Grants Obtained

East European University (EEU) won the 2024 State Scientific Grant Competition for Fundamental Research of the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia, with the highest scores.

Out of 528 submitted projects, it was selected among the 111 projects to be funded.

Project Title: The Impact of Student Well-being on Academic Performance: An Empirical Study on Higher Education Institutions in Georgia (Using Structural Equation Modeling)

Project Director: Professor Davit Sikharulidze – Head of the Scientific Research and Development Department at EEU.

The project is titled: “Internationalization of Scientific Research in Georgia (1991-2021) and Its Impact on the Academic Activities of Professors and Teachers.”

The project duration is 3 years.

The project aims to study the process of internationalization of scientific research in Georgia from 1991 to 2021 and analyze its impact on the academic activities of professors and teachers. The project will investigate:

• The dynamics and characteristics of internationalization of scientific research in Georgia.
• Factors that promote and hinder internationalization.
• The impact of internationalization on the research and teaching activities of professors and teachers.
• The attitudes of academic staff towards the process of internationalization.

The study will use an interdisciplinary approach, combining social sciences (economics, sociology, higher education studies) and the philosophy of higher education. The results will contribute to a better understanding of the internationalization process in higher education in Georgia and the development of relevant policies.

Project Title: “Student-Centered Teaching in Georgia and Its Impact on Career Success”

Project Leader: PhD candidate in the (English-language) Education Sciences Program, Natia Gegelashvili

Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Davit Sikharulidze, Head of the Department of Scientific Research and Development at East European University

Project Title: “Shadow Banking System and Its Impact on Financial Stability in Emerging Economies”

Project Leader: PhD candidate in Business Administration (Management) Program, Mariam Lashkhi

Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Davit Sikharulidze, Head of the Department of Scientific Research and Development at East European University

Project Title: “Integration of International Students into University Life: A Place-Based Practical Study”

Project Leader: Master’s student in Education Research and Administration, Mari Dogonadze

Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Giorgi Tavdade, Head of the Doctoral and Higher Education Research Development Center at East European University

The East European University in collaboration with the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences received an Erasmus grant within the framework of the International Credit Mobility (ICM) program of the Erasmus+ program, which is a short-term exchange program for university students and academic/administrative staff.

The agreement provides students and scholars of the EEU to study and conduct scientific research and pedagogic activities, and also raise their qualifications in the desired direction at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences for one semester in the 2023-2024 years.

Erasmus+ Scholarship covers fully both tuition and travel costs.

The University of Panteion is the oldest university of social and political sciences in Greece, published in 1927 and located in Greece. The university today consists of four faculties, three research institutes, eighteen research centers and laboratories, has more than 19 000 students.

For more information about the University please visit the website: https://www.panteion.gr/en/

The Fellows will be selected through an open competition. Detailed information about the competition will be published later.

In 2022, the East European University in collaboration with Tuscia University won and received an Erasmus grant within the framework of the International Credit Mobility (ICM) program of the Erasmus+ program, which is a short-term exchange program for university students and academic/administrative staff.

The program is implemented within the framework of a partnership agreement between Georgian and European (program countries) universities.

The agreement provides students of all three levels and scholars of the EEU to study and conduct scientific research and pedagogic activities, and also raise their qualifications in the desired direction at Tuscia university for one semester in the 2022-2023 years.

Erasmus+ Scholarship covers fully both tuition and travel costs.

The Tuscia university is one of the best universities in Italy, which was published in 1979 and is located in Viterbo. The university consists of 6 faculties and has more than 10 000 students.

For more information about the University please visit the website.

The Fellows will be selected through an open competition. Detailed information about the competition will be published later.

The EEU is hoping that cooperation with Tuscia University shall be fruitful for students and scholars, and wishes them success!

n 2022, the East European University in collaboration with the University of Nicosia won and received an Erasmus grant within the framework of the International Credit Mobility (ICM) program of the Erasmus+ program, which is a short-term exchange program for university students and academic/administrative staff.

 

The program is implemented within the framework of a partnership agreement between Georgian and European (program countries) universities.

The agreement provides students of all three levels and scholars of the EEU to study and conduct scientific research and pedagogic activities, and also raise their qualifications in the desired direction at the University of Nicosia for one semester in the 2022-2023 years.

