Team

The people behind CDGR

Founding Director

Dr. Elguja Khokrishvili

Elguja Khokrishvili is a political economist working on EU external relations, democratic resilience, and reform in transition countries. He served as Ambassador of Georgia to Germany from 2017 to 2019. He has held research fellowships at Freie Universität Berlin under the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Chair and at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, and taught at IU International University. He holds a Dr. rer. pol. from the University of Potsdam.

Co-Founder

Dimitri Tskitishvili

Dimitri Tskitishvili is a political analyst working on foreign policy and democratic reform in transition countries. He served as Deputy Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Georgian Parliament from 2016 to 2019. From 2020 to 2024 he chaired Georgia Progressive Forum, a social democratic think tank based in Tbilisi.

Advisory Board

CDGR’s Advisory Board is currently being established. Members will be announced in due course.

Fellows and associates

CDGR will host visiting fellows and associated researchers working on the Black Sea region, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia. Calls for applications will be published here.