Irakli Kobalia is an Associate Professor, and from December 2022 to September 2024, he was the Dean of the School of Politics and Diplomacy. His academic degrees in International Relations and European Public Policy are from the Tbilisi State University and the University College London. From 2017 to 2022, Irakli worked at the Delegation of the European Union in Georgia. Prior to that, at the Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy and several other international projects in the area of democratization. He is the co-author of the Political Landscape of Georgia.