Zaza Tsotniashvili — Gen AI Researcher, Trainer and Consultant
Professor, Doctor of Social Sciences. Delivers training and consultancy on the effective, sound and ethical use of artificial intelligence for the public, academic and private sectors. Over 100 Gen AI training programmes delivered to date.
Gen AI trainer and consultant for the Research and Training Department of the Parliament of Georgia and the Training Centre of Justice of Georgia; Director of Media Programmes at Caucasus International University; European Commission expert; expert of the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia; Management Committee member of European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST), Belgium; expert of the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement; founder of House of Education. Thirty years of academic and management experience, including service as Rector of Gori University.
AI Practice: Training, Consultancy, Research
Training courses
• AI Foundations — artificial intelligence essentials for all audiences
• Gen AI for Organisational and Corporate Efficiency — optimisation of working processes
• Gen AI for Leaders and Managers — strategic adoption and governance
• Gen AI Transformation Programme — training, consultancy and practical implementation
Institutional roles in the AI field
• Since 09.03.2026: Invited trainer, Research and Training Department of the Parliament of Georgia — Generative AI
• Since 2025: Trainer, Training Centre of Justice of Georgia — AI Foundations and Gen AI courses
• Since 26.08.2026: European Commission expert
• Since 05.08.2026: Expert, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia
• Since 03.04.2026: Management Committee (MC) member, European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST), Belgium
• Since 11.03.2026: Member of COST WG3: Designing Practical Tools to Counter, Redress and Prevent Radical Polarisation, Belgium
Selected AI research projects and publications
• Textbook: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence: AI for Everyone, Tbilisi, 2026 [in Georgian]
• 2026: COST CA22165 — DepolarisingEU, Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM): "Generative AI-Driven Disinformation and Algorithmic Polarisation: A South Caucasus–Southern Europe Comparative Study" (University of Murcia, Spain)
• 2026: Scientific supervisor — Caucasus International University Fundamental Research Grant: "AI-Generated Disinformation and Media Literacy Challenges in Georgia"
• Scopus: Social Media Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence: Transformation of the Information Space, Studies in Media and Communication, Vol 14, No 2 (2026)
• Scopus: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Combat Fake News, Studies in Media and Communication, Vol 13, No 4 (2025)
• 2026: Algorithmic Gatekeeping and the Reconfiguration of the Public Sphere: Generative AI, News Visibility, and Power in Digital Media Ecosystems
Education
• 2022: The Virtual Exchange / Global Learning Experience (DePaul University, USA)
• 2018: Georgia's Innovation and Technology Agency (GITA) — IT Management (certificate programme)
• 2016: Practical training course in Web Design / HTML (ILC certificate programme)
• 2007: European School of Management ESM-Tbilisi — Fundamentals of Management (certificate programme)
• 2007: European School of Management ESM-Tbilisi — Administration (certificate programme)
• 09.12.2005: Doctoral dissertation defended: Reflection of Georgian-Ossetian Relations in the Press at the Turn of the 20th–21st Centuries (Journalism, Politics)
• 23.10.1998: Candidate dissertation defended: The Georgian Novella of the 1990s (Literature)
• 1993–1996: Postgraduate studies, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University — History of Modern Georgian Literature
• 1988–1993: Tskhinvali State University, Faculty of History and Philology (diploma with distinction)
• 1977–1988: Secondary School No. 4, Tskhinvali
Seminars and Professional Training
• 2026: Horizon Europe, Ministry of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia — AI Tools Boot Camp (15 hours), 22–24 June 2026 (Certificate)
• 2026: Scientific seminar "Language, Media and Society in the Digital Age" — "The Algorithm as Editor: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Shaping the News Agenda", 5 June 2026 (Certificate)
• 2025: Intelligence with Responsibility in an AI Society, AI Educators Technology (Certificate)
• 2025: Contemporary Cybersecurity Trends, Post-Quantum Cryptography and Practical Defence Mechanisms, AI Educators Technology (Certificate)
• 2025: A Georgian Model of Artificial Intelligence, Frankfurt Institute / AI Educators Technology (Certificate)
• 2024: Strategic Communication against Disinformation and Propaganda, Gnomon Wise Research Institute (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• 2023: Workshop: The Role of Academia in Promoting Gender, Peace and Security, supported by the UN and the UK Government (Certificate)
• 2023: Global Conversations seminars: 1. Artificial Intelligence in Education (Certificate); 2. Intercultural Communication (Certificate)
• 2022: Virtual Exchange (GLE) Workshop (DePaul University, Chicago, USA — online)
• 2021: Integrating Fake News Verification and Media Literacy Components into Academic Teaching (MDF, Georgia)
• 2021: How to Prepare a Manuscript, Research Academy of Elsevier (Certificate)
