Social Science in the Caucasus

Continuing to explore standards of living in the South Caucasus, this blog looks at the between four sources of household income and materi...

CRRC’s report “How Does the South Caucasus Compare?” aims to put attitudes towards gender in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, the three coun...

Using data from the Caucasus Barometer, Ken Roberts and Gary Pollock argue that "in economic and socio-political terms there are as yet...

When presenting our work, or talking about it informally, we are asked fairly similar questions: do you do your interviewing in all of the c...

By David McArdle Earlier this week, The Economist pointed out some data from the 2008 European Social Survey (ESS) on attendance at religio...

What are the patterns in how the respondents are rated by the interviewers? The relevance of this question is beyond doubt, as patterns in s...

Following an article on Georgians’ attitudes toward Russia , CRRC Fellows Therese Svensson and Julia Hon have written a new piece for CAD , ...

By Jesse Tatum and Vazha Burduli From environmental catastrophe to violence, our world currently faces serious challenges with long-term co...

The CRRC’s annual Data Initiative Survey will be renamed into the Caucasus Barometer starting from 2010. At CRRC, we think that the new name...

During the last two decades, Georgia has created new government institutions designed to serve as the tools and safeguards of democracy. But...

It is often stated that life in a city is fundamentally different from that in rural areas. In the West, village life is said to be more int...

How are Georgians doing financially, how much do they earn and what do they spend on? CRRC’s Data Initiative allows for an in-depth analysis...

Robia Charles, a fellow at CRRC Georgia from January to June 2009, has written a paper to examine determinants of trust in religious institu...

Many scholars have commented on the influence of the Russia-Georgian war on foreign policy strategies in the Caucasus. In contrast, little a...

What are some of the most urgent health issues in the South Caucasus? And can any differences be seen between Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgi...

Have banking and financial services penetrated most households in the South Caucasus? Due to the topicality of finance news, an investigatio...

According to a Gallup poll , Azerbaijan is considered to be one of the least religious countries in the world. Now, whereas this may be shoc...

Who secures personal safety in the South Caucasus? CRRC DI has an answer to this question and a surprising answer at that. We asked around ...

What's the level of engagement in the three countries of the South Caucasus? Are people involved? Are they staying abreast of what goes ...

Unemployment clearly is one of the pressing issues in the South Caucasus. But there is a lack of reliable data on people being without and l...