Ketevani Kapanadze, Ph.D.

Ketevani Kapanadze is a postdoctoral researcher at the ERUNI Open Research Prague. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Marmara University in Istanbul, a Master’s degree in Mathematical Economics from the University of Tartu, Estonia, and a Ph.D. in Economics and Econometrics from CERGE-EI, Charles University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of regional economics, economic geography, remote sensing, and European integration. During her doctoral studies, she was a visiting researcher at the Center for Real Estate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ketevani was a visiting lecturer at Masaryk University and at the International School of Economics in Tbilisi. In 2023, she was a faculty lecturer and postdoctoral researcher on a Horizon Europe project at the Department of Economics and Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, Charles University. Ketevani has presented her research at the Congress of the European Economic Association in two consecutive years, 2022 and 2023. She received the Young Economist of the Year award from the Czech Economic Society in 2021.

Qualification

Ph.D.

CERGE-EI, Economics and Econometrics, 2023

Master’s Degree

CERGE-EI, Economics and Econometrics, 2018

University of Tartu, Mathematical Economics, 2016

Bachelor’s Degree

Marmara University, Economics, 2014

Experience

2024present, ERUNI Open Research Prague, Postdoctoral Research Fellow

20242023, EqualStrength, Postdoctoral researcher on Horizon Europe project funded by the European Union

20242023, Charles University, Faculty of Law, Economics Department, Assistant Professor (non-tenure)

20242022, National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Disease and Systemic Risks (SYRI), Team member

20242020, CERGE-EI Foundation Teaching Fellow (NY, USA)

2023, International School of Economics in Tbilisi, Econometrics, Lecturer

2021, Masaryk University, Econometrics & Macroeconomics, Lecturer

Publications (last 5 years, selected)

Bring Together What Belongs Together. The Case of Divided Cities in Europe, R&R at Journal of Regional Science

Checkmate! Losing with Borders, Winning with Centers. The Case of European Integration, R&R at Journal of Economic Geography

Checkmate! Losing with Borders, Winning with Centers. The Case of European Integration. CERGE-EI Working Paper Series, No 716.

Hobbies

Painting, Photography, Puzzling