SCHOOL OF BUSINESS,
TECNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Direction:of management – Management
Position:Assistant Professor





Salome Danelia has been awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Economics at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. She has obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Faculty of Economics and Business of the same university.

In 2020, she completed a master’s executive program at the Riga Graduate School of Law and Economy, in 2016, a professional program – CPPA (Certified Public Policy Analyst), Free University/ University of North Texas. In 2013, an executive program on increasing the professional capabilities of civil servants in decision-making and negotiation was completed at the Diplomatic School of Estonia.

Salome has 12 years of successful work experience in governmental institutions, international donor organizations and private companies in a leading position.

Experience is related to public finance planning and management, project development management, risk assessment and monitoring, investment project evaluation and business project development. She has conducted research projects for such international donor organizations as USAID, Asian Development Bank, The World Bank.

Since 2016, Salome has been lecturing at Ilia State University, and since 2023, she has been an invited expert in the field of international trade at the World Bank and head of business development at Silk Road Consulting. From 2014 to 2023, she headed the Subsidy and Production Management Department at the Ministry of Culture and Monuments Protection, from 2015 to 2018, she was the head of the Public Policy Research Department. In 2014, she worked as a feasibility study expert (economic research and analysis of projects financed by the World Bank) in the Strategic Development Service of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia/Municipal Development Fund of Georgia in 2014. Salome has published a number of articles in various scientific and popular journals.

Scientific interests / research interests

  • Operation Management
  • Global Supply Chain Management
  • International trade
  • Innovation economics
  • Economic Politics

An extensive list of publications

  • Danelia S. (2023),, State of Business Tourism in the Post-Pandemic Era’’, Third International Conference Modern World Challenges: Regulating Human Rights, Social Security, and Welfare in Contemporary Multicultural World. 28 December;
  • Danelia, S. Bakhtadze L., (2022) Factors affecting the innovation economics and position of Georgia in the Global Innovation Index. Journal, Globalization and Business”;
  • Danelia, S. (2021) Peculiarities of Innovative Development of Economy in Georgia. China-Eurasia Conference;
  • Danelia, S. (2021) The role of the state in forming innovative economics: the case of Georgia. Journal, Globalization and Business ”;
  • Danelia, S. (2021) The impact of an innovative economy on a country’s economic growth. Journal, Globalization and Business ”;
  • Danelia, S. (2020), The importance of knowledge-based economy index in Georgia. Journal of Economics 6-9, 54-68;
  • Danelia S. (2020) The Major Determinants of Innovative Environment Formation in Georgia – Economic Alternatives, Issue 2, pp. 243-249;
  • Danelia S. Bakhtadze L. (2020) Globalization and Modern Problems of Country Development – LIUC-University Catania, Milan, Italy ISBN: 978-1-925488-37-1;
  • Danelia S. (2018) Development of innovative economy – EU experience for Georgia.

Current Courses

Course Catalog

  • Supply Chain Management;
  • Basics of Operations Management;
  • Master’s Thesis (ENG);
  • Master’s Thesis (Management);
  • Master’s Thesis (Banking and Finance)
  • Supply Chain Management;
  • Basics of Operations Management;
  • Bachelor’s Thesis (ENG);
  • Master’s Thesis (ENG);
  • Master’s Thesis (Management)
  • Operations Management  –  from 2016 to present, bachelor level;
  • Operational management – from 2020 to the present, master  level;
  • Supply Chain Management  – from 2021 to present, bachelor level