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Papava Vladimer

Academician

Professor
I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Biography

Spare of Scientific Interests: 

Economic Theory of Post-Communist Transformation
Economic Theory
Political Economy
Economics of Georgia and the Caucasus
Economics of Russia and Eurasia
Economic Development
Macroeconomics
Mathematical modeling of economics

Publications: more than 400

Education - Scientific Degree

  1. 2013

    Academician

    The Georgian National Academy of Sciences

  2. 1997

    Corresponding Member

    The Georgian Academy of Sciences

  3. 1989

    Doctor of Economical Sciences

    Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

  4. 1982

    Candidate of Economical Sciences

    Central Economic and Mathematical Institute, The Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, Russia

  5. 1979-1982

    Postgraduate ship, work for doctor’s thesis

    Central Economic and Mathematical Institute, The Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, Russia

  6. 1972-1977

    Higher

    Tbilisi State University / Faculty of Economic Cybernetics

Professional Experience

  1. 2014 - Present
    Professor of Economics
    Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
  2. 2013-2016
    Rector
    Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
  3. 2008 - Present
    Principal Research Researcher
    Paata Gugushvili Institute of Economics, Tbilisi, Georgia
  4. 2005-2006
    Principal Research Fellow
    Paata Gugushvili Institute of Economics of the Georgian Academy of Sciences
  5. 2004-2008
    Member of the Committee for Finance and Budget
    The Parliament of Georgia
  6. 2004-2007
    Deputy Head of the Committee for Finance and Budget
    The Parliament of Georgia
  7. 2003-2005
    Professor, Chair at the Department of Macroeconomics
    Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
  8. 2003-2005
    Professor
    Georgian Institute of Pubic Administration (GIPA)
  9. 2001 - Present
    Senior fellow
    Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS), Tbilisi, Georgia
  10. 2000-2005
    Professor
    European School of Management (ESMTbilisi)
  11. 2000-2001
    Deputy Parliamentary Secretary
    Office of the President of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
  12. 1994-2000
    Minister
    Ministry of Economy of Georgia
  13. 1996-2000
    Scientific Supervisor
    Paata Gugushvili Institute of Economics of the Georgian Academy of Sciences
  14. 1991-1996
    Director
    Paata Gugushvili Institute of Economics of the Georgian Academy of Sciences
  15. 1990-1996
    Professor of Macroeconomics
    Tbilisi State University
  16. 1982-1991
    Senior Research Fellow
    Paata Gugushvili Institute of Economics and Law of the Georgian Academy of Sciences
  17. 1977-1979
    Junior Research Fellow
    Paata Gugushvili Institute of Economics and Law of the Georgian Academy of Sciences

Awards & Prizes

  • 2019
    Doctor Honoris Causa, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University (Batumi, Georgia)
  • 2017
    Doctor Honoris Causa, Institute of Economics, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (Baku, Azerbaijan)
  • 2016
    Doctor Honoris Causa, Ecological University of Bucharest (Bucharest, Romania)
  • 2015
    Doctor Honoris Causa, Gori State University, Gori, Georgia
  • 2015
    Doctor Honoris Causa, Samtskhe-Javakheti State University (Akhaltsikhe, Georgia)
  • 2008
    Philippe Gogichaishvili Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia
  • 2004
    Sate Prize of Georgia in Science
  • 1987
    Republican Prize of the Ministry of Education of Georgia