Junior Fellowship Program Archives - Page 5 of 51

Tamar Chkhaidze

Tamuna Chkhaidze holds a BA in Social Sciences from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University with a major in psychology. Currently, she is pursuing a Master’s degree in psychological anthropology (Interdisciplinary). Before joining the CRRC’s Junior Fellowship Program, she was involved in a research project which aimed to study national and religious attitudes in Georgian youth funded by Academic Swiss Caucasus Net and worked as Focus Group Moderator in a survey for evaluating the Applied Civic Education and Teacher Training (ACETT) program funded by USAID. She also participated in research conducted with the aim of adapting in Georgian society diagnostic instruments for autism and was an intern in McLain Association for Children (MAC) Behavioral Management. She was also involved in Youth in...

Maka Chkhaidze

Maka Chkhaidze graduated from Ivane Javakhishvili State University with an MA in Cultural, Political and Social Psychology. Currently she is a PhD student at Ilia State University and is specializing in cultural studies. Before becoming a Junior Fellow, she participated in a number of research projects. Her research interests include minority issues, women’s rights and sub-cultures.

Zakaria Tavberidze

Zakaria is an MA student at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, in the faculty of Journalism. Before joining the CRRC Junior Fellowship Program, Zakaria was involved in media monitoring projects at Transparency International – Georgia and Internews – Georgia. He has also worked as a monitoring specialist at the National Center for Teacher Professional Development for more than one year. His research interests include media, social capital and segregation. Zakaria is also curious about philosophy, modern social theory and visual sociology.

Rati Shubladze

Rati Shubladze holds a BA in Social Sciences from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, where he specialized in Sociology. Currently he is pursuing a Master’s degree in Social Sciences at the Center for Social Sciences. Before joining CRRC’s Junior Fellowship Program, Rati was involved in a 2012 UNDP pre-election project on media monitoring in Georgia. His research interests include Caucasus studies, media and elections.

David Kobalia

David holds a BA in Jurisprudence and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in European Studies at Tbilisi State University. Before joining CRRC, he contributed to different projects by conducting performance appraisals and performed other functions. His main research interests include political economy and the various dynamics of social change.

Madona Shildelashvili

Madona holds a BA in Social Sciences from the American University for Humanities in Tbilisi, faculty of International Relations. Prior to becoming a CRRC Junior Research Fellow, she managed a voluntary project within the framework of the Joint Civic Education program. Madona has also completed long-term internships at the US Embassy in Tbilisi and Peace Corps / Georgia. Her research interests include juvenile crime and unemployment.

Nata Kereselidze

Natalie holds a BA in International Relations from Malmö University in Sweden and a MA in Global Political Economy from City University London. Before becoming a research fellow at CRRC, Natalie worked for the Athens-based think tank, The International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS). She started working on the FP7 project funded by the European Commission while simultaneously working on her thesis in London. She transferred to the ICBSS home office as a research assistant after completing her MA studies in September 2012. Natalie also worked as a foreign correspondent for The Messenger during 2010-2011. She completed internships at the Council of Europe and the Permanent Representation of Georgia to the Council of Europe, in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Additionally,...

Tamar Burduli

Tamar Burduli holds a BA Degree in Business Administration from the Georgian-American University in Tbilisi with a major in General Management. Currently Tamar is working on her MA degree in Conflict Analysis and Management at Tbilisi State University. She has spent a semester at the University of ISCID in Dunkirk, France as an exchange student studying Negotiation, Marketing and French. Prior to joining CRRC as a Junior Research Fellow, Tamar was involved in various projects in private and non-governmental sectors, including debt collection, procurement and non-formal education. She conducted several research projects during her studies. Her research interests relate to socio-political, economic and cultural factors that determine societal development.