Professor in International Relations
Gvantsa Davitashvili was awarded LL.M degree from the University of Graz, Austria in 2011 (LL.M in South East European Law and European Integration, University of Graz). In 2011-2012 shed worked in Austrian research center Russian East European Legal Studies Centre as a junior researcher. She holds a PhD in International Relations from the Basque State University (Universidad del Pais Vasco). She was a coordinator of the American Lawyers' Association Project "Law Clinic" In 2009-2014, Invited Lecturer at the Georgian Technical University in 2012-2013, Invited lecturer at the Caucasus University School of Law in 2016-2017.
At various times she was working as an expert in international organizations, including within USAID and European Union grants, also has experience as an academic coordinator and participant in Jean Monnet projects. At various stages, she lectured in Georgia, Armenia, Ukraine, Spain, Turkey, and France as an invited lecturer. She is currently a full professor at New Vision University. At the same time, she is the head of the Human Rights Training Department at the Public Defender's Office.
Publications
● Davitashvili, G. (2023) The knowledge about the EU in Georgia’s general education system, Policy Brief N 12, January 2022, available at: http://ier.gov.ro/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Policy-Brief_The-knowledge-about-the-EU-in-Georgias-Education-System.pdf
● Davitashvili, G. (2022) EU Resilience Building Policy: The Case of Georgia in the context of Associated Trio”, Vol 16 No.1, Special Edition 2022, available at: https://rjsp.politice.ro/eu-resilience-building-policy-case-georgia-context-associated-trio
● Davitashvili, G. (2022) “Peace Building in South Caucasus through the Eastern Partnership: What is the new role fort the EU?” in Building the bridges over Caspian: South Caucasus – Central Asia Cooperation, Vol. 3, Issue 2, Winter 2022, available at: https://cspjournal.az/uploads/files/Summer%202022/Vol_3_IS_2_Winter2022/CSP_vol3%20issue2_Summer%202022%20Web%20(FINAL)%20(2).pdf?fbclid=IwAR28vIkMVFJKSOKpaf9sY2Qq2YEbQ4SwGQj573aD5PxIpwOpbbGpE2kLots
● Davitashvili, G. (2022) The “New Wave” of Eastern Enlargement: How does the conditionality work for Georgia?”, Issue N 61, November 2022, available at: https://gip.ge/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Policy-Memo-61.pdf
● Davitashvili, G., Kruessmann, T. and Machitidze, I. (eds. 2022) The ‘New Geopolitics in the Caucasus: What Role for the EU? Association of European Studies for the Caucasus , vol. 4 , Ibidem verlag, Stuttgart 2022, ISBN- 13: 978-3-8382-1707-9 (to be published);
● Davitashvili, G. (2020) Textbook Values of the EU, chapter “Equality as the value of non-discrimination”, Association of European Studies for the Caucasus, vol. 2, Ibidem verlag, (to be published);
● Davitashvili G. (2020) 27th International Conference of Europeanists, Council for European Studies, Topic: Impact of European Integration on the Judicial reforms in Georgia” (to be published);
● Davitashvili, G. (2020) “Public Trust Towards Democracy and State Institutions: Influence of National Populist Groups”, Policy Brief Issue 22, available at: https://gip.ge/publication-post/public-trust-towards-democracy-and-state-institutions-influence-of-populist-nationalist-groups/
● Davitashvili, G. (2019) “Challenges of Eastern Partnership for up-coming decade”, presented at the Conference Protection of Human Rights for European Integration of EaP Countries, University of Pau, France.
● Davitashvili, G. (2019) “Bottom-up discourse of Europeanisation”, presented at the Conference EU-EaP Academy, Kiev, Ukraine.