CSB Research Center has summarized the 2024 calendar year. The meeting was attended by eight academic staff members holding doctoral degrees.

On December 23, 24 and 25, the master's theses defense of the Caucasus School of Business Master's Program students was held at Caucasus University.

On December 26, Caucasus University hosted the region's largest hackathon competition, bringing together over 70 students who demonstrated their hacking skills.

Caucasus University Jean Monnet Center of Excellence for EU Policy Transposition (EUPOLTRANS) published a collection of research articles about EU-Georgia policies. These policies are covered by the Association Agreement and represent important EU acquis for the accession process as well.

On December 25, the International Relations Department held an orientation meeting for students participating in the university exchange programs.

Within the Jean Monnet project Integrating EU Models of Media Literacy Education into Georgian Academic Sphere (EUMLGE), from February to October 2024 meetings were held with schoolteachers at private school Tamarioni in Gori, public school of village Khidistavi in Gori, private school Qorali in Tbilisi, public school of village Zubi and teachers of four Tbilisi based public schools at Tbilisi Youth House Foundation.

Dr. Khatuna Burkadze, a Professor at Caucasus University and Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Georgian think tank Geocase, delivered a speech on the role of AI in higher education at the international conference “Education, Technology and Innovation.”

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy (Scopus Q3) has published an article titled “Western Sanctions Evasion through Third Countries: The Case of Sanctioned Cars Re-export to Russia” co-authored by Vakhtang Partsvaniya, Professor of Management, and Erekle Pirveli, Professor of Accounting and Finance.

The results of a study conducted at Caucasus University titled “Pregnant Mothers’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Towards Prevention of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Georgia” were published in the influential international refereed journal “Al-Kindy College Medical Journal”.

The results of a study conducted at Caucasus University titled “Pregnant Mothers’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Towards Prevention of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Georgia” were published in the influential international refereed journal “Al-Kindy College Medical Journal”.

Students from grades 11 and 12 of Kutaisi Public School N24, along with the school principal, Rusudan Karkadze, visited Caucasus University.

On December 23, 2024, Akaki Mosakhlishvili, a student in the English-language doctoral program in Economics at the School of Economics, successfully presented his dissertation in a public defense at Caucasus University.

Maksim Iavich, Professor at Caucasus University, Director of the Cybersecurity Center, and President of the Scientific Cybersecurity Association, has been awarded the honorary title of Doctor of Sciences by the Academic Council of the National Aviation University of Ukraine.

The Cybersecurity Center team of Caucasus University won the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia Young Scientists Research Grant Competition.

Caucasus University hosted a student group from its partner institution, National Aviation University, as part of the International Winter School.

Caucasus University successfully hosted the hybrid kick-off meeting for the Erasmus+ Capacity Building Project PRODIGE (Promoting Digital Higher Education in Georgia) on December 16-17, 2024.

As part of the RE-DIRECTION project, an ambitious initiative to transform higher education in Ukraine and Georgia, a comprehensive Methodological Framework has been developed.

As part of the Re-Direction project, a transformative initiative aimed at fostering inclusivity and diversity in education, a Collection of Good Practices on Pedagogical Methods to Promote Inclusivity at European Universities has been published. This resource was developed by a team of esteemed academics from Karlshochschule International University.

CSB Professor, Erekle Pirveli’s research “Influencing sustainability: the role of lobbyist characteristics in shaping the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive” has been published in the Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal (Emerald Publishing, Scopus Q1, CiteScore: 9.5; Impact Factor: 5.5).

On December 13, under the auspices of the National Erasmus+ Office of Georgia (NEO), the annual meeting on the Erasmus+ dissemination was held.