37, 26Maisi street, Kutaisi 4600 Georgia
Georgian - C2 (Native)
English - C2
Russian - C2
Aspirantura at the Department of Political and Socio-Economic Geography
Geography and Biology teacher
Academic/scientific degree
Associate Professor/ PhD in Human Geography.
Head of the Center for American Studies
Associate Professor, Direction of Human Geography
Associate Professor, Department of Georgraphy
Dotsent, Department of Geography
Assistant and teacher, Department of Geography
Scientific publications of the last 10 years
Trends in the development of small tourist destinations in the USA and Georgia.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on American Studies. 2022. pp. 419-433 (Abstract in English). ATSU, Kutaisi. https://apiv1.atsu.edu.ge/uploads/collection/ამერიკანისტიკა-2022.pdf
Iashvili, I., Dogonadze, T.
VOTER TURNOUT IN PARLIAMENTARYELECTIONS OF GEORGIA: DYNAMICS ANDGEOGRAPHY
Environment and Society, Vol. 3 No. 3 (2021): №3 pp. 57-82; (Abstract in English). http://www.es.tsu.ge/index.php/es/article/view/35
Revaz Gachechiladze,Giorgi Gogsadze, Ia Iashviliand Vladimer Chkhaidze
Human Geography of Georgia
Publishing House of Tbilisi State University, Georgia. 2021
Ia Iashvili (Editor), group of authors
Sustainable Tourism for Contribution to Economic Growth and Social Inclusion of Rural Communities in Post-Soviet Georgia
Proceedings of the 15 International Conference of
ASECU “Sustainable Development Goals 2030: Challenges for South and East European Countries and the Black Sea Region”. University of National and World Economy. 2019. pp.271-281. Bulgaria, Sofia. http://www.asecu.gr/files/15th-international-asecu-conference-2019-unwe-sofia-proceedings.pdf.
Iashvili, I., Doghonadze, T.
Spa Tourism in Imereti Region: Trends and Prospects
Proceedings of the
conference 'Actual Problems of Geography' dedicated to Prof. Davit Ukleba’s 100th anniversary. Tbilisi State
University; Institute of Geography. 2019. pp.119–122. Tbilisi, Georgia. ISBN 978-9941-13-885-0. https://
drive.google.com/file/d/1Z4wrkLWikWXYWFHOOYPx5cc2Y4bgKQoX/view
Iashvili, I., Doghonadze, T.
Theories of Migration and Contemporary Georgian Immigration in the USA: How Precisely We Follow the General Trends and International Practices?
Journal of American Studies, 2019. vol.7. Tbilisi State University. pp. 151-159 (in Georgian).
Iashvili, I.
The Analysis of Immigration Trends of Skilled Migrants: Case of Georgia.
Journal of Liberty and International Affairs. 2018. Vol.4, no.1. pp.9-27.
http://e-jlia.com/papers/12_1.pdf.
Kostadinov Koroutchev, R., Iashvili, I.
Migration and Human Geography.
in V. Vagner (ed.), Migration Textbook . 2017. (pp.190- 255).Tbilisi-Vienna: ICMPD. (in Georgian). http://pubhtml5.com/cwgv/xweh.
Iashvili, I.
„For the Sake of the Family”: Contemporary Georgian Migration in the USA.
International Journal of Arts and Sciences. 2016. 09(02):623-638. http://
www.universitypublications.net/ijas/0902/pdf/V6Z340.pdf.
Iashvili, I., Von Reichert Ch., and Gvenetadze, T.
Split Families and Family Members Left Behind
Humanities and Social Sciences Review. 2014. 3 (2): 345-356. http://universitypublications.net/hssr/0302/pdf/SPQ350.pdf.
Iashvili, I., Von Reichert Ch., and Gvenetadze, T.
11th International scientific conference "Space, Society, Politics", 22-24 June. Tbilisi, Georgia.
Caucasus Mountain 3rd Forum 2023:Transdisciplinarity for Sustainable Tourism Development:
Role of Caucasus Scientists. 4-6 July, Kutaisi, Georgia. https://www.caucasus-mt.net/Caucasus-Mountain-
Forum-2023.
The migration Conference. 23-26 August, Hamburg, Germany.
https://www.migrationconference.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/tmc2023program-links.pdf (p.24).
The public lecture for MA and PhD
students of the Faculty of Social Work and Health at Kiel University of Applied Sciences. November 10
(online);
The conference 'Actual Problems of Geography'
dedicated to Prof. Davit Ukleba’s 100th anniversary. Tbilisi State University; Institute of Geography.
November 5-6. Tbilisi, Georgia;
The 15 International Conference of ASECU 'Sustainable Development Goals 2030:
Challenges for South and East European Countries and the Black Sea Region'. University of National and World
Economy, Bulgaria, Sofia;
The
conference of the Association of American Geographers. New Orleans, LA, USA, April 10-14;
https://aag.secure-abstracts.com/AAG%20Annual%20Meeting%202018/abstracts-gallery/13309
International Conference “Enhancing
Migration Policy in Georgia” by ICMPD. Tbilisi, Georgia. May 10-12 (pp.34-36);
http://migration.commission.ge/files/international_conference reader.pdf
Conference of
Arts and Sciences. Ca-Foscari University, Venice, Italy. June 29-2 July;
International Conference of Arts and Sciences. Harvard University. Boston, USA. May 26-29;
Center for European and Mediterranean
Studies. New York University (NY; USA).March 6, New York
https://gendertransformationeurope.wordpress.com/2015/02/
Guest lecture for the International
Day of Tourism. University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. September, 25.
Scientific grant from Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Social and Political
Sciences for the research project
Latvian State Scholarship by the State Education Development Agency at Stockholm
School of Economics in Riga with the research project
Erasmus+ grantee at Alcala University, Spain. Course of lectures for BA students of Business and Tourism Faculty;
Erasmus+ grantee at Lille Catholic University, France. Course of lectures for MA students of Business and Luxury Tourism and International Affairs
Grantee of ERASMUS+ program in the Institute of Geography and Spatial
Management at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. course of lectures for Geography BA and MA students
Scientific grant from Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Social and
Political Sciences for the research project:
Grantee of the ELECTRA program by Erasmus Mundus in the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland;
Grantee of the ALRAKIS 2 program by Erasmus Mundus in the Department of Geography at University Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Transdisciplinarity for Sustainable Tourism Development in theCaucasus Region (APPEAR CaucaSusT)
Migration Management Module of the GOVAC Migration Course
Building Training and Analytical Capacities on Migration in Moldova and Georgia
One semester academic course in American Studies
I have been supervising a Summer School (in the months of July) in American Studies at ATSU since I founded it in 2011.
