Although the operations of many businesses and organizations have been brought to a crashing halt due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, ISET has refused to allow the crisis to hinder its work. Over the last few months, all teaching and academic activity have been shifted online using Zoom, a format that works equally well for operations of ISET Policy Institute and its efforts to serve as a knowledge accumulation and exchange platform in the lock-down.
„სასტუმრო მეტროპოლი, რომელიც მოსკოვში, წითელი მოედნიდან სულ რამდენიმე ქუჩის მოშორებით დგას, გაზაფხულის ამ მოღუშულ დღეს თითქმის ცარიელია. ეს სულაც არ აწუხებს ჯეფრი საქსს, 38 წლის ბიჭური შესახედაობის პროფესორს ჰარვარდიდან, რომელიც ახლა, ალბათ, მსოფლიოში ყველაზე მნიშვნელოვან ეკონომისტად ითვლება. პროფესორმა საქსმა მისი გუნდის ორ წევრთან, რუსეთში მომუშავე ამერიკელებთან შესახვედრად კომფორტული სავარძელები შეაგროვა სასტუმროში.
ISET Policy Institute is seeking a researcher which will support the ISET team working on the institutionalization of Gender Impact Assessment (GIA) and piloting three GIAs for the target national institutions.
ISET’s track record in sending its graduates into prestigious jobs or Ph.D. programs speaks for itself, and these opportunities are major points of attraction for would-be ISETers. However, the benefits of becoming an ISET graduate are best demonstrated when members of its alumni return and connect with the next generations.
On December 5, the Effective Data Visualization workshop – which was hosted by ISET in collaboration with ForSet and DarkHorse Analytics of Canada – officially came to a close when an award ceremony was held for those participants whose academic performance, significant achievements in data-related economics subjects and outstanding motivation to build future careers in the data-driven economy were of the highest. The winning team received a prize worth 1000 lari.