Malkhaz Nakashidze
Academic position: Professor
Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Department of Law and Public Governance
Personal information
E-mail: malkhaz.nakashidze@bsu.edu.ge
Education
- 30.12.2012 - Post-doctoral studies, School of Law and Governance, Dublin City University (DCU), Republic of Ireland
- 30.06.2010 - PhD in Law, Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
- 01.09.2005 - Aspirant, Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
- 30.06.1999 - Master of Laws, , Faculty of Law, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
Work experience
- 01.10.2023 - till today Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Module (TRIO.JOIN.EU), Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
- 28.02.2023 - till today Co-Chair of ICON•S Georgia , International Society of Public Law (ICON-S)
- 17.08.2020 - till today ean Monnet Chair (EUCONST), Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
- 20.11.2023 - 26.11.2023 Erasmus+ Visiting Scholar, Goce Delchev University: Shtip, North Macedonia
- 01.09.2023 - 01.09.2024 Jean Monnet Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy
- 17.10.2022 - 24.10.2022 Erasmus+ Visiting Professor, University of Bialystok, Poland, Erasmus+ program
- 17.09.2021 - 17.09.2027 Professor, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Department of Law and Public Administration
- 01.06.2019 - 31.07.2019 Visiting Scholar, University of Latvia School of Law, Latvia
- 01.10.2018 - 01.11.2018 Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, Sapienza University, Italy
- 01.05.2018 - 01.06.2018 Visiting Professor, Ataturk University School of Law, Turkey
- 05.09.2017 - 20.05.2024 Acreditation Expert, National Center for Education Quality Development
- 23.11.2016 - 31.07.2017 Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Boston College School of Law, USA
- 13.11.2014 - 13.11.2018 Member of Academic Council, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
- 17.09.2014 - 17.09.2015 Chair of the Curriculum Committee, Faculty of Law, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
- 01.04.2014 - 20.03.2020 Founder and Director, International Institute for Academic Development
- 10.09.2012 - 10.01.2012 Visiting Scholar (CARTI), University College Dublin, Ireland
- 15.09.2011 - 25.08.2018 Associate Professor, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
- 10.01.2011 - 31.08.2012 Deputy Head of the Center, LEPL Regional Center for Research and Promotion of Constitutionalism
- 10.02.2009 - 30.11.2010 Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance and Economy of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara
- 15.02.2007 - 18.02.2009 Head of Administration (Chancellor), Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University;
- 17.09.2006 - 30.08.2009 Assistant-Professor, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University;
- 01.12.2005 - 13.02.2007 Head of the Department of Justice of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Ministry of Justice of Georgia
- 06.05.2004 - 01.12.2005 ,
- 19.01.2004 - 31.12.2004 Founder and Chairman of the Board, Adjara Teachers' Professional Union "Girseba", Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
- 12.01.2004 - 30.11.2004 District Coordinator, "Fair Elections" Foundation, an observation organization
- 20.01.2003 - 06.05.2004 Founder and Managing Partner, Law firm LLC "Nakashidze and Shventidze - Attorneys"
- 01.01.2001 - 30.11.2003 Lawyer, Head of Administrative Department, Road Transport Administration of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara
- 01.09.1999 - 30.06.2006 Visiting Lecturer, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
Published scientific works
- Global Review of Constitutional Law - Georgia
Global Review of Constitutional Law (Edited by: Richard Albert David Landau Giulia Andrade), 2024, 2025, 115-120
Indexing: other - The Use of Foreign Precedents by the Constitutional Court of Georgia: Explicit Citations and Careful Restraint, nbook chapter
in book: Judicial Bricolage, The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges in the 21st Century Tania Groppi (Anthology Editor) , Marie-Claire Ponthoreau (Anthology Editor) , Irene Spigno (Anthology Editor), 2025, 2025, 433-459
Indexing: Scopus - Constitutional Law and Democracy in Georgia
The 2023 Global Review of Constitutional Law, 2023, 2024, 134-140
Indexing: Google Scholar - Community Policing Reform in Post-soviet Georgia: Decoding the Persistent Challenges Through Soviet Legacies
Constitutional Law Review, #17 (2023), 2024, 57-71 (Co-author(s): Giorgi Chitidze Giorgi Meladze, Mariam Lortkipanidze, Malkhaz Nakashidze, Lasha Shainidze)
Indexing: Google Scholar - Georgia’s progress in implementation of fundamentals of the EU accession process
The European University Institute (EUI), The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), Working Paper, 2024/48, 2024, 1-18
Indexing: Google Scholar - Constitutional Law and Democracy in Georgia
The 2022 Global Review of Constitutional Law , 2022, 2023, 150-156
Indexing: other - Transformations of Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine Towards EU Membership, Book Chapter
In: Mihr, A., Pierobon, C. (eds) Polarization, Shifting Borders and Liquid Governance. Springer, Cham. , 2024, 2023, 195-213
Indexing: Scopus - Constitutional Court and Politics: The Case of Georgia
Vienna Journal on International Constitutional Law , vol. 17, no. 3, 2023, 2023, 337-356.
