Tatia Dolidze
Vice-rector for International Relations
Tatia Dolidze is both the Vice-Rector in the direction of International Relations and the Head of the International Relations study program at European University. At the same time, she holds an academic status of an Affiliate Assistant-Professor and teaches several courses in the direction of European studies, South Caucasus regional politics and public speaking.
Currently, in parallel with her work at European University, Tatia Dolidze is the Council of Europe’s project expert-consultant on education, an expert-evaluator of educational projects on behalf of the American consulting company ‘Agoge Partners’, and an affiliated analyst of the Georgian Institute of Politics.
Tatia Dolidze holds a Bachelor’s degree [with distinction] in International Relations from Tbilisi State University, a Master’s degree [Cum Laude] in European Studies from Maastricht University (Netherlands) and is a PhD candidate at the English Language Program at the Institute of European Studies of TSU. Within the framework of different scholarship programs, Tatia Dolidze has also undertaken non-degree studies at Vilnius University, Lithuania (Erasmus Mundus); Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey (Open Society Foundation Masters Preparation Grant); University of Siena, Italy (grant from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs); Masaryk University, Czech Republic (Erasmus+ mobility).
Tatia Dolidze has overall 12 years of working experience in academia and think tanks, international organizations, government and media. Among others, she has held positions such as Chief Counselor of the International Relations and Communications Department at the Office of the National Security Council of Georgia; Georgian Youth Representative to the United Nations; Research Assistant at the EU Foreign Policy Unit of the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, Belgium; and a contractor at the European Parliament, DG ERPS and at MEP’s office, Brussels, Belgium, among others.
Tatia Dolidze is the author of dozens of research papers and articles and has been involved in several large grant projects in her competence as a researcher, lecturer/trainer and/or project manager. Apart from her native Georgian language, Tatia Dolidze is fluent in English, French, Italian, Russian and speaks intermediate Spanish.
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