Academic interests
Nationalism, far right, social movements, extra-parliamentary mobilization, framing, social networks, protest
Methods: Qualitative and mixed methods, interviews, frame analysis, protest event analysis, network analysis, content analysis, critical discourse analysis
Courses taught
- STV2370 – Chaos politics? Theory Meets Reality in Comparative Politics (seminarleder)
- PECOS4081 – Design Seminar (seminarleder)
- STV4510 – Terrorism and Political Violence in Western Democracies (undervisningsassistent)
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STV2220 – International Political Economy (seminarleder)
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OADM2100 – Managing and leading public organizations (seminarleder)
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STV1300 – Introduction to Comparative Politics (undervisningsassistent)
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STV4326 – Threats to Modern Democracy (undervisningsassistent)
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STV4208B – International Negotiations (undervisningsassistent)
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STV2380 – Between Authoritarianism and Democracy in the Post-communist Region (foreleser, seminarleder)
Background
Tamta Gelashvili is a PhD candidate at the University of Oslo, affiliated with the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) and a Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). She holds a MPhil degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Oslo, a MSc degree in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Amsterdam and a BA degree in Political Science and International Relations and Business Administration from the American University in Bulgaria. She has previously worked at the Embassy of Georgia to the Kingdom of Norway, Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center, Georgian-American University, University of Georgia and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. Her research interests include post-Soviet politics, nationalism, far right, and social movements.