SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Direction:of Psychology
Position:Assistant Professor





Nino Butsashvili is a researcher in social psychology. She defended her PhD thesis (Social Dominance Orientation and Need for Cognitive Closure as Moderators of BIAS Map) in 2024. As a PhD student, she received an Erasmus + scholarship at La Sapienza, Rome, University of Granada, and Université Libre de Bruxelles. Holding various positions, she has been working at D. Uznadze Institute of Psychology for 9 years and is involved in local and international research

Scientific interests / research interests

 Social Psychology: Inter-Group attitudes and relations, prejudice.

Articles in Academic Journals

Javakhishvili, N., & Butsashvili, N. (2023). Contestation but not Euroscepticism: economic and security concerns and the fear of losing national traditions in Georgia. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/14683857.2023.2269780

Shekriladze, I., Javakhishvili, N., Butsashvili, N., & Lortkipanidze, M. (2022). Anxiety, Worry, Life Satisfaction and Coping during the Acute VS Prolonged Pandemic Stress: Evidence from a Repeated Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Public Health, 92. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604650

Javakhishvili, N., Butsashvili, N., Vardanashvili, I., Tordua, K., & Gogibedashvili, A. (2021). Social-Structural Antecedents Come forward to Elicit Envy to Distant Out-Groups. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 1677.

Javakhishvili, N., Butsashvili, N., Vardanashvili, I., & Tordua, K. (2021). Women in the Eyes of Football Fans: Warm, Competent, Admirable. Georgian Psychological Journal, 3, 101-114.

Javakhishvili, N., & Butsashvili, N. (2018). Domestic violence in Georgia: state and community responses, 2006-2015. In M. Barkaia & A. Waterston (eds.), Gender in Georgia: Feminist Perspectives on Culture, Nation and History in the South Caucasus. New York, NY: Berghahn Books.

Vardanashvili, I., Makashvili, A., Javakhishvili, N., & Butsashvili, N. (2017). Developing Georgian version of prejudice measure. GESJ: Education Sciences and Psychology, 45(3), 86-99, (in Georgian). gesj.internetacademy.org.ge/download.php?id=3004.pdf&t=1

Butsashvili, N. (2016). Support of multiculturalism and ethnic belonging. Proceedings of Psychological Conference Dedicated to D. Uznadze’s Jubilee, pp. 63-84 (in Georgian).

An extensive list of publications

  • Conference Proceedings

Javakhishvili, N., Butsashvili, N., Gogibedashvili, A., & Vardanashvili, I. (2023). Georgian students’ perceived vitality, competence and behavioral intention to german-speaking out-group. InPACT 2023 Conference Proceedings.

Edited books

Javakhishvili, N., & kavtaradze, I., & Butsashvili, N. (eds.). (2016). Proceedings of Psychological Conference Dedicated to D. Uznadze’s Jubilee (in Georgian).

Javakhishvili, N., & Butsashvili, N. (eds). (2020). D. Uznadze Works and their Modern interpretation (in Georgian). Tbilisi: Ilia State University Press.

Javakhishvili, N., & Butsashvili, N. (eds.). (2019). D. Uznadze Selected Works Commented by Contemporary Georgian Scholars (second edition). KEW Ed. Poland.

Javakhishvili, N., & Butsashvili, N. (eds.). (2018). D. Uznadze Selected Works Commented by Contemporary Georgian Scholars. Tbilisi: Ilia State University Press.

Current Courses

Course Catalog

  • Principles of Social Psychology (2024-2025 year, fall semester, Bachelor).
  • Psychology of Emotion (2024-2025 year, fall semester, Bachelor).
  • Principles of Social Psychology (2023-2024, Fall and Spring Semesters, 2020-2021, Fall and Spring Semester, Bachelor).
  • Psychology of Emotion (2023-2024 year, fall and spring semesters, Bachelor).
  • Introduction to Psychology (2022-2023, Spring Semester, Bachelor).
  • Experimental Psychology (2022-2023, fall semester, 2019-2020, spring semester, Bachelor).