CRRC Podcast

About 17 years after Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia, this episode examines whether time has cooled or intensified emotions around the occupied territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Drawing from CRRC-Georgia’s 2024 study of nearly 2,000 respondents, we explore how…

Nearly half of Georgians hold loan debt, with one in five struggling to make payments. Are loans simply another form of gambling?

In this episode of the CRRC-Georgia podcast we examine the surprising gap between Georgians’ personal beliefs and what they think their communities believe about gender equality. Drawing on findings from UN Women’s and CRRC Georgia’s 2024 Gender Equality Attitudes Study,…

In this episode of the CRRC-Georgia Podcast, we explore IREX Georgia’s and CRRC Researchers’ Zachary Fabos and Makhare Atchaidze’s “2024 Media Consumption Survey”, revealing a historic shift in Georgia: more people now get their news from social media and messaging…

In this episode we examine political polarization in Georgia through CRRC-Georgia survey data, distinguishing between two key types: affective polarization (emotional distance between political opponents) and ideological polarization (disagreements over policy and institutions).
While Georgia shows relatively low affective polarization,…

Despite alarmingly high rates of workplace sexual harassment in Georgia, affecting nearly a quarter of private sector employees and a third of civil servants, formal reporting remains rare, and the problem persists. This episode of the CRRC-Georgia Podcast explores why.…

This episode explores the mixed reception of Russian migrants who have chosen to settle in Georgia following the onset of the War in Ukraine in 2021. Informed by survey findings and publications by CRRC-Georgia Researchers Givi Silagadze and Zachary Fabos…