conflict.

Mari Mekhrishvili

Mari Mekhrishvili holds a BA in business administration from Østfold University College, where she spent the final year of her bachelor’s studies after completing three years of study at Tbilisi State University, majoring in Economics. Before joining the CRRC’s Junior Fellowship Program, she worked as an assistant researcher at GeoWel Research, where she was involved in conducting desk research and processing interviews on a range of economic and social issues. Her research interests relate to economic and social development with a focus on minority issues.

Mariam Londaridze

Mariam Londaridze earned a BA in Economics with a minor in Business Administration from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in 2014. Before joining CRRC as a Junior Fellow, she regularly contributed to the biweekly newsletters reviewing key economic processes in Georgia at Policy and Management Consulting Group (PMCG). In addition, she was involved in the marketing research at a private IT distributor company. Her research interests are mainly related to economic and social issues.

Maia Komakhidze

Maya graduated from Tbilisi State University with a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations. In 2009, she took part in an exchange program to study at Creekside High School in the USA, and in 2013, she won a scholarship to study in the Czech Republic at Charles University in Prague. Prior to joining the CRRC team as a Junior Fellow, Maya worked at FactCheck Georgia as a project assistant and grants officer. Her research interests include public policy in developing countries, social and political transformations in post-soviet countries, civic engagement, and international institutions and global governance.

Tamar Gzirishvili

Tamar has a BA in Political Science and Philosophy from Clark University and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Administration at Tbilisi State University and the German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer. As a part of her BA curriculum, she spent a semester studying Peace and Conflict Resolution at American University. Prior to joining CRRC as a Junior Fellow, Tamar worked as a researcher at Transparency International Georgia, where her main projects included National Integrity System assessment and Open Budget Survey. Her research interests include conflict transformation, identity issues, and nationalism studies.

Alexander Jishkariani

Alexander Jishkariani holds a BA in Economics (Tbilisi State University) and an MA degree in Public Administration (GIPA). Prior to joining CRRC as a Junior Fellow, Alexander participated in a number of research projects and programs. He has worked on designing a policy paper in framework of GFSIS’s project “Capacity Building for Georgian Leadership” from 2011-2012. The paper explored NGO cooperation perspectives with state and private sectors. Alexander also worked as a development project officer and logistics officer at British Council and the British Embassy. Alexander’s main research interests relate to civil society, youth development and sports.

Edisher Baghaturia

Edisher Baghaturia holds a BA in International Relations from Tbilisi State University and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Diplomacy and International Politics at the same university. Before becoming a Junior Fellow at CRRC, Edisher was involved in a media monitoring project at Transparency International – Georgia. He has also worked as a researcher/interviewer for the Darmstadt University project “EU Democracy Promotion in South Caucasus and Central Asia.” Edisher also completed a long-term analyst preparation program at the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS). His fields of interest include foreign policy analysis and security issues. He is also interested in social and cultural geography.