Dato Laghidze is a PhD student at Social and Cultural Anthropology Program at Ilia State University. In 2016-2018, he studied at MA program on Nationalism at Central European University. In 2013, Dato got his BA Degree from Ilia State University, the Faculty of Law. Currently he is an academic assistant at Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) and an invited Lecturer at Ilia State University.