• 2020: Teaching the Coverage of Terrorism and Diversity in Academic Settings (MDF, Georgia)
• 2019: Media Education Program, US Embassy (Chicago, USA)
• 2018: Sound Financial Decisions, TBC for Business (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• 2018: Business Modelling and Financial Decisions, TBC for Business (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• 2018: Taxation, TBC for Business (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• 2018: Anatomy of Business Processes, TBC for Business (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• 2018: Startup Finance, TBC for Business (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• 2018: Agro Journalism Initiatives, International Training (CIU, JRC, MIC) (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• 2018: "How to Implement Effective Change in a Company", Adizes Institute Worldwide (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• 2017: "Peace Education as a Mechanism of Conflict Prevention and Transformation", Center for Peace and Civil Development (CPCD) (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• 2016: Learning Results and Assessments, Iowa State University and Georgian Technical University
• 2014: Public Relations, TBC Group (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• 2012: Training "News Production" within the UNDP project "Development of Media Monitoring in Georgia" (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• 2009: Peace and War in the Media (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• 2008: Russian Influence in the Caucasus (Warsaw, Poland)
• 2008: Contemporary Teaching and Learning Methodology (Iowa, USA)
• 2008: Project Cycle Management, Cordaid (Tbilisi, Georgia)
• 2008: Education and Humanism (Warsaw, Poland)
• 2008: Education Management and Development Policy (Oxford, United Kingdom)
• 2008: Education Quality Management and the Bologna Process (Brussels, Belgium)
• 2008: Open World Leadership Center — Higher Education and University Development Fund (Georgia, USA)
• 2007: "Peace Corps" for the Development of the Education System (Gudauri, Georgia)
• 2005: Experience of the American Education System (Bakuriani, Georgia)
• 2004: Lecture course in Political Science (Catholic University of Eichstätt, Germany)
Grants and International Projects
• 2026: CA22165 — DepolarisingEU, Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM): "Generative AI-Driven Disinformation and Algorithmic Polarisation: A South Caucasus–Southern Europe Comparative Study" (University of Murcia, Spain)
• 2026: Scientific supervisor — Caucasus International University 2025 Fundamental Research Grant: AI-Generated Disinformation and Media Literacy Challenges in Georgia: Audience Perception Research and an Educational Response
• 2026: Principal Author (Commissioned Consultancy), Thematic Chapter D: "ALE in Contexts of Conflict, Post-Conflict, and Political Fragility", Sixth UNESCO Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE 6), UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), Hamburg — competitively selected via international consultancy call, 2026–2027
• 2026: COST Action CA22165 — DepolarisingEU WG3: Designing Practical Tools to Counter, Redress and Prevent Radical Polarisation (Tirana, Albania)
• 2026: Conflict Journalism Study Planning — "Assessing the Challenges and Opportunities of Conflict Journalism's Technological Terrains" (Bochum, Germany)
• 2025: Research project submitted to the call of the Spanish State Research Agency in cooperation with the University of Valladolid: "Cognitive Security and Epistemic Trust in Generative AI: Information Risks and Democratic Resilience (SENTINEL-IA)"
• 2024: Erasmus+ Project, invited Professor at Sapienza University, Information Warfare — Understanding of Disinformation, Italy
• 2024: GLE (Global Learning Experience) — teaching disinformation, information and cyber warfare to students of several universities worldwide as invited professor, including students of Caucasus International University
• 2023: 1. GLE (Global Learning Experience) — teaching disinformation, information and cyber warfare as invited professor; 2. New research on information warfare conducted with American colleagues as research scientist; 3. Visit to DePaul University (USA) as invited researcher and professor
• 2022: Erasmus+ Project, invited Professor at the University of Valladolid, Disinformation and Propaganda in Journalism, Spain
• 2022: MEP Alumni Association Mini-Grants — International Experience for Georgian Media Education, USA
• 2021: Lecture and training courses funded by the University of Tourism of Turkistan (Kazakhstan)
• 2021: Erasmus+ Project, invited Lecturer at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Multimedia for Interrupting Disinformation in Information Warfare, Austria
• 2021: Erasmus+ and PrinteL Project, Training of Trainers "Online Teaching Revisited", FH JOANNEUM, Graz, Austria (remote)
• 2019: Lecture and workshop course at the University of Venda, funded by the National Research Foundation of South Africa
• 2018: Erasmus+ and PrinteL Project, Hybrid/Blended Teaching and Learning, FH JOANNEUM, Graz, Austria
• 2018–2022: Head of the research project "Information Warfare and Society"
• 2018: Erasmus+ Project, invited Lecturer at Kaunas College / University, Multimedia and Information Warfare, Lithuania
• 2009–2010: "Capacity Building at Gori University", funded by the Embassy of Latvia in Georgia
• 2009: Annual international conference "Current Challenges of Knowledge Management", Open World 2008, funded by the Open World Leadership Center of the US Library of Congress
Additional Information
Special status:
• Since 2008: War veteran
Languages:
• Native — Georgian
• Good — English, Russian
• Intermediate — Italian, German, Ossetian
Digital tools:
• Generative AI platforms and tools; MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Publisher, PageMaker, Adobe PDF; typing — 40 WPM
Awards:
• 2023: GLE-2023 — the Dammrich Award for team participation in the DePaul University (Chicago, USA) project "For Innovative Teaching"
• 2022: CIU recognition for high research activity (the "Tamari Prize" medal)
• 2020: Award of the "Information Defence Legion" for contribution to Georgia in the information war
• 2009: Second place in tennis (Gori University Open Championship)
• 2004: Second-class rank in swimming
• 1993: Diploma with distinction, Tskhinvali State University
• 1986: Bronze medal of the Ministry of Education of Georgia for participation in the creative arts olympiad
Professional Experience
A. Academic and teaching activity
• Since 26.08.2026: European Commission expert
• Since 05.08.2026: Expert, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia
• Since 03.04.2026: Management Committee (MC) member, European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST), Belgium
• Since 11.03.2026: Member of COST WG3: Designing Practical Tools to Counter, Redress and Prevent Radical Polarisation, Belgium
• Since 09.03.2026: Invited trainer, Research and Training Department of the Parliament of Georgia — Generative AI
• Since 2025: Trainer, Training Centre of Justice of Georgia — AI Foundations course
• November 2024: Invited Professor, Sapienza University (Italy)
• Since 2022: Invited Professor, DePaul University GLE project (USA)
• October 2022: Invited Professor, DePaul University Global Conversation project (USA)
• April 2022: Invited Professor, University of Valladolid (Spain)
• November 2021: Invited Professor, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (Austria)
• May 2019: Invited Professor, University of Venda (South Africa)
• March 2018: Invited Professor, Kaunas University (Lithuania)
• Since 25.02.2018: Full Professor, Caucasus International University
• Since 26.10.2016: Invited lecturer of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in the field of conflict coverage
• 29.09.2014 – 29.09.2018: Full Professor, Georgian Technical University
• Since 01.03.2014: Invited Professor, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
• Since 01.09.2010: Invited Professor, David Aghmashenebeli University of Georgia
• Since 01.03.2014: Invited Professor, Georgian Technical University
• 01.03.2014 – 01.07.2014: Invited Professor, International Black Sea University
• 01.02.2009 – 01.09.2010: Full Professor, Gori University
• Since 2008: Academician of the Georgian Academy of Educational Sciences
• 01.02.2006: Appointed Full Professor by competition at the Faculty of Humanities, Tskhinvali State University
• 28.12.2001: Awarded the academic title of Associate Professor by decision of the Professors' Council of the Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Tbilisi State Pedagogical University
Courses taught at various universities (since 1995): The Impact of Artificial Intelligence, Hybrid Teaching, Convergent Journalism, Analysis of International Conflicts, Media and Conflict, Politics and Mass Media, Information Warfare, Academic Writing Techniques and others.
B. Organisational activity
• Since 28.05.2023: Peer reviewer for the scientific journal Journalism and Media
• Since 01.05.2023: Collaborating Professor in the DePaul University publication "CYBER VS. WORLD: AN INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION"
• Since 02.04.2022: Author and host of the joint House of Education / CIU project "Free Speech"
• Since 04.01.2022: Member of the editorial board of the scientific journal "МЕТОДОЛОГІЯ СУЧАСНИХ НАУКОВИХ ДОСЛІДЖЕНЬ"
• Since 30.11.2021: Vice-President of the Media Education Program Alumni Association
• Since 23.10.2021: Member of the editorial board of the international conference of Batumi Art State University
• Since 29.06.2021: Member of the editorial board of the scientific journal Innovative Technologica: Methodical Research Journal (IT)
• Since 04.06.2021: Member of the scientific advisory council on education under the Education and Science Committee of the Parliament of Georgia
• Since 17.05.2021: Academic Secretary of the Dissertation Board in Mass Communication, Caucasus International University
• Since 12.03.2021: Member of the accreditation and authorisation expert corps for higher education programmes, National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement
• Since 01.12.2019: Member of the university dissertation board in Social Sciences and Mass Communication, Georgian Technical University
• Since 01.12.2019: Member of the university dissertation board in Philology, Georgian Technical University
• Since 01.04.2019: Head of the MA programme in Media Studies and Multimedia Production, Caucasus International University
• Since 01.04.2018: Head of the BA programme in Journalism, Caucasus International University
• 03.06.2016: Moderator of the joint Deutsche Welle Akademie / TSU international conference "Media, Law and Ethics: Freedom without Borders?"
