dr. M. Lordkipanidze (Maia)

Education coordinator for the Master of Environmental and Energy Management programme (MEEM). Specialized in the field of governance, environmental management and policy with expertise in protected areas, governance assessment, ecosystem resilience and water management.

Social Sciences

# Governance
# National Park
# Resilience

Earth & Environmental Sciences

# Drought
# Ecosystem Resilience
# National Park
# Protected Area
# Water

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS), Education Service Centre (OSC)

Recent research focused on the challenges of governance complexity in protecting significant ecosystems, aiming at governance assessment to enhance resilience in natural areas; was involved in the coordination of the EU funded project on resource efficiency and bio-economy in the frame of Interreg Europe programme; Experienced in the development of project proposals for EU Interregional cooperation programmes, such as Interreg Europe/ Interreg NSR programmes.

Krozer, Y. , Coenen, F., Hanganu, J. , Lordkipanidze, M., & Sbarcea, M. (2020). Towards innovative governance of nature areas. Sustainability (Switzerland), 12(24), [624]. https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410624

Lordkipanidze, M. , Bressers, H. , & Lulofs, K. (2020). Comparative assessment of water governance in protected areas. Water, 12(3), [740]. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12030740

Krozer, Y. , & Lordkipanidze, M. (2019). Bioresources for Cultural Services. In Y. Krozer, & M. Narodoslawsky (Eds.), Economics of Bioresources : Concepts, Tools, Experiences (pp. 195-205). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14618-4_13

Lordkipanidze, M. (2019). Governance for resilience: Assessing how governance influences implementation of resilience measures in nature areas. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036547451

Lordkipanidze, M. , Lulofs, K. , & Bressers, H. (2019). Towards a new model for the governance of the Weerribben-Wieden National Park. Science of the total environment, 648, 56-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.121

Lordkipanidze, M. , Bressers, H. , & Lulofs, K. (2019). Governance assessment of a protected area: the case of the Alde Feanen National Park. Journal of environmental planning and management, 62(4), 647-670. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2018.1441014

Ph.D. (2019) in the field of Governance for Resilience from the University of Twente, and MSc degree (2001-2002) in the field of Environmental Management and Policy from the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University, Sweden. Experienced in the development and application of environmental strategies to promote preventative approaches to environmental problems, educated to use knowledge from disciplines including engineering, natural sciences, business administration, economics, law, and social sciences to anticipate and prevent the occurrence of environmental problems. BA degree (1994-1999) from the Institute of Ecology, Environment, and Agribusiness at Georgia Academy of Sciences (Georgia) in the field of Accounting and Audit in Agribusiness.

Master

Environmental and Energy Management

Coordination and communication of the Delta Lady project which is funded by EU Interreg Europe programme. It aims to foster sustainable use of natural and cultural heritage for regional economy in European river deltas. Previously, involved in the DROP project, “benefits of governance in DROught adaPtation” in the frame of the Interreg IVB NWE programme. Prior to my research, I worked for the Province of Friesland in Leeuwarden, at the department of the European Programs and Projects, undertaking research, advising and assisting with the development of project proposals related to the regional development and innovations. I also worked for Cartesius Institute for Sustainable Innovations of the Dutch Technical Universities (Delft, Eindhoven and Twente), has been involved in the EU Interreg projects related to protected areas, sustainable innovations and water management.