Hans Gutbrod is a Professor at Ilia State University in Tbilisi, Georgia. He has written on politics, ethics, and commemoration, and works as a consultant in policy research. He previously was the regional director of the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC). Hans has been working in the Caucasus region since 1999 and holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the London School of Economics. His recent book “Ethics of Political Commemoration: Towards a New Paradigm” (with David Wood, 2023) proposes that the just war tradition can help to order public debates on remembrance.