• Since 01.03.2016: Author and host of "Our Tskhinvali", a joint programme of Radio Iveria and House of Education
• Since 01.05.2015: Founder and Director of the Caucasus Centre for Democracy Development
• 01.10.2014 – 01.07.2015: Co-host of the programme "Media in the Occupied Territory", Ertsulovneba TV
• Since 01.12.2012: Founder and Chief Manager of House of Education
• Since 29.12.2012: Full member of the Georgian Political Science Association
• 01.12.2011 – 01.03.2014: Dean of the School of Media, Vice-Rector (DAUG)
• 23.03.2011 – 01.12.2011: Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (DAUG)
• 10.09.2010 – 23.03.2011: Head of the Quality Assurance Service (DAUG)
• 23.03.2010 – 01.10.2010: Head of the MA programme in Political Science (Gori University)
• 01.09.2009 – 01.10.2010: Coordinator of a UNDP project
• Since 01.04.2010: Expert of the Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation
• 01.03.2010 – 27.07.2010: President of the Shida Kartli Tennis Federation
• 22.08.2008 – 06.08.2010: Rector of Gori University
• 17.10.2007 – 22.08.2008: Acting Rector of Gori University
• 22.06.2007 – 22.08.2007: Rector of Tskhinvali State University
• 26.10.2006 – 22.06.2007: Acting Rector of Tskhinvali State University
• 2005: Acting Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
• 2002: Head of publication of the university magazine "Young Journalist", Tskhinvali State University
• 2000–2005: Dean of the Faculty of Philology and Journalism, Tskhinvali State University
• 1998–2000: Academic Secretary, Tskhinvali State University
• Since 1996: Member of the Federation of Journalists of Georgia
• 1995–1997: Head of the literary circle at the Chair of Georgian Literature, Tskhinvali State University
• 1995–2005: Executive Secretary of the editorial board of the newspaper Shida Kartli
C. Translation and literary work
• 1998: "In August" and "How I Write" by Ivan Bunin, translated into Georgian (Literary Tskhinvali, No. 6; Kldekari, No. 3)
• 2004: "How to Win Friends and Influence People" and "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living" by Dale Carnegie, translated into Georgian (Literary Tskhinvali, No. 12)
• Fiction: True Stories (novellas), e-book, Tbilisi, 2013; True Stories (novellas), Tbilisi, 2015; Georgian Proverbs — translated into Italian and English with AI support, Tbilisi, 2025
Scientific Works
Monographs and textbooks
1. Artistic Features of the Contemporary Georgian Novella, Tskhinvali State University, Gori, 2002 [in Georgian]
2. Georgian-Ossetian Relations in the Press at the Turn of the 20th–21st Centuries, Book I, Tbilisi, 2005 [in Georgian]
3. Letters, Portraits, Dialogues, Speeches, Translations, Tbilisi, 2007 [in Georgian]
4. The Tourism Business and the Specifics of Tourism Business Management, Tbilisi, 2009 [in Georgian]
5. Georgian Proverbs / Proverbi Georgiani — translated into Italian and English with AI support, Tbilisi–Taranto, 2025
6. Textbook: Coverage of Conflicts, Caucasus International University Press, Tbilisi, 2026 [in Georgian]
7. Textbook: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence: AI for Everyone, Tbilisi, 2026 [in Georgian]
Scientific articles
1. The Georgian Novella Today, Tsiskari, 1996, No. 5-6 [in Georgian]
2. Roots of Georgian Novell, Bulletin of Georgian Academy of Sciences, 1998, Volume 157, No. 1
3. About One Novella, Kldekari, 1998, No. 1 [in Georgian]
4. Some Artistic Images in the Contemporary Georgian Novella, Burji Erovnebisa, 1998, No. 5 [in Georgian]
5. The Fate of Society in N. Shataidze's Novellas, Kritika, 1998, No. 1 [in Georgian]
6. Melancholy Expressed through the Novella, collection "Classical and Contemporary Georgian Literature", 1998 [in Georgian]
7. A Symbolic Vision of the Present Day, almanac Pirveli Skhivi, 1998, No. 27 [in Georgian]
8. On Teaching "Haki Adzba" in Grade XI, Proceedings of Tskhinvali Pedagogical Institute, Gori, 1999 [in Georgian]
9. On the Artistic Features of the Contemporary Georgian Novella, Kartli, 2000, No. 2 [in Georgian]
10. The Subject of a Newspaper's Interest, Intelekti, 2003, No. 3 (17) [in Georgian]
11. Press Polemics on Issues of the State Language, Journalistic Investigations, 2003, V [in Georgian]
12. On the Tendentiousness of Reports, Scientific Works, Philology Series, St Petersburg State University / Tbilisi State University, 2004, No. 8 [in Russian]
13. The Press against Georgian-Ossetian Confrontation, Scientific Works, Philology Series, St Petersburg State University / Tbilisi State University, 2004, No. 8 [in Russian]
