Nina Shengelia

Dr. Nina Shengelia, a UK-qualified lawyer based in Tbilisi, Georgia (currently a Policy Leader Fellow at European University Institute in Florence), combines her expertise in academics, legal practice, and media literacy with a focus on disinformation. Her research centers on platform governance, digital rights, and the extraterritorial impact of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), with a specific focus on Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova. Her work includes analysis of trusted flagger mechanisms and systemic risk assessments under the DSA framework. Dr. Shengelia serves on the High-Level Expert Group at International Media Support (IMS) that explores extraterritorial application of DSA with a particular focus on Georgia, Moldova, and Russia.