Dr. Bidzina Lebanidze

Kurzinfo

Dr. Bidzina Lebanidze wird ab dem 1. Oktober 2016 am Lehrstuhl für Governance in Mehrebenensystemen tätig sein. Bisher war er u.a. an der Freien Universität Berlin tätig.

Beschäftigungsverhältnisse

• 04/2016 – 09/2016 Lehrbeauftragter, Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
• 09/2014 – 06/2016 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Arbeitsstelle für Europäische Integration, Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Freie Universität Berlin, EU-Projekt MAXCAP (Maximizing the Integration Capacity of the European Union)
• 01/2016 - Forschungsbeauftragter, Georgian Institute of Politics
• 09.2010 – 04/2011 Lehrbeauftragter, Staatlicher Ilia Universität, Tiflis, Georgien
• 01/2008 – 04/2011 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Regionalprogramm Politscher Dialog Südkaukasus, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Tiflis, Georgien

Akademische Ausbildung

02/2016 Promotion zum Dr. phil. an der Freien Universität Berlin  

mit dem Ergebnis magna cum laude

Thema der Doktorarbeit: “Bringing the puzzle together: Russia, EU and the post-Soviet democratic failure”; Kommissionsmitglieder: Prof. Dr. Tanja A. Börzel, Prof. Dr. Thomas Risse, Prof. Dr. Eckart D. Stratenschulte, Prof. Dr. David Aprasidze, Dr. Julia Langbein.

08/2007 Abschluss des Studiums der Internationalen Beziehungen (Master) an der Staatlichen Universität Tiflis, Note: sehr gut

Publikationen

Monographien

• (2012) 'Political Elites, Ideas and Foreign Policy: Explaining and Understanding the International Behavior of Small States in the Former Soviet Union'. Co-authored with G. Gvalia and Z. Iashvili. Tbilisi: Ilia State University Press.

 Begutachtete Zeitschriftenbeiträge und Buchkapitel

• (2016 forthcoming) ‘"The Transformative Power of Europe” Beyond Enlargement: EU Democracy Promotion and Political Change, East European Politics. Co-authored with Tanja Börzel.
• (2016 forthcoming) ‘Cohesiveness, Coherence, and Consistency in the ENP’, In ‘The Routledge Handbook on the European Neighbourhood Policy’, edited by Thomas Demmelhuber, Andreas Marchetti and Tobias Schumacher, Routlidge. Co-authored with Tanja Börzel.
• (2016) ‘Civil society and party politics in Georgia - transformational crisis’, in ‘Unfinished Project: Achievements and Failures of Georgia’s Transformation’, edited by David Aprasidze, Tbilisi, Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Co-authored with Kornely Kakachia.
• (2016) ‘Building a Security Community in the EU’s Neighbourhood? Experiences from Georgia’, In ‘External governance as security community building – The limits and potential of the European Neighbourhood Policy’, edited by Pernille Rieker, Houndmills: Palgrave. Co-authored with Keti Bolkvadze. 79-105
• (2014) 'What Makes Authoritarian Regimes Sweat? Linkage, Leverage and Democratization in post-Soviet South Caucasus', Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 14(2): 199-218
• (2013) 'Thinking Outside the Bloc: Explaining the Foreign Policies of Small States', Security Studies, 22(1): 98-131. Co-authored with G. Gvalia, D. Siroky and Z. Iashvili.

 Andere Beiträge, Buchkapitel und Forschungspapiere

• (2016) ‘Economic engagement and its spillover effect on conflict management.’ Paper prepared for the OSCE Network Workshop on Innovative Approaches to Protracted Conflicts.
• (2016) ‘Democracy under Stress: Western Fatigue, Russian Resurgence, and Their Implications for Democratic Processes in Georgia, Policy Brief No. 2, Georgian Institute of Politics.
• (2015) ‘European Neighbourhood Policy at the Cross-Roads: Evaluating the Past to Shape the Future.’ MAXCAP Working Paper No. 12, “Maximizing the integration capacity of the European Union: Lessons of and prospects for enlargement and beyond” (MAXCAP), Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin. Co-authored with Tanja Börzel.
• (2014) 10 Years of the ENP - The Way Forward with the EaP, MAXCAP Policy Brief No. 1, August 2015, “Maximizing the integration capacity of the European Union: Lessons of and prospects for enlargement and beyond” (MAXCAP).
• (2009) 'Georgia as a New Challenge for the EU'. Konrad Adenauer Foundation Country Reports. Co-authored with Katja Christina Plate.
• (2008) 'Causes of War – Prospects for Peace', Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Co-editor with Katja Christina Plate. Tbilisi: CGS.
• (2008) ‘The role of Groupthink in the process of decision-making inside the Soviet and post-Soviet dissident movements’. Working Paper Series, Center for Strategic Studies.
• (2008) ‘The decision-making process in ‘Grand Coalitions’ in Germany.’ Working Paper Series, Center for Strategic Studies.

Stipendien und Forschungsgrants

• 10/2014 – 10/2016          Academic Swiss Caucasus Net, Forschungsprojekt “Europeanization on a rocky ground: Russia and the EU in the South Caucasus”
• 04/2011 – 02/2015          Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Promotionsstipendium
• 09/2011 – 09/2012          Academic Swiss Caucasus Net, Forschungsprojekt “Political Elites, Ideas and Foreign Policy”
• 03/2007 – 07/2007           Deutscher Bundestag, International Parliamentary Scholarship
• 01/2007 – 07/2007           Centre for Strategic Studies, Tbilisi (Georgien), Stipendium zum Masterstudium
• 07/2004 – 08/2004           German Academic Exchange Service, Bremen, European Studies Scholarship