Zarina was a Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar at Elliott School of International Affairs, IERES, George Washington University (2019–2020).
She holds PhD in political science from the University of Zurich.
She also serves as a Secretary General and founding member of the Georgian Association for Public Opinion Research.
Her research interests include comparative politics, democratisation, political violence, democracy promotion and autocracy promotion.
Dr. Burkadze is the author of Great Power Competition and the Path to Democracy – The Case of Georgia, 1991-2020, Rochester University Press, 2022.
