1. Department of Political Science, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
2. Institute of Slavic Languages and Caucasus Studies, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
3. School of Arts and Sciences, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
4. Georgian Institute of Politics, Tbilisi, Georgia
5. Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal