Natia Kekenadze is a Ph.D. Student (Urban Studies) and independent researcher with over ten years of experience in social research. Her academic career includes research projects on urban development, suburbs, urban movements, women’s engagement in political decision-making, participatory planning practices, and local governments. As a researcher, project manager, and coordinator, she worked with various groups of academic institutions, such as Tbilisi State University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and international organizations, such as American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC), UNDP

Georgia, Open Society Foundations, USAID, Rosa-Luxembourg Foundation (Germany); Heinrich Boell Foundation.