Dea Tsartsidze is faculty at the University of Georgia and an international MEL practitioner with 15+ years of experience across 100+ countries. She developed Georgia’s first policy monitoring methodology, recognized by EU and OECD, and was a Molly Hageboeck Award finalist for MEL Innovation. Her work spans governance, media, and development, advancing evidence-based decision-making and building evaluation capacity through innovative methods and strategic learning systems. She specializes in mixed-method research, policy evaluation, and is passionate about transforming complex data into actionable insights for evidence-based decision-making and organizational learning.
Dea Tsartsidze is faculty at the University of Georgia and an international MEL practitioner with 15+ years of experience across 100+ countries. She developed Georgia's first policy monitoring methodology, recognized by EU and OECD, and was a Molly Hageboeck Award finalist for MEL Innovation. Her work spans governance, media, and development, advancing evidence-based decision-making and building evaluation capacity through innovative methods and strategic learning systems. She specializes in mixed-method research, policy evaluation, and is passionate about transforming complex data into actionable insights for evidence-based decision-making and organizational learning.