George Sharvashidze

Rector (2016 IX - 2022 X)

Education: 
2006 - Sulkhan Saba Orbeliani Tbilisi State Pedagogical University

Degree: Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences (Ph.D.)

1984 - Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Philologist

Degree: Master of Arts

 

Professional trainings:

2003 - Salzburg Global Seminar (Salzburg, Austria)
2003 - Wilton Park (Great Britain)
2002 - The World Bank Institute (Budapest, Hungary)
2001 - IIEP UNESCO International Institute for Education Planning (Paris, France)         
1999 - The Swedish Institute for Public Administration (Sweden)

 

Work experience:
2020 – present  - Associate professor

Department of Education Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

2019 – present -Head

Permanent Conference of Rectors of Georgian Public HEIs

2016 – 2022 - Rector

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

2016 – 2020 - Invited lecturer

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

2015 – 2016 - Director

National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement

2013 - 2016 - Deputy Minister

Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia

2004 – 2013 - Director

Academic Foundation Programme (AFP), Open Society Institute (Budapest, Hungary)

2003 – 2004 - Senior program manager

Higher Education Support Program (HESP), Open Society Institute (Budapest, Hungary)

 2000 – 2003 - President

International Institute for Education Policy, Planning and Management (EPPM), Tbilisi, Georgia

2001 – 2003 - Head of international group Higher Education Reform Project (COE, OSI)

1996 – 2000 - First Deputy Minister

Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia 

1994 – 1996 - Deputy Minister

Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia 

1991 –1994 - Head

Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia

1990 - Exchange lecturer

South Milwaukee High School WI, USA

1989 – 1990 - Senior research fellow

Tbilisi State University

1989 – 1990 - Assistant to the Minister

Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia 

1988 – 1989 - Chief Inspector

Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia 

1984 – 1993 - Secondary school teacher

The 6th Gymnasium Tbilisi
 

Selected publications: 

2022 -  A study into Georgian universities’ approach to the national standards of quality for teaching and learning. Journal of Further and Higher Education, Gibbs, P., Sharvashidze, G., Grdzelidze, I., Cherkezishvili, D., Sanikidze, T.,  Lazarashvili, G., & Tavadze, G.,  doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2022.2091922

2005 - A monograph “Private Higher Education in Georgia”, IIEP UNESCO, Paris 

2004 - Private Higher Education in Georgia, Edited by N.V. Varghese IIEP UNESCO, Paris

2004 - Some Aspects of Legislative Formation of Higher Education;
Caucasian Messenger, Tbilisi 

2004 -General Trends of Development of Higher Education in Georgia, Prometheus, Tbilisi 

2004 - Implementation of Higher Education Reform, Sazrisi, Tbilisi

2003 - Education Reform, Curriculum Change and Teacher Education in Georgia, UNESCO, IBE, Geneva 
 

Involvement in public activities: 

2020 – present - Member of the Leadership Council

Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Black Sea chapter

2019 – present - Programme committee member, Horizon 2020

2018 – present - Member of the “ESF College of Expert Reviewers”

European Science Foundation  

2017 – present - Elected member

 Academia Europaea (London, UK)

2017 – present - Member of the executive committee

International Association of University Presidents (IAUP)

2017 – present - Member of the executive committee

Black Sea Universities Network (BSUN)

2016 – present - Member of the Governing Board

International School of Economics (ISET) at TSU

2015 – present - Member of the Research and Innovation Council of Georgia

2015 – present - Higher Education Reform Experts (HEREs),

Brussels, Belgium

2015 – present - Member of the Advisory Board 

San Diego State University Georgia Campus

2015 – 2016 - Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation,

Chairman of the International Supervisory Board 

2015 – 2016 - Bologna Follow-up Group (BFUG), Strasbourg,

Co-chairman of the working group on monitoring 

2000 - Country Director,

Human Resource Development Center in Georgia (UNDP/ETF)

1996 – 2000 - Head of the Georgian delegation,

Council of Europe’s Education Committee, Strasbourg

                                               
1995 – 2000 - Member of Advisory Forum,

European Training Foundation (ETF), Turin

1999 – 2000 - Chairman of the subgroup of CIS and Mongolia,

European Training Foundation (ETF), Turin

                                               
1998 - Member of the National Commission of Georgia at UNESCO

1993 –1996 - Member of the editorial board,

WWF Bulletin

1995 - Member of the editorial board,   

Facts for Life (UNICEF, UNDP, WHO, WWF), Georgian edition

                                               
1993 - Chief adviser,

World Wildlife Fund, WWF, Georgia