Indexing: Web of Science (Impact factor) - Legislative Powers, Government Oversight, and Implementation of the European Integration Policy by the Parliament of Georgia
Balkan Social Science Review , Vol. 21 No. 21 (2023), 2023, 65-86.
Indexing: Scopus - Georgia's Model of Constitutional Amendment Codification, Book Chapter
in book: The Architecture of Constitutional Amendments, History, Law, Politics, Edited by Richard Albert, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023, 2023, 2023, 245-260
Indexing: Scopus - Constitutional Development in Georgia,
in: Albert, Richard and Landau, David and Faraguna, Pietro and Drugda, Šimon and De Carolis, Rocío, The 2021 Global Review of Constitutional Law (November 23, 2022), 2021, 2022, 133-138
Indexing: Google Scholar - Malkhaz Nakashidze, Book Review - Yaniv Roznai, "Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments, Limitations on the Powers of Amendment", Oxford University Press, 2017
Constitutional Law Journal, 1 (2022) , 2022, 213-216 (Co-author(s): .)
Indexing: ERIH PLUS - La resistencia formalista a las reformas constitucionales inconstitucionales.
Díkaion, 31(1), 2022, 5–49. (Co-author(s): Albert, R., Nakashidze, M., & Olcay, T)
Indexing: Scopus - Executive Power
Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani University, ., 2021, 172-187 (Co-author(s): In the book: Introduction to Constitutional Law)
Indexing: Google Scholar - Constitutionalism and Democracy in Georgia
2020 Global Review of Constitutional Law, Richard Albert, David Landau, Pietro Faraguna and Simon Drugda (Editors), , 2020, 2021, 111-116
Indexing: Google Scholar
Monograph
Participation in scientific events
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, , 2025,
Indexing: other - Organizing of Summer Schools/ Short Programmes in BSU: Good practices
Erasmus+ Staff meeting for Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University and University of Rouen Normandie – France, Department of Strategic Development and International Relations, 2025,
Indexing: other -
, , 2025,
Indexing: other - The Use of Foreign Precedents by the Constitutional Court of Georgia, Legal and Political Challenges of Georgia’s EU Accession Process,
Global Summit on Constitutionalism, Centre for Constitutional Studies, University of Texas School of Law, 2025, Austin, USA
Indexing: other - Georgia’s progress in Implementation of Fundamentals of the EU Accession Process
International Conference "INTEGRATION THROUGH RESEARCH AND INNOVATION", November 7-8, 2024, Universitatea de Stat din Moldova, Facultatea de drept Chair Jean Monnet on EU4JUST, 2024, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Indexing: other - Georgia's progress in the field of democracy, rule of law and human rights protection in the European integration process
2nd Annual Conference “Georgian Public Law and European Integration Challenges”, September 28-29, 2024, ICON•S Georgia, 2024, Tbilisi, Georgia (Co-author(s): .)
Indexing: other - Georgia’s Progress in Implementation of Fundamentals of the EU Accession Process
ICON·S 2024 ANNUAL CONFERENCE The Future of Public Law: Resilience, Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence, International Society of Public Law (ICON·S), 2024, Madrid, Spain
Indexing: other - "Political Criteria for EU Membership and the Challenges of Europeanization"
Jean Monnet Research Seminar, June 12, 2024, Jean Monnet Chair (EUCONST) at BSU, Jean Monnet Module (TRIO.JOIN.EU),, 2024, Batumi, Georgia
Indexing: other - “Europeanization of National Constitutional Law in the Candidate Countries for EU Membership”
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) European Governance and Policy Programme (EGPP) Seminar Italy, April 17, 2024, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), European University Institute (EUI),, 2024, Florence, Italy
Indexing: other - Georgia’s Model of Constitutional Amendment Codification
The Global Summit on Constitutionalism, March 16-18, 2023, The University of Texas at Austin, USA, 2024, Texas at Austin, USA (Co-author(s): .)
