From 1997 to 2001, she studied at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Georgian Language and Literature, and was awarded a Bachelor’s academic degree in Georgian Language and Literature. In 2001, she completed her studies at the Faculty of Humanities of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and received a Master’s academic degree in Philology. In 2011, she studied Business Administration at the Free University of Tbilisi and earned a CBA qualification. In 2023, she became a Gestalt therapist certified by the Georgian National Gestalt Institute (EAGT), and in 2024, she completed a two-year program “Gestalt in Organizations” (GPO). In 2023, she was awarded a Doctoral degree in Political Science at Caucasus International University.
Since 2025, within the Doctoral Program in Mass Communication at Caucasus International University, she has been working on her second doctoral research topic: “The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Communicative Architecture: Disinformation Tools in News Broadcasts.” Magda Kotrikadze is an Associate Professor and lecturer in higher education institutions and is the author of the “Psychopr” methodology. She holds international certificates in strategic communications and Trainer of Trainers (TOT) and is an active trainer.Since 2018, Magda Kotrikadze has served as the Head of the Public Relations Department at the Pension Agency. Since 2021, she has hosted the radio program “Maestro’s Anatomy.” She has led public relations departments in various sectors (clinics, holdings, private companies) and has more than 15 years of leadership experience in the public sector.Between 2020 and 2021, she worked as an assistant professor within the Georgian National Gestalt Institute program. In 2021, she founded LLC “Chameleon,” under which three dramaturgical festivals were organized. Since 2022, she has been the Director of the NGO “Psychosocial Protection, Safety and Integration.”
From 2013 to 2017, she worked at the Social Service Agency in various positions, including Head of Public Relations. From 2016 to 2018, she worked in organizational PR for “Psychoproject.” Between 2014 and 2015, she was Head of PR for the NGO “Oxygen of Democracy.” From 2017 to 2020, she served as Head of PR at the International Center for Democratic Initiatives, implementing six projects aimed at raising political awareness.From 2011 to 2012, she worked in the analytical monitoring group at Info9 and as a journalist at TV company “Maestro.” Between 2009 and 2011, she was Director of the Tskneti Children’s Home. From 2004 to 2006, she taught Georgian Language and Literature at Demirel School and worked as a news anchor at Adjara TV. From 2000 to 2004, she was Assistant to the General Manager of the Enguri HPP Rehabilitation Project funded by Eurobank and the European Commission.She holds a TOT (Trainer of Trainers) qualification based on Cambridge methodology and is a certified Trainer of Trainers specialist (under the guidance of Z. Mkheidze). In 2022, she won a fundamental research grant from Caucasus International University and conducted a study titled “Research on Deception Using Neurofeedback and Biofeedback Devices.”