Gigi Tevsadze

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

• 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