Curriculum Vitae

Since 09/2015

Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies, PhD Candidate

09/2010 – 02/2013

Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, MScTransformation in the South Caucasus

09/2011 – 11/2012

University of Edinburgh, MSc International Political Theory

09/2006 – 07/2010

Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, B.A. International Relations

Scientific Activities

09/2013 – 09/2015

Georgian Institute of Politics and Iv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Researcher, Tbilisi

03/2013 – 09/2013

Center for Social Sciences, Research Intern, Tbilisi

02/2011 – 09/2011

Caucasus Research Resource Centers, Junior Fellow, Tbilisi

Stipends and Awards

Since 09/2015

Doctoral Fellowship from Kolleg-Forschergruppe (DFG) "The Transformative Power of Europe"

09/2011 – 09/2012

OSF/University of Edinburgh Scholarship

08/2007 – 06/2008

U.S. Department of State, IREX Scholarship

Further Research Interests

National Identity/Foreign Policy Nexus

EU-Eastern Neighbourhood Relations

International Relations Theories

Transition Processes in the Former Soviet Union

Minesashvili, S. (2017). Common Faith in Scrutiny: Orthodoxy as Soft Power in Russia-Georgia Relations. In: Joedicke, A. (ed.). Religion and Soft Power in the South Caucasus. Routledge.