Professor in Education Sciences
Prof. Nikoloz Parjanadze holds a PhD in Philology specializing in Anglo-American Linguistics (2010) and earned his master's degree in Educational Leadership and Management from the University of London's Institute of Education (now UCL Institute of Education) as a British Government Chevening Scholar (2008). His academic career includes participation in the prestigious Fulbright Visiting Scholars Program at the University of Arkansas (2019), where he conducted research on higher education internationalization.
From 2021 to 2024, he served as Head of the Higher Education Quality Assurance Department at Georgia's National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement, participating in shaping quality standards across Georgian universities. With over two decades of teaching experience at universities in Georgia and abroad, he has delivered courses at Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral levels in linguistics, educational leadership, management, education policy and sociology, and research methods for education. His publications focus on educational leadership, management research and practice, and higher education quality assurance.
Publications
Books:
Pipia, E., Margishvili, L., & Parjanadze, N. (2024). Internationalization and Sustainability of Higher Education Through Education Quality Assurance Mechanisms in Georgia. In Akgรผn, B., Alpaydฤฑn, Y. (Eds.), Global Agendas and Education Reforms: A Comparative Study (pp. 237-253). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
Erguvan, M. M., Parjanadze, N., & Hirschi, K. (2019). Educating for the Cooperative Society: The Role Of Universities, Research, and the Academic Professions in Fostering Good Citizenship. In G. Redding, A. Drew, & S. Crump (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education Systems and University Management (pp. 374-385). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Parjanadze, N. (2017). Activities to Enhance Reading Skills. In N. Doghonadze (Ed.), Teaching EFL Reading and Writing in Georgia (pp. 37-46). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Parjanadze, N. (2017). Reading and Vocabulary Continuum. In N. Doghonadze (Ed.), Teaching EFL Reading and Writing in Georgia (pp. 51-55). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Parjanadze, N. (2009). Decentralisation and Dilemmas in School Leadership: a case study of educational reform in Georgia. Saarbrucken. VDM Verlag Dr. Muller.
Articles:
Chkotua, M., Pipia, E., Bandzeladze, M., Parjanadze, N., Tvalchrelidze, N., & Mesiridze, I. (2023). Impossible Profession: Teachersโ Profession through Gender Lenses. In INTED2023 Proceedings (pp. 4637-4644). IATED.
Pipia, E., Chkotua, M., Parjanadze, N., Bandzeladze, M., Mesiridze, I., Tvalchrelidze, N., & Razmadze, M. (2023). The Impact of Studentsโ Emotional Well-being on Academic Performance in the Post-COVID Era. In INTED2023 Proceedings (pp. 5150-5159). IATED.
Pipia, E., Doghonadze, N., Chkotua, M., & Parjanadze, N. (2022). Correlational Research on Emotional Intelligence and Teacher Professional Development in the Time of COVID-19. In INTED2022 Proceedings (pp. 2250-2258). IATED.
Pipia, E., Doghonadze, N., Chkotua, M., & Parjanadze, N. (2022). Curse or Blessing of Education? Mitigation of Adverse Effects of Challenges of Communication between Teachers and Students. In INTED2022 Proceedings (pp. 2234-2243). IATED.