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Tabatadze Sandro 

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
E-mail: sandro.tabatadze@tsu.ge

Research activity in 2025

Research interests: far-right populism, Euroscepticism, Education policy transfer, Eastern European party politics.

Article: Tabatadze, S., & Gigauri, N. (2025). Eurosceptic games in the EU candidate states: the case of Georgia. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 1-22.

Ongoing projects:

• Principal Investigator - Education Policy Transfer in Slovakia's Higher Education System funded by SAIA's National Scholarship Program
• Principal Investigator - The political messaging of far-right movements in the EU candidate states: comparative analysis of Serbia and Georgia. Young Researcher grant funded by Shota Rustaveli Scientific Foundation.
•  Researcher - Digital Democracy and Contemporary Georgia. Fundamental Grant Program funded by Shota Rustaveli Scientific Foundation

Research Stays:

•  (IBEI) Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals, Spain (2025) - Topic: Examining Anti-gender politics in Georgia: Policy transfer from Russia or the effect of democratic erosion? Funded by COST
• The Phillips University of Marburg, Germany (2025) - Topic: Political Education in Germany's secondary schools: lessons for Georgia. Funded by DAAD

COST Actions

• CA23102 – Linking Euroscepticism and populism: causes and consequences (EUPopLink); Management Committee (MC) member from Georgia.
• CA23149 – Democratization at Stake? Comparing Anti-Gender Politics in CEE and NME Countries: A WG Member's Perspective.
•  CA23114 – Regaining linkage? Digital technologies improving civic engagement, political organizations, and democracy (RELINK); WG member.