Mikheil Shavtvaladze was awarded a Ph.D. in Political Science from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and a Master’s degree in Political Science from Central European University (Budapest, Hungary).

He has robust academic experience teaching in various state and private universities. He has participated in numerous international and local conferences and workshop programs and was a Marie Curie Fellow at Vilnius University (EU Project) in 2015-2016. M. Shavtvaladze was also a returning scholar for the Academic Support Program (HESP-AFP of Open Society Georgia Foundation) at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University’s Department of International Relations (2012-2015). He has several scientific publications in peer-reviewed international journals and publishing houses on the topics of politics.