14. A Russian Newspaper on the Conflict, almanac Kavkasiis Matsne, 2004, No. 9 [in Georgian]
15. Contours of the Conflict in the Press, Tsiskari, 2004, No. 3-4 [in Georgian]
16. In Defence of an Objective Position, Journalistic Investigations, 2004, VI [in Georgian]
17. Journalism in the Service of Closing In, Caucasian Messenger, 2004, No. 10
18. Objective Criticism, Journalistic Investigations, 2004, VII [in Georgian]
19. About Genres of Journalism, Bulletin of Georgian Academy of Sciences, 2005, Volume 171, No. 1
20. A View of Relations between Two Peoples in an Interview, Criterion, No. 13, 2005 [in Georgian]
21. Topical Criticism, Proceedings of Gori State University, No. 3, Gori, 2007 [in Georgian]
22. Georgian Universities' Role in the Partnership Development of the Black Sea Region, "Forum on Higher Education", Congress of the Black Sea Universities Network, Kyiv, 2008
23. Following of Educational Reforms in Georgia, Gori University / US Embassy in Georgia, Gori, 2008
24. The Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management in Education, I International Conference of Gori University, Volume 1, Gori, 2008
25. Strategic Management of University for Creation of Successful Learning and Research Environment, I International Conference of Gori University, Volume 1, Gori, 2008
26. Integration of the South Caucasus Countries in the Context of Black Sea Basin Integration, international conference, Tbilisi, 2008 [in Georgian]
27. Aspects of the Globalisation of Economic Processes, international scientific and practical conference, Kutaisi, 2009 [in Georgian]
28. The American and Georgian Novella of the Early 20th Century, II International Conference of Gori University, No. 2, Gori, 2009 [in Georgian]
29. Regional Conflicts (South Ossetia) in Caucasus and Energy Security, II International Conference of Gori University, Volume 2, Gori, 2009
30. The Center for the Development of Communication Skills and Conflict Transformation as Tools of Conflict Regulation, II International Conference of Gori University, Volume 2, Gori, 2009
31. On Georgian Children's Literature of the 20th Century (1920s–1930s), III International Conference of Gori University, No. 3, Gori, 2010 [in Georgian]
32. Roots of Political Conflict in South Ossetia, III International Conference of Gori University, Volume 3, Gori, 2010
33. Kosovo and Caucasus (Two Different Political Problems), Ilia State University / Shota Rustaveli State University, Batumi, November 2010
34. On the Reflection of Conflict in the Media (the Case of the Tskhinvali Region), Journalistic Investigations, 2012, XIV [in Georgian]
35. Kosovo and Chechnya, VI International Conference, collected scientific works, Ukraine, 2013 [in Russian]
36. Literary and Journalistic Elements and Forms of Relations, Atatürk University, collection of articles, 2013 [in Russian]
37. The Functional Role of Communication in Conflict Regulation, IV International Conference "Verbal Communicative Technologies 2014", GTU, 2014 [in Georgian]
38. Conflict in a Transitional Period (Tskhinvali Region), proceedings of the international scientific conference, TSU, 2016 [in Georgian]
39. Ilia Chavchavadze's Translations of George Gordon Byron's Poetry, Ilia State University, 2017 [in Georgian]
40. On Trends in Georgian-Ossetian Relations in the Media, TSU, Third International Scientific Conference, 2017 [in Georgian]
41. On the Place of Local Conflicts in Information Warfare, TSU, Fourth International Conference, 2018 [in Georgian]
42. Media and New Challenges of Information Warfare, journalists' conference, Tbilisi, 2019 (proceedings) [in Georgian]
43. On the Fate of Cultural Monuments in the Occupied Territory during Information Warfare, TSU, 5th International Conference, 2019 [in Georgian]
44. On the Use of Cultural Monuments in Information Warfare, Batumi Art State University international conference, 2019 [in Georgian]
45. Cultural Heritage and Conflict (according to the local media of the Tskhinvali region), proceedings of the international conference on the protection of cultural heritage in occupied territories, 2020 [in Georgian]
46. The Role of Social Networks and Authoritarianism in the Occupied Territory during Information Warfare, TSU, 6th International Conference, 2020 [in Georgian]
47. Russian Disinformation against Georgian Cultural Heritage in the Occupied Territories (Georgia, Tskhinvali Region), Ante Portas — Security Studies, 2020, No. 2(15), DOI: 10.33674/1202012