Erasmus+ Scholarship covers fully both tuition and travel costs.

The University of Nicosia is one of the best universities in Cyprus, published in 1980 and located in Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus. The university consists of 7 faculties and has more than 12 000 students.

For more information about the University please visit the website.

The Fellows will be selected through an open competition. Detailed information about the competition will be published later.

The EEU hopes cooperation with the University of Nicosia will be fruitful for students and scholars and wishes them success!

Through the participation of East European University, the International Consortium Project (ID# 22210127) ,,Business Problems Interactive Web Portal“ is the winner of the VISEGRAD FUND Grant Call 2022!

 

Members of the International Consortium:

• University of Finance and Administration (Prague, Czechia);
• East European University / EEU (Tbilisi, Georgia);
• Georgian Small & Medium Enterprises Association/ GSMEA (Tbilisi, Georgia);
• University of Zilina / UNIZA (Zilina, Slovakia);
• University of Lodz, Technology Transfer Center (Lodz, Poland);
• Budapest Enterprise Agency -BEA (Budapest, Hungary).

The project aims at solving the problems faced by small and medium-sized businesses through an innovative approach developed by the Multifunctional Center for Applied Research of East European University, utilizing an interactive portal and an integrated global information network.

The project is also focused on creating effective conditions for close partnerships among business and academia.

The results obtained through the project will support increasing the competitiveness of small and medium-sized businesses in Georgia and Visegrad countries, promote employment, strengthen international partnerships, increase the level of integration of research and teaching processes in universities, raise additional funds for research activities in universities and prepare highly qualified specialists through the wide engagement of students in the project.

Project title: “An investigation into the progression of undergraduate medical students to their professional status; facilitators and inhibitors in Georgian medical education”

Project head:  Elene Zurabishvili, Doctoral student of the PhD program in education sciences (English)

Scientific supervisor – Prof. Paul Gibbs, Director of the Doctoral and Higher Education Research Development Center

East European University Grant Project: ,,Brian Bix, Jurisprudence: Theory and Context, Eighth Edition“ is the winner of The Book Translation Program 2021 announced by the US. Embassy in Georgia.

Information about project

Book title (and edition): Jurisprudence Theory and Context, Eighth Edition

Author: Brian H. Bix

Publisher: Carolina Academic Press

Year: 2019

This book is a must-read for judges, lawyers, practitioners, policymakers, political and legal theorists. However, the primary target audience of this book are students of legal and political studies.

The book’s main virtue is that it brings the fresh Anglo-American perspective on jurisprudence and political theory to the reader’s table in a comprehensible language, making it suitable even for nonprofessionals. It is also modern in that it also comprises the analysis of economics and law and feminist theory of jurisprudence.

Translation project is necessarily based on the conviction that sound theoretical underpinnings are indispensable for the efficient, success-oriented, and forward-looking practical enterprise. Theory and practice complement, and none of them is full without each other. The theoretical input this book provides for constitutes invaluable theoretical and practical appraisal of how rule of law, law, and politics in general and concrete decisions taken on the level of public decision-making should seek the equilibrium to get the best possible result for the society protecting the overall good on the one hand, and the rights and freedom of affected stakeholders on the other. This will be extremely useful and beneficial at all places where the law is taught, especially at the undergraduate and MA levels.

Book translation will be carried out by Lasha Lursmanashvili, Researcher, of Varlam Cherkezishvili Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, East European University;

Scientific Editor will be: Prof. Dr. Giorgi Tavadze, Head of the Varlam Cherkezishvili Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, East European University

Project finishing date: March, 2023

Research project of the Doctoral Research Development Center of East European University ’’Race and Ethnicity in the Region of Wide Europe and the Implications for the British Council’s work’’ is the winner of the Grant Competition 2020 announced by the British Council.

The purpose of the project is to analyze a range of meanings on the notions of race and ethnicity within the 15 countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Georgia, Israel, Turkey, Ukraine, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Russia, Serbia, and Uzbekistan). constituting the British Council’s region called Wider Europe (WE) in order to support the ongoing work of the British Council’s staff in WE and assist them with responding to recent global Anti-racism Commitment, i.e. the newly articulated corporate objective of the organization, which is the corporate aim of the organization and is accountable to the UK.

