Merab Putkaradze
Academic position: Professor
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Health Care, Department of Geography
Personal information
E-mail: merab.putkaradze@bsu.edu.ge
Education
- 30.01.1992 - Candidate of Geography Sciences, Social Sciences - 3; Public Geography - 3.7, Vakhushti Bagration Institute of Geography of the Georgian Academy of Sciences
- 01.07.1985 - , ,
Field of scientific interests
Basic issues of Population Geography; Basic issues of Tourism Geography; Ecology of Living Environment
Work experience
- 16.09.2019 - 16.09.2025 ,
- 16.09.2013 - 16.09.2025 Professor of the Department of Geography, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
Published scientific works
- Demographic crisis in the mountainous Ajara: challenges and the solutions
Georgian Geographical Journal, VOL. 5 . 2, 2025, 11 (Co-author(s): Landa Putkaradze) - Ecological Transition Potential of Tourists in Mountainous Adjara.
Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, Vol 237, 2025, pp 391–399. (Co-author(s): Abuselidze, G., Putkaradze, L. ) - Ecological problems of managment related to Agricultural development in Avtonomous Republic of AJara
International MultidisciplinaryScientific Geoconference SGEM 2024. Proceedings Papers, 24;5.1, 2024, 267-276 (Co-author(s): Merab Putkaradze, George Abuselidze, Hota Lominadze, Darejan Jashi) - Physical and geographical characteristics of Adjara/Adjara - from ancient times to modern times
"Adjara from Ancient Times to Modern Times" (Collection of Works), 1, 2024, 2024, 7-23 (Co-author(s): Roin Malakmadze, Merab Putkaradze) - Tourizm challenges and perspectives in the mountainous Ajara: On the Beshumi resoport.
International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Economy, Vol.4(4, 2023, 1-7 (Co-author(s): Putkaradze M., Putkaradze L., Duadze S) - Territorial organisation’s originalities of the population of Ajara
Georgian Geographical Journal , Vol.3 (2), 2023, 1-6 (Co-author(s): Putkaradze M. ) - SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF POTENTIAL MIGRANTS OF THE MOUNTAINOUS REGION OF ADJARIA
Journal of Geography, Politics and Society, 12(2), 2022, 8-15 (Co-author(s): G. Abuselidze ) - Tourizm and Rekreational Resources Usage Perspectives Through According to Mountainous Adjaria S Example
Economics and Management. , Volume: XIX, Issue: 2, 2022, 27-39 (Co-author(s): T. Michalski, G. Abuselidze) - TOURISTIC AND RECREATIONAL POTENTIAL OF MAKHUNTSETI WATERFALL: APPLICATION AND PERSPECTIVES (GEORGIA)
International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Economy, 2(38), 2022, 1-5 (Co-author(s): L. Putkaradze) - Ecologic problems of recreational zone of Batumi sea coast
International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference : SGEM; Sofia, Vol.21,iss.5.1, 2021, 537-546 (Co-author(s): Putkaradze M., Chichileishvili K., Kamadadze C., Ananidze M., Putkaradze L. )
Monograph
Participation in scientific events
- Demographic crisis in the mountainous Ajara: challenges and the solutions
International Scientific Conference “From Theory to Applied Geography - GSG100” Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of Alexandre Javakhishvili Geographical Society of Georgia, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Georgian National Academy of Sciences Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography Alexandre Javakhishvili Geographical Society of Georgia, 2024, Georgia,Tbilisi (Co-author(s): Merab Putkaradze, Landa Putkaradze) - Transport-geographic Location of Batumi: Challenges and Perspectives of Use
International Scientific Conference Black Sea Region at the Crossroads of Civilizations , Niko Berdzenishvili Institute of Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University The Centre for Religious and Juridical-Canonical Study and Research of Three Monotheistic Religions: Mosaic, Christian and Islamic of Constanta Ovidius University, 2024, Georgia, Batumi (Co-author(s): Nino Beridze ) - Ecological problems of natural management related to agricultural development in Autonomous Republic of Ajara
International MultidisciplinaryScientific Geoconference SGEM 2024, Scientific Academy of Bulgaria, 2024, Bulgaria, Albena (Co-author(s): George Abuselidze Shota Lominadze Darejan Jashi) - Priorities of maritime tourism and its development perspectives in Ajara
Financial Support Recovery and Delovepment of tne Economy of Ukraine. , State Tax University, Ukraine, 2024, Burgas, Bulgaria (Co-author(s): Merab Putkaradze, George Abuselidze, Landa Putkaradze) - Determination of tourism priorities in the sustainable development of mountainous Ajara: challenges and perspectives
EUROGEO CONFERENCE 2024 PORTO, PORTUGAL, 30-31 MAY “COMPROMISED GEOGRAPHY: SPREADING A NEW WORLD”, EUROGEO 2024 International Geoconference, COPROMISED GEOGRAPHY: SPREADINCE A NEW WORLD, 2024, Portugal, Portu (Co-author(s): Merab Putkaradze , Landa Putkaradze) - Tourism challenges and perspectives in the mountainous Ajara: On the Beshumi resort example
International Scientific Conference: “Global Challenges and Sustainable Development of Economics and Business”, Faculty of Economics and Business, 2023, Georgia, Batumi (Co-author(s): M.Putkaradze, L. Putkaradze, S.Duadze) - Touristic transition potential and related ecological issues of Beshumi resort
International Scientific Conference – “Modern Problems of Ecology”, Georgian Academy of Ecological Sciences, 2023, Georgia, Kutaisi (Co-author(s): M.Putkaradze, L. Putkaradze, ) - ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION POTENTIAL OF TOURISTS IN MOUNTAINOUS AJARA: A PROBLEM AND THE PERSPECTIVE
Vienna International Academic Conference Education and Social Sciences Business and Economics, University of Vienna, 2023, Austria, Vienna (Co-author(s): Putkaradze Landa, Putkaradze Merab,) - Geographical originalities of populousness of village settlements in Adjaria
II INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE LANDSCAPE DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: SCIENCE – CARTO/GIS - PLANNING – GOVERNANCE, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Alexandre Javakhishvili Geographical Society of Georgia International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission Landscape Analysis and Landscape Planning Georgian Cartographers Association Mountain Partnership, 2022, Georgia, Tbilisi (Co-author(s): Merab Putkaradze) - Ecologic problems of recreational zone of Batumi sea coast
International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference : SGEM; Sofia (Co-author(s): Putkaradze M., Chichileishvili K., Kamadadze C., Ananidze M., Putkaradze L)
Research grant projects
Ongoing/Completed
- 04.2025 - 12.2027 - Challenges and Perspectives for the Innovative Development of Four-Season Tourism in Adjara
LEPL – Shota Rustaveli Georgian National Science Foundation, project manager - 02.2025 - 12.2026 - Adaptation and integration of eco-migrants resettled from the Adjara region into local communities in Georgia
LEPL – Shota Rustaveli Georgian National Science Foundation, other project staff
Other scientific activities
- Supervision of doctoral theses, 2025
- Conducting scientific seminars, 2025
- Membership of the editorial board of scientific publications, 2023
- Other activity, 2023
- Master thesis review, 2022
- Supervision of master`s theses, 2022
- Involvement of students in scientific projects, 2021
- Involvement of students in scientific conferences, 2021
Internship, trainings, scholarship/award
Trainings
- 03.03.2025 - 07.03.2025 ,
- 06.06.2022 - 13.06.2022 Information technologies in science, Association for Science. Tbilisi
- 25.09.2014 - 30.09.2014 ,
- 20.05.2019 - 20.05.2019 ,
- 21.11.2015 - 21.11.2015 ,