48. Georgian Cultural Heritage in the Occupied Territories Is Threatened by Russian Disinformation, Kyiv University of Culture, collected articles, Kyiv, 2021
49. COVID-19 — Impact of Disinformation on Georgian Society, Istanbul Aydin University, Communication and Technology Congress, 2021
50. Disinformation Manipulation by Misinterpretation of a Historical Fact, Pindus Journal of Culture, Literature, and ELT, Volume 6, 2021
51. The Disinformational Interpretation of the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca, TSU, 7th International Conference, 2021 [in Georgian]
52. Cultural Monuments in the Occupied Tskhinvali Region (according to Georgian multimedia), Batumi Art State University, 2021 [in Georgian]
53. Some Aspects of Information Warfare Technology, Transactions, Georgian Technical University, Automated Control Systems, Vol. 2, No. 1(32), 2021
54. Cyber Security — Challenge of Small Countries, Innovative Technologica: Methodical Research Journal, Vol. 3 No. 02 (2022), DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/WHPFE
55. Information Warfare Carried out with Modern Technologies, Central Asian Journal of Arts and Design, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2022
56. Political Coverage of Georgian-Ossetian Relations, TSU, 8th International Conference, 2022 [in Georgian]
57. Coverage of Political Conflict (Case of Tskhinvali Region, Georgia), Central Asian Journal of Social Sciences and History, Volume 04, Issue 03, 2023, DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/YWZ9N
58. Russian Nuclear Narrative in RT and CNN, Innovative Technologica: Methodical Research Journal, Vol. 4, Issue 4, 2023, DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/SA6W5
59. Research Methods for the Information Warfare — Ukraine War, XIX International Scientific and Practical Conference "Methodology of Modern Scientific Research", Kharkiv, 2023
60. Coverage of Tourism Challenges During Political Conflicts, BSB/831 HERiPRENEURSHIP, Tulcea, Romania, 2023
61. Contemporary Trends in Conflict Coverage on Social Media (Tskhinvali Region), TSU, 9th International Conference, 2023 [in Georgian]
62. Silicon Tactics: Unravelling the Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Information Battlefield of the Ukraine Conflict, Asian Journal of Research, No. 9 (1-3), 2024
63. Unveiling the Tactics: A Comprehensive Analysis of Modern Methodologies in Information Warfare Research (plenary session), Kharkiv, 2024
64. Defining the Rules of Engagement: Legal and Ethical Standards in Cyber Conflict, Journal of Digital Sociohumanities, Vol. 1 No. 2 (2024), DOI: 10.25077/jds.1.2.119-132.2024
65. Reflections on the 2024 Global Learning Experience, DePaul University Global Learning Experience, Volume 4, October 2024
66. Artificial Intelligence for Peace Journalism: A Contemporary Technology of Conflict Coverage, TSU, 10th International Conference, 2024 [in Georgian]
67. The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Italy's Media Landscape: Opportunities and Challenges, Asian Journal of Research, No. 10 (1-3), 2025
68. Media Strategies of Orthodox Church Television Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Romania, Serbia, Greece, Russia, and Georgia, Journal of Digital Sociohumanities 2(2):58-69, 2025, DOI: 10.25077/jds.2.2.58-69.2025
69. Artificial Intelligence in Our Lives, Literary Georgia, 2 June 2025, No. 4 (4100) [in Georgian]
70. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Combat Fake News, Studies in Media and Communication (Scopus), Vol 13, No 4 (2025), DOI: 10.11114/smc.v13i4.7897
71. Reinterpreting the Nart Epic through AI: New Media Communication Models for Georgian-Ossetian Relations, TSU, 11th International Conference, 2025 [in Georgian]
72. The Mission and Challenges of Orthodox Television Media: A Comparative Analysis of Greece and Georgia (co-author Elisabed Abuladze), TSU, 11th International Conference, 2025 [in Georgian]
73. The Catholic Church and Artificial Intelligence: The Birth of "Algorethics" and the New Digital Reality, Literary Georgia, No. 2 (4115), 26 January 2026, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18605327
74. AI-Driven Information Warfare: Cybersecurity Challenges in the Digital Society, Zenodo, v1, February 2026, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18516791
75. AI in Service of Historical Memory and Mass Communication: Digital Reconstruction of Italo-Georgian Catholic Heritage, international conference, Baku – Tbilisi – Istanbul, February 2026, DOI: 10.56334/sei/conference/issue2/article2
