Gigi Tevsadze
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Gigi Tevsadze is a Georgian academic, researcher, and founding director of Ilia State University (2006–2013), one of Georgia' main institutions of higher education.[1] He remains at this institution as a professor.[2] Tevsadze also works as the director of the 4D research institute at Ilia State University.[2][3]
Tevsadze is the author of multiple publications in Georgian and English. His books focus on philosophy and the role of religion in society.[4] His Guide to Critical Thinking has also been published in English. Among his other publications is a widely cited analysis on Power Elites in Georgia (with Zurab Chiaberashvili).[5] He has also written on a range of other topics, including wolf-human conflict in Georgia.[6]
Tevsadze has also worked as a consultant for Georgian and international organizations, as head of the research department of the Parliament of Georgia, and as a manager of major reform projects.[2] Tevzadze holds several degrees in philosophy from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, including doctoral and candidate degrees.[4]
Selected Publications
[edit]- Why do you believe in God, Sulakauri Publishing, link, 2017
- Guide to Critical Thinking, Sulakauri Publishing, link
- The Birth of the Georgian Nation. Identity and Ideology. Politetal and Societal Identities. Nationality and Religiosity., link, 2009
- Der Salon als Instanz einer Vermittlung zwischen Staat und Gesellschaft: Eine Studie zur Geschichte literarischer Vermittlung, translated into German by Philipp Löser, in Europa - ein Salon?: Beiträge zur Internationalität des literarischen Salons, Wallstein Verlag, 1999
References
[edit]- ^ "University rectors call for amendment to be stopped". Democracy & Freedom Watch. May 7, 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ a b c "Tevzadze Gigi". faculty.iliauni.edu.ge. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "The Hon. Gigi Tevzadze". www.culturaldiplomacy.org. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Author Profile". Sulakauri Publishing. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ Chiaberashvili, Zurab; Tevsadze, Gigi (2005). "Power Elites in Georgia: Old and New" (PDF). Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ Kikvidze, Zaal; Tevzadze, Gigi (1 September 2015). "Loss of traditional knowledge aggravates wolf–human conflict in Georgia (Caucasus) in the wake of socio-economic change". Ambio. 44 (5): 452–457. Bibcode:2015Ambio..44..452K. doi:10.1007/s13280-014-0580-1. ISSN 1654-7209. PMC 4510320. PMID 25413022.