About the region of Wider Europe

Wider Europe is a diverse, dynamic and ever-changing region, with a real entrepreneurial spirit comprising 15 countries, which enables to reveal challenges facing the region and implement effective and sustainable change through global knowledge.

Principal Investigator of the project is Paul Gibbs – EEU Professor, Director of the Doctoral Research and Development Center.

Project Implementation Dates:

According to the project, research will be conducted from December 2020 through March 2021.

The joint project of the East European University and the University of Education Upper Austria, which encompasses exchange of students and teachers, is financed by the ERASMUS+ Programme.

Students of master program in Education of East European University, have an opportunity to study one semester at the University of Education Upper Austria in the years of 2020-2023.

Erasmus+ Scholarship covers fully tuition, travel and living expenses!

Along with the students, an opportunity is also given to the scholars of the East European University to teach or upgrade qualification at the University of Education Upper Austria in the years of 2020-2023.

Candidates shall be selected through an open competition. Detailed information about the competition shall be published later.

Good luck!

Within the framework of the Erasmus+ Exchange Program, Cooperation Agreement has been concluded between East European University and Ondokuz Mayis University (OMU).

Agreement provides students of all three levels, as well as, scholars of the EEU, opportunity to study and conduct scientific-research and pedagogic activities at OMU during one semester in 2020-2021 years.

The OMU is one of the best universities in Turkey, located in Samsung consisting of 16 faculties, 1 conservatoire, 11 schools and 5 institutes with more than 40 000 students. For more information about the University please visit the web-site: http://www.omu.edu.tr/en.

Erasmus+ Scholarship covers fully both tuition and travel costs.

Deepening of internationalization process is one of the priorities of EEU. The EEU is permanently working for expansion of international partnership network and creation of new prospects for students and scholars.

The EEU is hoping that cooperation with Ondokuz Mayis University shall be fruitful for students and scholars, and wishes them success!

Within the framework of the Erasmus+ Exchange Program, Cooperation Agreement has been concluded between East European University and Bucharest University of Economic Studies.

Agreement provides Bachelor, Master and PhD students, as well as, scholars of the EEU, opportunity to study and conduct scientific-research and pedagogic activities at Bucharest University of Economic Studies during one semester in 2020-2021 years.

The Bucharest University of Economic Studies is one of the best universities in Romania with 12 faculties and more than 21 000 students. For more information about the University please visit the web-site: https://www.ase.ro/index_en.asp.

Erasmus+ Scholarship covers fully both tuition and travel costs.

Deepening of internationalization process is one of the priorities of EEU. The EEU is permanently working for expansion of international partnership network and creation of new prospects for students and scholars.

The EEU is hoping that cooperation with Bucharest University of Economic Studies shall be fruitful for students and scholars, and wishes them success!

East European University Research Project: ’’Organizational Behavior: A Skill-Building Approach’’ of the Book Translation Program 2020 announced by U.S Embassy in Georgia.

Principal Investigator: Professor Shalva Machavariani, Vice-Rector for Scientific Affairs of East European University;

Coordinator: Tatia Gherkenashvili, Senior Manager of Scientific Research and Development Division of East European University.

About Publication:

Book title (and edition): Organizational Behavior: A Skill-Building Approach (Second Ed.)

ISBN 978-1544317540

Authors: Christopher P. Neck, Jeffery D. Houghton, Emma L. Murray

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Publication year: 23 January, 2019

Organizational Behavior: A Skill-Building Approach is a textbook for students seeking insight into individual behavior, group behavior, organizational structure, and organizational processes through the lens of critical thinking. Students are provided with opportunities to develop motivational, leadership, and teamwork skills that will help them to analyze behavioral patterns and take appropriate actions to help shape and influence those behaviors in positive ways.

Practical applications, self-assessments, experiential exercises, and additional pedagogical features make OB come to life and encourage students to engage with OB concepts in meaningful ways.