Indexing: Scopus - “Transformation of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine towards EU membership”
Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) Seminar, Florence, Italy, February 27, 2024, European University Institute (EUI)27, 2024, Florence, Italy,
Indexing: other - Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia: Implementation of European Commission Recommendations and Prospects for European Integration
International Society of Public Law - ICON•S Georgia's First Annual Conference "Challenges of Contemporary Public Law", June 23–25, 2023 – Batumi, Georgia, ICON•S Georgia, 2023, Batumi, Georgia
Indexing: other - The European Constitutional Law and new Challenges of Legal Education in Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine
The Global Summit on Constitutionalism, March 16-18, 2023, The University of Texas at Austin, USA, 2023, Austin, USA
Indexing: other - Panel #26: Facing The Russian Invasion – Legal Response - Panel Cair, Paper:
The International Society of Public Law 8th Annual Conference “Global Problems and Prospects in Public Law”, July 4 – 6, 2022, The International Society of Public Law (ICON-S), 2022, Wrocław, Poland
Indexing: other - "Role of the Parliament in the European Integration: Georgian Parliament after the Association Agreement"
The 7th Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, 30 June – 2 July 2022., ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE), 2022, Sciences Po, Paris, France
Indexing: other - Georgian Independence Day - Legal Assessment
Conference dedicated to the Day of Restoration of Georgia's State Independence, May 26, 2022, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University,, 2022, Batumi, Georgia
Indexing: other - Sub-National Constitution and constitutional Amendments in Georgia
IV International Conference "Law and Global Security", October 14, 2021, Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani University, 2021, Tbilisi, Georgia
Indexing: other
Research grant projects
Ongoing/Completed
- 10.2023 - 10.2026 - Jean Monet Module “Political Criteria of the Accession to the European Union and Europeanization of Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine” (TRIO.JOIN.EU – Grant Agreement N : 101127000 – ERASMUS-JMO-2023-MODULE) Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences
The European Commission, project manager - 03.2023 - 09.2024 - Development of the concept of the Master's Program in Public Administration Law
I2Q - Innovation, Inclusion and Quality Competitive Innovation Fund (CIF) Grant Project CIF-2023-03, Consortium (TSU, BSU), project staff - 01.2021 - 12.2023 - "The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges”, 2021-2023
International Association of Constitutional Law Interest Group on “Cross-Judicial Fertilization” (Irene Spigno, Tania Groppi, Marie-Claire, Gianluca Gentili), , project staff - 08.2020 - 08.2023 - Jean Monnet Chair - 620393-EPP-1-2020-1-GE-EPPJMO-CHAIR - "The European Union’s fundamental values: Democracy, Rule of Law and Protection of Human Rights",
The European Commission, Jean Monnet - Activities 2020 EAC/A02/2019, project manager
Other (non-scientific) grant projects
- 09.2022 - 06.2023 - Project "Development of Georgian Legal Culture through Increasing the Practical Skills of Future Lawyers"
USAID Rule of Law Program, ., project staff - 05.2020 - 10.2021 - Project "Human Rights Law Chair"
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), “Promoting the Rule of Law in Georgia” (PROLoG), ., project staff
Other scientific activities
- Expert services, 2024
- Conducting scientific seminars, 2024
- Reviewing/editing the monograph, 2023
- Participation in the organization of scientific events, 2023
- Membership of the editorial board of scientific publications, 2023
- Other activity, 2023
- Reviewing a scientific paper, 2022
- Supervision of bachelor theses, 2021
- Supervision of master`s theses, 2021
- Involvement in international grant projects, 2021
Internship, trainings, scholarship/award
Internship
- 09.06.2025 - 13.06.2025 Erasmus + Staff Mobility for Teaching 2022, Teaching on European Integration and Georgia, June 9-13, 2025, University of Siena, Italy
- 20.11.2023 - 24.11.2023 Erasmus + Staff Mobility for Teaching 2023, Teaching on European Integration and Georgia, November 20-24, 2023, University
- 17.10.2022 - 21.10.2022 Erasmus + Staff Mobility for Teaching 2022, Teaching on European Integration and Georgia, Faculty of Law, October 16-22, 2022 , University of Bialystok, Poland
- 01.09.2023 - 01.09.2024 Jean Monnet Fellowship, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy
- 01.06.2019 - 01.07.2019 Latvian Government State Research Scholarship, University of Latvia, School of Law
- 01.05.2018 - 01.06.2018 Mevlana Educational Scholarship, Government of the Republic of Turkey, Ataturk University School of Law
- 23.11.2016 - 31.07.2017 Fulbright Research Fellowship, U.S. Department of State, Boston College School of Law
- 01.09.2012 - 01.09.2013 2011-2013, Higher Education Support Program, Open Society Foundations; ,
