Katie Sartania is currently studying at the Modern Georgian History master's program at Ilia State University. Her research experience concerns the recent history of Georgia: protest movements and narratives of independence. At various times, she worked for local and regional non-governmental organizations on research on history and social issues, such as housing policy, IDPs and political identity of social groups in modern Georgia. She has written more than ten articles and reports (in Georgian and English) on the modern history of Georgia, protest movements and social policy in Georgia.
Her research interests are: modern Georgian history, social and dissident movements, nationalism and nationalist movements, social protest movements, revolution and social politics. In the research direction, he works on the theoretical and practical development of oral history research methodology. Since 2022, she has been a member of the Georgian Public Opinion Research Association (GAPOR).
Katie Sartania is a researcher of Soviet history at Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) and a PhD student in Berlin, Germany. Her doctoral research focuses on the Georgian perspective on Soviet legality and justice, specifically dissident activities and the legacy of Stalin's influence (1950-1980). Her research topics include protest and resistance in the late Soviet South Caucasus, dissident movements, the compatibility of law and justice, post-Soviet social movements, and nationalism.