Professor Miranda Giorgashvili
Professor Miranda Giorgashvili is the Head of the School of Social Sciences at Kutaisi International University. She earned her PhD in Psychology from Tbilisi State University in 2019. From 2012 to 2024, she held various academic positions—including invited lecturer, assistant professor, and full professor—across multiple universities.
Following her doctoral studies, she further advanced her qualifications in psychotherapy through specialized training at the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society (USA) and the Stephen Mitchell Relational Study Center (USA) from 2021 to 2023. Since 2021, she has been actively engaged in clinical practice, specializing in psychodynamic group psychotherapy and psychodynamic individual psychotherapy. She is currently a member of the Lacanian Psychoanalytic Society and is undergoing training as a psychoanalyst.
Professor Giorgashvili’s academic interests include social psychology, small-group and mass psychology, and political psychology. Her research focuses on social perception, information processing mechanisms, the influence of emotions on political decision-making, and the impact of contemporary culture on individual psychology.
