CRRC Podcast

Between 2022 and 2023, Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party ramped up anti-Western rhetoric on Facebook. Drawing on CRRC-Georgia’s and the Social Justice Center’s research, this episode unpacks how these narratives emerged, evolved, and spread, from conspiracies surrounding NGOs to open…

Although the rate of workplace sexual harassment in Georgia is high – nearly one in four private sector employees and one in three public sector employees have experienced it – the rate of seeking help through formal channels remains low.…

New Episode of the CRRC Georgia’s Podcast is live! – Are Young Georgians More Politically Engaged Than Older Generations? As protests continue on Tbilisi’s Rustaveli Avenue, young Georgians have taken center stage, waving EU flags, facing riot police, and demanding…

The CRRC Georgia’s first Georgian-language podcast episode is live – Enemy or Ally? Attitudes toward Russian Migrants in Georgia!

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…