Ketevani Kapanadze, PhD

Ketevani

Ketevani Kapanadze is a postdoctoral research fellow at the ERUNI. 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 PhD in Economics and Econometrics from CERGE-EI. 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.

PhD

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.

2024–present, ERUNI, Research Fellow

2024–2023, EqualStrength, Postdoctoral Researcher on Horizon Europe project funded by the European Union

2024–2023, Charles University, Faculty of Law, Economics Department, Asst. Prof. (non-tenure)

2024–2022, National Institute for Research on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Disease and Systemic Risks (SYRI), team member

2024–2020, 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).

KAPANADZE, Ketevani, Bring Together What Belongs Together: The Case of Divided Cities in Europe. SSRN Working Paper. 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5018991.

KAPANADZE, K., PYTLIKOVÁ, M. Europe, we have a problem! The Economic Effects of Border Controls during COVID-19. Working Paper. 2024.

KAPANADZE, Ketevani. Losing with Borders, Winning with Centers. The Case of European Integration. CERGE-EI Working Paper Series 716. 2021. ISSN 1211-3298.

Hobbies.

Painting, Photography, Puzzling