SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ISSUES OF GLOBALIZATION
The Research Institute of Economic and Social Issues of Globalization at the European University was established in 2016. The institute's staff and professors from the Faculty of Law, Education, Business, and Technology actively participate in local and international scientific conferences and serve on editorial boards of scientific journals in Georgia and other countries. The Faculty of Business and Technology, along with the institute, publishes an international refereed journal - Globalization and Business. The institute collaborates with Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and St. Andrew the First Georgian University, regularly hosting scientific theoretical seminars involving professors and students from these universities.
Key Members:
- Gocha Tutberidze – Chief Scientist-Collaborator
- Tornike Khoshtaria – Chief Scientist – Associate
- Maya Azmaifarashvili - Senior Scientist - Associate
- Simon Tavartkiladze - Senior Scientist - Associate
- Sulkhan Tabagua – Senior Scientist – Associate
- Dimitri Abzianidze – Scientist – Employee
- Zaza Maruashvili – Scientist – Employee
- Kuji is a Boy – Scientist – Employee
Main Tasks of the Institute:
- Organizing scientific-research activities focused on modern knowledge and quality in the university.
- Establishing institutional cooperation with local, international, and regional organizations, as well as governmental and non-governmental commercial and non-profit organizations and diplomatic missions in the scientific, cultural, and information fields.
- Popularizing research results by establishing contacts with foreign universities and the business sector through appropriate university services.
- Implementing various projects for the international educational and academic development of university researchers.
- Promoting the organization of international conferences, seminars, and symposiums.
- Collaborating with the Faculty of Law, Education, Business, and Technology to prepare and organize the publication of the periodical magazine - Globalization and Business.
Research Directions:
- Economic problems of globalization
- Social problems of globalization
- Global business environment survey
- Peculiarities of global business
- Socio-economic problems of Georgia's involvement in European integration processes
- Business environment of the European Union
- Socio-economic systems of the Caucasus and neighboring countries
- Institutional development in modern conditions of globalization
- Modeling issues of descriptive and normative forecasts of economic and social processes of globalization
- Technological problems in the context of globalization
- Tourism development in Georgia considering the processes of globalization.
In 2020, the Research Institute of Economic and Social Issues of Globalization at the European University prepared and published the ninth and tenth editions of the international scientific-practical magazine "Globalization and Business":
Activities:
- III National Scientific Conference "Coronomics: Modern Challenges of Economic Science and Economic Policy"
- V International Scientific Conference "Actual Economic and Social Problems in the Conditions of Modern Globalization - 2020"
- First panel discussion: "Coronavirus, Globalization, and Georgia: Economic and Social Challenges"
- Second panel discussion: "Coronavirus, Globalization, and Georgia: Economic and Social Challenges"
- Third panel discussion: "The Second Wave of the New Coronavirus (COVID-19): The Global Context and the Socio-Economic Challenges of Georgia"
- Fourth panel discussion: "Pandemic 2020, Georgia's Socio-Economic Challenges, and Expectations in 2021 in the Context of Globalization"
In 2019, the Research Institute of Economic and Social Issues of Globalization at the European University prepared and published the seventh and eighth editions of the international scientific-practical magazine "Globalization and Business".
Activities:
- Theoretical seminar - "Georgia's Energy System Under the Conditions of Modern Challenges"
- Theoretical seminar - "Demographic Modernization of Georgia: Challenges and Foundations of Demographic Policy"
- Scientific conference - "The Crisis of Economic Science and the Search for New Paradigms"
- II National Scientific Conference - "Economic Policy: Contemporary Challenges of the Interaction of Economy and Politics"
- Conference - "Actual Economic and Social Problems in the Conditions of Modern Globalization"
- V International Scientific Conference
In 2017, the Research Institute of Economic and Social Issues of Globalization at the European University prepared and published the third and fourth issues of the international scientific-practical magazine "Globalization and Business".
Activities:
- International Conference - "Knowledge Economy Under Modern Globalization Conditions" organized by the European University.
- Conceptual Model of Economic Development of Georgia in Modern Conditions of Globalization.
- Theoretical Seminar on Regional Development Processes and Challenges in the Conditions of the Knowledge Economy held at the European University on November 8.
- International Student Conference - The Way to European Integration.
In 2016, the Research Institute of Economic and Social Issues of Globalization at the European University prepared and published the first and second editions of the international scientific-practical magazine "Globalization and Business".
Activities:
- Theoretical Seminar on "Conditions in the Calculation of Macroeconomic Indicators in the Modern Conditions of Globalization".
- Theoretical Seminar on Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanisms.
- International Conference organized by the European University on "European Integration and Georgia".
