Dr. Tinatin Akhvlediani is a Research Fellow and Head of Financial Markets and Institutions (FMI) Unit at CEPS. Her research covers EU’s financial stability and financial services. Before becoming the Head of FMI Unit, Tinatin has been a Research Fellow at CEPS’s EU Foreign Policy Unit, where she specialised on the EU’s trade and neighbourhood policies with the focus on the Eastern Europe and Ukraine.

Tinatin is a frequent commentator at major media outlets, including BBC, Euronews, Bloomberg, Deutsche Welle, Voice of America and the main TV channels in Georgia. In 2020, Tinatin was listed among 30 Under 30 in the category of science by Forbes Georgia. The research outcomes of her academic and policy studies have been presented widely, in Europe as well as in Canada, United States, China, Australia, Qatar and Thailand.

Her research includes academic papers published in scientific journals, book chapters as well as policy studies delivered for the European Parliament, European Commission, European Committee of the Regions, and several international organisations. Besides, her research activities, Tinatin contributes to CEPS Young Thinkers Initiative with an objective to mainstream young voices at the high-level policy debates.