{"id":152,"date":"2020-01-27T11:05:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T11:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeanmonnet.css.ge\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2021-01-15T10:09:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T10:09:27","slug":"project-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/jeanmonnet.css.ge\/?page_id=152","title":{"rendered":"Project Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"\" Dr. Lia Tsuladze<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Lia Tsuladze has worked on the topic of Europeanization for several years already. In 2013-14 Dr. Tsuladze was a PostDoc Fellow at Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre (RESC), St. Antony\u2019s College, University of Oxford, focusing on Georgians\u2019 popular discourses on Europeanization. In 2014 she hosted a conference on \u201cGeorgia in the Context of Europeanization\u201d at the University of Oxford, and delivered a speech \u201cOn Europeanization, National Sentiments and Confused Identities in Georgia.\u201d In 2011-12 Lia visited New Europe College, Institute for Advanced Study, Bucharest, Romania as a Research fellow and conducted cross-cultural research on youth perceptions of Europeanization in Eastern Europe and its margins through a Volkswagen Foundation research grant. In 2014-16 she is directed a project on \u201cPerforming Europeanization \u2013 Political vis-\u00e0-vis Popular Discourses on Europeanization in Georgia\u201d funded by Academic Swiss Caucasus Net (ASCN). In 2016-18 she was an Academic Coordinator of CSS project \u201cRaising Awareness on Georgia\u2019s Europeanization in Academia [RAGEA]\u201d implemented through Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Activities co-funding. Currently, she is directing a research project \u201cThe Post-Visa Liberalization Discourses on Europeanization in Georgia\u201d (2018-2020) funded by Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation. Currently, Dr. Tsuladze is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, and an Executive Director of Center for Social Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lela Javakhishvili<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lela Javakhishvili is a junior researcher at CSS. She is currently working on research project \u201cThe Post-Visa Liberalization Discourses on Europeanization in Georgia\u201d (2018-2020) as a research assistant. Her responsibility includes collecting and analysing data. Lela has total of four year experience of working on research projects. Her notable experience includes working as an experimental design assistant at World Vision Georgia, media monitoring assistant at Heinrich Boell Foundation. Furthermore, Lela has considerable experience in carrying out interviews and focus-groups. For instance, she worked for organizations such as: IPM, Green Box, ISSA, DVV International, Education and Research Association of Politics, We Research, Social research center of TSU, Justice house. Her experience, which might be relevant for this project, is working as a leader at \u201cCamp of Future\u201d in Anaklia and Shaori. Lela\u2019s publications include  research paper about Needs of Muslim women in Georgia in partnership with Georgian Muslim\u2019s Union and TDI and needs of youth in Rustavi. She obtained bachelor\u2019s diploma (in Sociology) with honours, from Tbilisi State University. Currently, she is studying at Tbilisi State University on master\u2019s programme of Sociology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samira Bairamova<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samira Bairamova holds a BA degree in Law and MA degree in Political Sciences. She leads a Public Initiative Group working on the electoral system development in Kvemo Kartli region. She cooperates with a number of local and international NGOs as a project coordinator and a local monitor. In various years, she has cooperated with the Mercy Corps, NATO media information office, local media outlets on raising awareness among the local population about the ongoing processes in the country. Being an ethnic Azerbaijani from Georgia and speaking fluent Azerbaijani and Georgian enables her to act as a mediator between the project team and the local population, as well as to provide trainings for the local youth in their native language.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mariam Arakelova<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mariam Araqelova is a co-founder and a manager of The Union of Georgian Armenians working on the national minority issues. She has an MA degree in Law and is mainly working on providing legal aid to Armenian population residing in Akhaltsikhe region, as well as raising awareness of and supporting the integration of Armenian ethnic minorities within the country. In previous years she has worked at the Embassy of US in Armenia, private companies in Armenia and Georgia as a lawyer. Being an ethnic Armenian from Georgia and speaking fluent Armenian and Georgian enables her to act as a mediator between the project team and the Armenian local population, as well as to provide trainings for the local youth in their native language.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Lia Tsuladze Dr. Lia Tsuladze has worked on the topic of Europeanization for several years already. In 2013-14 Dr. Tsuladze was a PostDoc Fellow at Russian and Eurasian Studies Centre (RESC), St. Antony\u2019s College, University of Oxford, focusing on Georgians\u2019 popular discourses on Europeanization. In 2014 she hosted a conference on \u201cGeorgia in the … Continue reading “Project Staff”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeanmonnet.css.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeanmonnet.css.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeanmonnet.css.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeanmonnet.css.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeanmonnet.css.ge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/jeanmonnet.css.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271,"href":"http:\/\/jeanmonnet.css.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions\/271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeanmonnet.css.ge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}