76. Georgia-Italy (1920s): Media Representation of Creating History by Global Politics, Literary Georgia, No. 4 (4118), 23 February 2026; extended version DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18747778
77. Algorithmic Warfare in the Iran Conflict: AI-Driven Decision Compression, the Erosion of Human Oversight, and Accountability Gaps in Contemporary Military Operations, Zenodo, March 2026, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18859997
78. Open-Source Quantum Operating Systems as Geopolitical Instruments: Analyzing China's Origin Pilot in the Context of Technological Sovereignty and Information Warfare, Zenodo, March 2026, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18973450
79. Information Warfare and Cyber Conflicts in the Age of Encrypted Communications, Zenodo, v2, March 2026, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19146288
80. Social Media Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence: Transformation of the Information Space — Positive and Negative Aspects (2023-2024: Facebook, X, TikTok, YouTube), Studies in Media and Communication (Scopus), Vol 14, No 2 (2026), DOI: 10.11114/smc.v14i2.8603
81. Artificial Intelligence-Driven Warfare: Autonomous Targeting Systems, the Accountability Deficit, and the Imperative of Meaningful Human Control, Zenodo, March 2026
82. Algorithmic Gatekeeping and the Reconfiguration of the Public Sphere: Generative AI, News Visibility, and Power in Digital Media Ecosystems, Zenodo, April 2026, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19554919
83. The Information Conflict Triad: Toward a Unified Governance Framework Integrating AI Weaponization, Fake News Countermeasures, and Cyber Legal Standards, Zenodo, April 2026, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19654267
84. Methodological Challenges of Integrating GenAI into Media Coverage of Armed Conflicts: Ethical and Practical Dimensions, XXII International Scientific and Practical Conference, Kharkiv, February 2026, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20701670
85. Italian Missionary Activities in Georgia: Historical Legacy and Modern Inter-Religious Dialogue, Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe, June 2026, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21110519
86. L'architettura algoritmica del conflitto: disinformazione guidata dall'intelligenza artificiale negli ecosistemi dei social media in Italia e in Georgia, Rivista Italiana di Conflittologia, No. 52/2026, ISSN: 1971-1921, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21358670
Selected conference presentations (2024–2026)
• 2026: Scientific seminar "Language, Media and Society in the Digital Age" — "The Algorithm as Editor: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Shaping the News Agenda", 5 June 2026
• 2026: Geolocation, Geopolitics and AI in On-Demand Information about Conflicts: A Study of Biases (with Estrella Alonso) — "Modern Challenges of International Relations, International Law and Media", Caucasus International University, March 2026
• 2026: Methodological Challenges of Integrating GenAI into Media Coverage of Armed Conflicts (plenary session), XXII International Scientific and Practical Conference, Kharkiv, February 2026
• 2026: From Cold War Propaganda to AI-Driven Disinformation: A Comparative Study of US and Chinese Mass Communication Ecosystems (with Nana Maglakelidze), Caucasus International University, March 2026
• 2026: Artificial Intelligence in Contemporary Christian Media: Strategic Pathways for Georgian Orthodox Television (with Elisabed Abuladze), Caucasus International University, March 2026
• 2025: Artificial Intelligence in the Contemporary University Space — Georgian National Academy of Sciences and the Horizon Europe National Office of Georgia, international conference "Education and Science in the Age of Artificial Intelligence", October 2025
• 2025: Reinterpreting the Nart Epic through AI, TSU, 11th International Conference, October 2025
• 2024: Artificial Intelligence for Peace Journalism, TSU, 10th International Conference, October 2024
• 2024: Research and Technologies for Conflict Prevention — symposium "Science Diplomacy for Peace and Development", Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia, April 2024
• 2024: Unveiling the Tactics: A Comprehensive Analysis of Modern Methodologies in Information Warfare Research (plenary session), Kharkiv, February 2024
In total: more than 80 papers presented at international scientific conferences since 1995.
