Ia Natsvlishvili (TSU) 2018

Associate Professor at School of Economics and Business of Tbilisi State University, author of over 40 scientific works and co-author of several microeconomics textbooks and reading materials in Cost-benefit Analysis.

She has a Candidate of Economic Sciences (equivalent of Ph.D) degree from the Tbilisi State University. During the spring semesters of 2010-2012 Ia Natsvlishvili was a visiting research scholar at The George Washington University, affiliated with School of Business, Washington DC, USA. In 2004-2005 as a research scholar she spent one academic year at College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA.

She has participated in several international research and educational programs. Research scholarships were funded by the USA Department of State, Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation), Erasmus+ Exchange Program by EU. Her interests include managerial economics, social policy, quality assurance, business management, educational administration and strategic decision-making. She is the co-author of a report on national standards of business education within the context of the Bologna Process.

Her research papers were presented at several international conferences and were published in The USA, Italy, Belgium, Ukraine and etc. Her scientific publications appears in high impact factor journals and are indexed in Scopus, Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics and Thomson databases. She participates in several research projects and is a member of scientific council of international academic association Business System Laboratory (Italy). She serves as editorial board member and reviewer of several international research journals. 

Her faculty visit to our university was embedded into the exchange activities in the framework of ERASMUS+ mobility with partner countries (Key Action KA 107).

In WS 18/19, she taught two highly interesting electives for undergraduate and graduate students in the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences:

• B 07 b International Study Skills: Microeconomics (M.A. in Business Administration), Monday, 14:15-17:30, September to mid-November.
• B 51 Macroeconomic key factors and their impact on business (B.A. in Business Administration), Tuesday, 11:45-15:45, September to mid-November.