Institution: ISET-PI
Zauri Marakvelidze
Zauri Marakvelidze is an ISET graduate. In 2025, he completed his internship at the ISET Policy Institute at its Private Sector Development Practice.
Giorgi Nebulishvili
Giorgi Nebulishvili serves as an invited lecturer at ISET, where he teaches Comparative Economic Systems. Giorgi also works as a senior researcher at ISET Policy Institute. As part of the Macroeconomic Policy Center, he contributes to policy analysis and research, focusing on macroeconomic trends and policy solutions. Giorgi holds a master’s degree in economics from ISET and a BA in accounting and audit from Tbilisi State University. Following his master’s degree, he served as a visiting lecturer at Ilia State University between 2018 and 2024. At Ilia State University, he taught Principles of Economics to first-year BA students.
(Last updated in March 2026)
Tornike Surguladze
Tornike Surguladze is a senior researcher at the Macroeconomic Policy Center of the ISET Policy Institute and joined the center in September 2023. Tornike holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from the International School of Economics (ISET 2021), as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Tbilisi State University (TSU 2019).
Before joining the ISET Policy Institute, Tornike worked as a chief specialist at the National Bank of Georgia. Also, he was a teaching assistant for Master’s degree students at ISET, teaching Microeconomics modules I & II, III, IV, and Introductory Finance. Along with ISET-PI, he works as an invited lecturer at International Black Sea University and as a teaching assistant at ISET for BA teaching Microeconomics and Econometrics.
(Last updated in March 2026)
Mariam Lobjanidze
Mariam Lobjanidze joined ISET Policy Institute in September 2018, where she is currently a Lead Economist. She received her master’s degree in economics (Summa cum Laude) from ISET. She has been actively involved in conducting Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIA) since 2019. Since 2020, she has been actively working on elaborating gender impact assessments (GIA) methodology for Georgia, conducting GIAs, and delivering Gender Impact Assessment Trainings. Her research interests include Labor Markets, Gender Economics and Social Issues, Social Policy, Energy Security, and Climate Change.
Along with her research, she works as an invited lecturer at ISET, teaching Econometrics to second-year BA students.
[Last updated February 2026]
Giorgi Shavreshiani
Giorgi Shavreshiani joined the Agriculture and Rural Policy Research Center at the ISET Policy Institute as a Researcher in August 2023. He received his bachelor’s degree with a Macroeconomics module from Tbilisi State University and completed a Master’s degree in Economics at ISET in 2020.
After graduating from ISET, Giorgi worked at the State Audit Office of Georgia at the Department of Performance Audit. Since September 2021, he has been a visiting lecturer at Ilia State University, teaching Principles of Economics to first-year BA Students.
[Last updated March 2024]
Tatia Khidasheli
Tatia Khidasheli is a researcher at the Agricultural Policy Research Center at the ISET Policy Institute. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the International School of Economics at TSU (ISET) and completed her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU).
In 2020, Tatia began her career at the State Audit Office of Georgia as a performance auditor, contributing to projects addressing economic efficiency and effectiveness issues within government entities and programs. As of 2022, Tatia serves as a Visiting Lecturer at Ilia State University.
[Last updated March 2024]
Erekle Shubitidze
Erekle Shubitidze is a Senior Researcher at the ISET Policy Institute, having joined in October 2020. Erekle holds a BA in Mathematics from the University of Georgia. In 2020, he received an MA in Economics from ISET, with his Master’s project focusing on social preferences in a variant of economic games.
Prior to his position at the ISET Policy Institute, he served as a teaching assistant for Master’s degree students at ISET, teaching modules in Macroeconomics I & II, Game Theory, and Introductory Finance.
[Last updated March 2024]
Archil Chapichadze
Archil Chapichadze is a Data Analyst at TBC Bank. Between 2021 and 2024 he was a Researcher at ISET-PI. He is also a valedictorian graduate of ISET’s BA program in economics, 2021. His bachelor’s thesis was selected by ISET and PMCG as among the best theses of the 2021 class. During his time at ISET, Archil won numerous local and international competitions, including the IMF Fund Challenge (2020), EBRD Student Challenge (2020), the first round of the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) Emerging Leaders Competition (2020), and the Mastercard student challenge “Cashless for Future” (2019).
(Last updated September 2024)
Elene Seturidze
Elene Seturidze is the Deputy Practice Head of the Agriculture and Rural Policy Center. She joined the ISET Policy Institute in August 2020. She earned her master’s degree in economics from ISET, graduating in 2020, and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Tbilisi State University, obtained in 2018.
She has contributed to a variety of projects covering diverse directions, including impact assessments, capacity-building activities for CSOs and PSAs, and local economic development processes. In addition to her role at ISET, she serves as a Teaching Assistant in the bachelor’s program, specifically for the Mathematics for Economists courses I and II.
[Last updated February 2026]
Sergo Gadelia
Sergo Gadelia works as a junior researcher at ISET Policy Institute (ISET-PI). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from ISET. Before joining ISET-PI, Sergo completed his internship at the National Bank of Georgia’s Financial Stability Department, where he worked on the Georgian guideline for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) risk management. His research interests include macroeconomics, monetary economics, growth theory, and urban and regional economics.
[Last updated March 2022]