SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Direction:Politics and International Relations
Position:Associate Professor





Bidzina Lebanidze is Associate Professor of International Relations at Ilia State University. He currently resides in Germany and is working as a research associate and lecturer at University of Bremen. He is also a senior analyst at Georgian Institute of Politics. He obtained his doctorate in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin, and his Master’s degree in International Relations from Tbilisi State University. Previously, he also held various teaching and research positions at University of Freiburg, Berlin School for Economics and Law, Free University of Berlin and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

Scientific interests / research interests

Current Courses

Course Catalog

• Introduction to International Relations, BA/MA, 2017-2018, University of Bremen;
• Introduction to International Political Economy, BA/MA, 2017-2018, University of Bremen;
• Georgia’s “triple transition”: how societies succeed and fail, BA/MA, 2017-2018, University of Bremen;
• Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods, BA, 2017-2018, University of Bremen;
• EU Foreign Policy, BA/MA, 2017-2018, University of Bremen;
• International Relations in the 21st Century: Theory and Practice, BA/MA, 2016-2017, University of Freiburg;
• Introduction to International Politics, BA, 2016-2017, University of Freiburg;
• Research Colloquium, BA/MA, 2016-2017, University of Freiburg;
• The Foreign Policy of the European Union in a Changing World: Concepts, Policies and Strategies, BA/MA, 2016-2017, University of Freiburg;
• The Role of the European Union in a multipolar world, MA, 2016, Berlin School of Economics and Law;
• Political system of Germany, BA, 2010-2011, Ilia State University;