Journalism: More than 200 magazine and newspaper articles since 1994.
Supervision of Research
Doctoral supervisor (seven completed dissertations):
• 2025: Jumber Gogrichiani — "Coverage of the Russia-Ukraine War in Television Broadcasting (Georgian Public Broadcaster First Channel and Russia's Channel One World Network, 2022)"
• 2024: Giorgi Abazadze — Coverage of Religious Conflicts in the Georgian Media, 2019–2023
• 2022: Nino Zaridze — Main Trends in News Coverage in Contemporary Georgian Television Media (2018–2019)
• 2021: Rati Eristavi — Multimedia on the Karabakh Conflict (2005–2015)
• 2021: Tamta Jinjolava — Coverage of Environmental and Ecological Issues in Georgian Television Media
• 2020: Ramaz Chichua — Information and Psychological Warfare (History and Practice)
• 2020: Ketevan Gogodze — Social Media as a Communication Instrument
Master's thesis supervisor:
• 2022: Khatia Ghambashidze — "Media Research of 2020 in the Context of Information Warfare and Media Security", TSU
• 2022: Gvantsa Koplatadze — Analysis of Disinformation in the Georgian Media (2021), CIU
Book editor:
• 2023: Tamar Malaguradze, Introduction to Media Research Methods, Tbilisi, 2023
• 2019: Neli Babutsidze, Memories Left Behind the Mist, Tbilisi, 2019
• 2010: Shota Kurdadze, Pedagogical Terminological Materials in Georgian and Ossetian Oral Tradition (5th–19th Centuries), Gori, 2010
• 2008: Shota Kurdadze, Issues of Journalistic and Polemical Thought in Georgian Literature, Gori, 2008
• 2006: Giorgi Sosiashvili, Dawn over the Abkhazian Sky, Gori, 2006
Book reviewer:
• 2025: Lia Katamadze, "Cultural Journalism", Tbilisi, 2025
• 2024: Tamar Belkania, Interview with a Terrorist, Tbilisi, 2024
• 2021: Tsitsino Bukia, The Newspaper Sakartvelo (1918–1919), Tbilisi, 2020
• 2020: Nana Shengelia, Zurab Mushkudiani, Maia Khokhiashvili, Media Relations, Kutaisi, 2020
• 2013: Givi Kapanadze, Political Issues in the Media, Tbilisi, 2013
• 2004: Aleksandre Mghebrishvili, Towards a History of the Literary and Cultural Life of 20th-Century Tskhinvali, Tbilisi, 2004
• 2004: Lela Meladze, From the History of Recent Children's Literature, Tbilisi, 2004
Dissertation opponent:
• 2026: Nana Vasadze — "Features of Crime Coverage in Contemporary Television Media (a Comparative Analysis of Georgia, Norway and Italy), 2013–2023", CIU
• 2026: Mariam Marghia — "Youth Themes in Contemporary Georgian Regional Print and Broadcast Media (2020–2024)", CIU
• 2025: Soso Gazdeliani — "Social Advertising as an Instrument of Prosocial Media Activism (1991–2024)", CIU
• 2025: Mariam Mkhitarova — "Representation of Political Processes in Entertainment Talk Shows (2021–2022)", CIU
• 2024: Ekaterine Chalaganidze — "Social Advertising during the COVID Pandemic (2020–2022)", CIU
• 2024: Ketevan Tkeshelashvili — "Media Ethics and the Judiciary", CIU
• 2024: Pati Mamiashvili — "The Role of Social Media in Crisis Communication", CIU
• 2021: Giorgi Volski — "Socio-Political Dimensions of Ethnopolitical Conflicts and Mechanisms of Their Prevention"
• 2020: Tornike Zedelashvili — "Cyber War: A Contemporary Threat to National Security"
• 2020: Khatuna Saginashvili — "Journalism as a Profession of Serving the Word in the Era of Globalisation"
• 2018: Tamar Narindoshvili — "Coverage of Terrorism and Security Issues in the Georgian Media (1995–2015)", TSU
• 2018: Baia Ivaneishvili — "Foreign Policy Strategies for Declining Hegemony: Searching for the Balance between Costs and Involvement", IBSU
• 2018: Tamta Tskhovrebadze — "Sturdy Choices for the 21st Century: Conflicts and Security of Post-Soviet Space", IBSU
• 2006: Mziuri Chkhikvadze — Anton Purtseladze's Journalism, Tbilisi, 2006
Dissertation expert:
• 2023: Lili Amashukeli — The Influence of Mass Media on Post-Soviet Political Processes, CIU
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