Critical thinking is an essential skill; managers use critical thinking to understand, explain, predict, and influence behavior in the workplace. A critical thinker uses his or her intelligence, knowledge, and skills to question and carefully explore situations and to arrive at thoughtful conclusions based on evidence and reason. In Organizational Behavior: A Skill-Building Approach, authors use the components and core skills of critical thinking to teach the many facets of organizational behavior to students.

Publishing this book into Georgian language is also crucial on one hand due to its high demand of qualified books from students and lecturers’ side, and on the other hand practitioners for creating relevant organizational environment in public as well as private institutions.

Project Implementation Deadlines and Participants:

Book translation is fulfilled by:

1. Mikheil Tokmazishvili – Researcher/Translator (TOU&EEU)
2. Natia Chighvaria – Researcher/Translator (GIPA)
3. Gela Grigolashvili – Researcher/Translator (EEU)
4. Giorgi Ghaghanidze – Researcher/Translator (TSU)
5. Tatia Gherkenashvili – Researcher/Translator (EEU)

Scientific Editor – Ph.D. of Economics, Professor – Shalva Machavariani.

Due to the project, working on the translation will end on June 30, 2022 and the latest modern manual ’’Organizational Behavior: A Skill-Building Approach’’ (authors: Christopher P. Neck, Jeffery D. Houghton, Emma L. Murray) will be accessible for interested persons in Georgian language.

აღმოსავლეთ ევროპის უნივერსიტეტის საგრანტო პროექტი საქართველოში აშშ-ის საელჩოს მიერ გამოცხადებული ,,წიგნის თარგმნის პროგრამა 2020’’-ის გამარჯვებულია.

პროექტის ხელმძღვანელია აღმოსავლეთ ევროპის უნივერსიტეტის ვიცე-რექტორი სამეცნიერო დარგში, პროფესორი შალვა მაჭავარიანი;

კოორდინატორი: აღმოსავლეთ ევროპის უნივერსიტეტის სამეცნიერო კვლევებისა და განვითარების სამსახურის უფროსი მენეჯერი თათია ღერკენაშვილი.

WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CALL FOR PAPERS: ’’BOOK TRANSLATION PROGRAM 2018’’ ANNOUNCED BY U.S EMBASSY IN GEORGIA, SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT OF EAST EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY AND GEORGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS (GIPA) OBTAINED FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT: ’’OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT: PROCESSES AND SUPPLY CHAIN’’.

Principal Investigator: Professor Shalva Machavariani, Vice-Rector in Science Affairs at East European University.

Co-investigator: Natia Tchigvaria, Coordinator of PhD program in Social Sciences at Georgian Institute of Public Affairs.

Coordinator: Tatia Gherkenashvili, Research Grant Coordinator and Manager of International Relations Office at East European University.

About the Edition:

Book title (and edition): ’’Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chain’’ (Twelfth Edition, ISBN 0134741064)

Authors: Lee J. Krajewski, Manoj Malhotra and Larry P. Ritzman

Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.

Year of the first publication: January 4, 2018

Number of Pages: 787

Book ’’Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chain’’ is widely used in many U.S, European and Australian universities.

Topics discussed in the manual are crucial not only for BA, MA and Ph.D. students of Business Administration and Economic academic program students but also for the acting specialists and wider society interested by these issues.

The translation will be published at the beginning of 2019.

Scientific Editor – Professor Shalva Machavariani

Additional Information about the edition can be found in attached file.

East European University obtained funding of European Union, Erasmus+ Credit Mobility 2018!

Partner of East European University is University of Education in Austria  (PÄDAGOGISCHE HOCHSCHULE OÖ).  The winner universities obtained EU funding under which is provided Mobility of students and academic personnel.

Duration of Erasmus+ Credit Mobility: 01.06.2018 – 30.09.2020

Under Erasmus+ Credit Mobility there will be carried out:  

• Students’ Mobility – Bachelor and Master Degree Programs 3 Students’ exchange for the period of one semester by accumulating credits.
• Academic Personnel Mobility –For teaching purpose: Academic personnel of University of Education in Austria and East European Universities’ are eligible to teach in higher educational institutions of partner universities.

Erasmus+ covers travelling costs and provides scholarships!

Monthly scholarship amount for students is determined as 850 Euros, travelling costs of 360 Euros.

For Academic/Administrative staff daily grant amount is of 160 Euros, travelling costs of 360 Euros.

SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT OF EAST EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY APPLIED TO THE THE U.S EMBASSY (GEORGIA) BOOK TRANSLATION PROGRAM 2018 (PAS) AND WON THE GRANT BY PROJECT: „ENTREPRENEURSHIP: SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHING NEW VENTURES’’

The project is implemented with the participation and financial support of Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) and financial support.

Principal Investigator: Professor Shalva Machavariani, Vice-Rector in Science Affairs at East European University.

Coordinator: Tatia Gherkenashvili, Research Grant Coordinator and Manager of International Relations Office at East European University.

Co-investigator: Natia Tchigvaria,Coordinator of PhD program in Social Sciences at Georgian Institute of Public Affairs.

Book title (and edition): „Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures’’ (6^th Edition, ISBN 0134729536)

Author: Bruce R. Baringer and R. Duane Ireland

Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.

Year of the first publication: 18/01/2018

Number of Pages: 624

Copyright Holder: 2018 by Pearson Education, Inc.

Each chapter includes description of real examples, cases, challenges met by entrepreneurs nowadays and is given concrete solutions to overcome them.

Today all of the 5 editions on Entrepreneurship by American authors Bruce R. Barringer (Professor at the School of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University) and R. Duane Ireland’s (Professor at the Mays Business School, Texas A&M University) has been unprecedented demand in USA, Canada, Australia and European Universities.

In Georgia, whereas the implementation of new enterprises are crucial (including by the current students in the nearest future), increasing competitiveness of enterprises and creation of workplaces are also vitally important, this book perfectly matches to the current environment of Georgia providing the opportunity to get adequate knowledge for successful work in the country.

Discussed issues in the above mentioned edition will provoke interest not only in students (of all academic levels: BA, MA, PhD) of business administration and economic faculty but also within the active specialists and wide society interested by this direction.

Additional Information about the edition can be found in attached file

Project Participants:

1. Mikheil Tokmazishvili, Ph.D. in Economics, Professor at East European University;
2. Giorgi Gagaganize, Ph.D. in Economics, Dean of Economic Faculty at TSU;
3. Natia Tchigvaria, Ph.D. in American Literature, Coordinator of PhD program in Social Sciences at Georgian Institute of Public Affairs;
4. Gela Grigolashvili, Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor at East European University;
5. Nikoloz Abuashvili, Ph.D. in Economics, Founding Partner of Business Infrastructure SolutionZ;
6. Vakhtang Charaia, Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor at East European University;
7. Ketevan Aptarashvili, Asistant professor and Head of Education Process Departmentat at East European University;

Project Implementation started on May 14, 2018 and will last till November 2019.

List of 2018 Publications of U.S. Embassy: https://ge.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grant-programs/book-translation-program-pas/

East European University became winner of the ,,Erasmus+ Credit Mobility 2016”  Grant Competition. ,,Erasmus+ Credit Mobility” project finances students, professors and university stuff for exchange programs. The memorandum between two universities will define the terms of the competition, the criteria of selecting applicants and so on. The winner partner universities get EU funding and ensure the mobility of students and academic stuff. The partner of the East European University is the Educational University of Austria.

for more details please find: link 

TOLERANCE AND INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION SCHOOL

East European University won in a project of season schools grant competition which was announced by national foundation of Shota Rustaveli. The name of the project is “tolerance and intercultural education school” the project will be implemented in  22-29 november of 2015. The scientific director of the project is Doctor of Philology, Doctor of Education, Ms. Nino Sozashvili. Participation in program  is allowed not only for   students of East European university, also for Graduate students  of in the field of educational from the following universities:

• Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University
• Akaki Tsereteli State University
• Samtskhe-Javakheti State University
• Gori State Teaching University
• Iakob GogebaSvili Tevali State University

East European University became winner of the ,,Erasmus+ Credit Mobility 2015”  Grant Competition. ,,Erasmus+ Credit Mobility” project finances students, professors and university stuff for exchange programs. The memorandum between two universities will define the terms of the competition, the criteria of selecting applicants and so on. The winner partner universities get EU funding and ensure the mobility of students and academic stuff. The partner of the East European University is the Educational University of Austria.

for more details please find: link