Social Science in the Caucasus

A string of social science snapshots, remarks, observations, data from the South Caucasus.

Monday, July 29, 2019

Perceived Threats to Georgia’s Security

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Russian aggression is a key security issue for Georgia. In August 2008, a war broke out over the South Ossetia region with Russia party to t...
Monday, July 22, 2019

Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future Project Meets in Tbilisi

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The fifth international meeting of the Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe's Future’s (CHIEF project) was held on July 17-18, 201...
Monday, July 15, 2019

The direction Georgia’s headed in

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The most recent NDI polling showed a decline in the direction the country was heading. Though not the direct cause by any means, the growing...
Tuesday, July 09, 2019

Who is afraid of the Lugar Centre?

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[Note: This piece was written by David Sichinava, the Research Director at CRRC-Georgia, and co-published on OC Media . The views expressed ...
Monday, July 01, 2019

Judges in the criminal justice system: A new study

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What is the role of judges in the criminal justice system? Are there obstacles that judges face to providing fair, impartial, and human righ...
Monday, June 24, 2019

How is memory about Stalin kept in contemporary Georgia?

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[This blog post was written by Rati Shubladze and Tamar Khoshtaria within the auspices of the CHIEF project. It was originally published her...
Monday, June 17, 2019

Do Georgians understand what gender equality means?

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[This article was co-published with OC-Media . The views expressed in this article are the author's alone and do not reflect the views o...
Monday, June 03, 2019

It’s the economy stupid: An experiment on Georgian support for the European Union

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Georgians are enthusiastic in supporting the country’s accession to the European Union. Since 2012, when the National Democratic Institute (...
Monday, May 27, 2019

Does our algorithm still work?

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Within the Russian Propaganda Barometer Project , funded by USAID through EWMI’s ACCESS program, CRRC-Georgia created a model, using a k-nea...
Monday, May 20, 2019

Grit among young people in Georgia

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Angela Duckworth’s concept grit has gained a great deal of attention in recent years. Grit, described as some combination of perseverance a...
Monday, May 13, 2019

Pessimism about Georgia’s direction hides room for optimism

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[Note: This article was co-published with OC-Media . The article was written by Koba Turmanidze, the Director of CRRC-Georgia. The views exp...
Tuesday, May 07, 2019

Men report doing more at home than they likely do in Armenia and Georgia

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[Note: This article first appeared in OC-Media .] In Armenia and Georgia, traditional gender roles continue to define the division of labo...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Who doesn’t want democracy for Georgia?

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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Georgia adopted western-style democratic institutions. They have never functioned in a fully democra...
Monday, April 22, 2019

Perceptions of prosecutors’ and judges’ wheelings and dealings

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On January 19th, 2019 the Rustavi 2 TV channel broadcast an investigative documentary Studio Monitor and Radio Liberty produced. The documen...
Monday, April 15, 2019

Georgians are split over the Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia

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On November 3, 2018 Rustavi 2 broadcasted an investigative film created by the Studio Monitor and Radio Liberty about a suspended investigat...
Monday, April 08, 2019

The election environment in minority areas of Georgia is getting worse

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[Note: This article was published together with OC-Media . It was written by Dustin Gilbreath. The views presented in this article do not ne...
Tuesday, April 02, 2019

Georgia’s far-right are anti-Russian but share Russian narratives

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[Note: This article was published in OC-Media . It is available in Georgian, here.   David Sichinava is the Research Director at CRRC-Georgi...
Monday, March 25, 2019

Anti-western discourse dashboard: Tracking what the far-right is talking about on Georgian language Facebook

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Within the framework of the Russian Propaganda Barometer project, funded by EWMI’s ACCESS program, CRRC-Georgia developed an anti-Western di...
Monday, March 18, 2019

Parents think Georgia’s schools are fine. But are students actually learning?

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[Note: This article was originally published here with OC-Media . It is available in Georgian here . This article was written by Meagan Neal...
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