Irina Aghapishvili

Vice-Rector

Education

  • 2021 – Doctor of Law (PhD), Georgian-American University

  • 2009 – 2010 – Master’s Program, School of Law, University of Vienna

  • 2008 – 2012 – Master’s Program, Faculty of Law, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

  • 2004 – 2008 – Bachelor’s Program, Faculty of Law, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Professional Experience

  • May 2025 – Present – Vice-Rector, Alterbridge University

  • 2025 – Present – Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

  • 2013 – 2024 – Head of Strategic Development and Analysis Department, Civil Service Bureau

  • 2022 – Present – Associate Professor, Business and Technology University

  • 2020 – Present – Assistant Professor, Georgian-American University

  • 2020 – Present – Visiting Trainer, Ministry of Finance Academy

  • 2015 – 2024 – Project Manager, Joint Projects of the Civil Service Bureau and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

  • 2016 – 2020 – Academic Assistant, Institute of International Law, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

  • 2015 – 2018 – Head of Institutional Arrangements and Practice Generalization Department, Civil Service Bureau

  • 2014 – 2017 – Visiting Lecturer, Institute of International Law, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

  • 2014 – 2017 – Visiting Lecturer, East European University

  • 2014 – 2015 – Chief Specialist, Reform and Development Department, Civil Service Bureau

  • 2013 – 2014 – Analyst, Public Service Reform and Development Department, Civil Service Bureau

  • 2012 – 2019 – Visiting Lecturer, Ilia State University

  • 2014 – Present – Certified Trainer and Trainer of Trainers, German Academy for Public Administration

    • Professional Ethics (2014)

    • Adult Learning Methods (2018)

    • Leadership and Management (2018)

    • Strategic Communication (2018)

    • Leadership (2019)

  • 2010 – Internship at the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (Legal Subcommittee), hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria

Languages

  • English

  • Russian

E-mail: i.aghapishvili@alterbridge.edu.ge