2014 Archives - Page 10 of 115

2 June, 2014

Data on employment and perceptions about work present an interesting lens on Georgia. This is especially true since the official unemployment rate is 15% according to Geostat in 2012, and 31% of the population is unemployed and seeking work in Georgia as of September…

WiP: Putin’s Salami Tactics, Annexation and Ukraine, June 4 – Richard W. Maass

2 June, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 16th talk in the Spring/Summer 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Richard W. Maass, Cornell University
“Putin’s Salami Tactics, Annexation and Ukraine” Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at 6:15pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St. 3, Tbilisi

CRRC Georgia responds to the announcement of TV3

30 May, 2014

CRRC Georgia responds to the May 23 announcement of TV3, in which the channel disagrees with the evaluations written in the first report of television monitoring conducted by CRRC Georgia.

Smoking in the South Caucasus and tobacco policy in Azerbaijan

28 May, 2014

May 31st is World No Tobacco Day as declared by the United Nations. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco usage is the primary reason for chronic diseases including “cancer, lung diseases, cardiovascular diseases” among other diseases.…

WiP: The Emergence and Evolution of Entrepreneurship in Georgia, May 28 – Philippe Rudaz

27 May, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 15th talk in the Spring 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Philippe Rudaz, University of Fribourg, Project Coordinator at Academic Swiss Caucasus Net
“The Emergence and Evolution of Entrepreneurship in Georgia” Wednesday, 28 May, 2014 at…

CRRC Research Methods Conference 2014

25 May, 2014

The conference focused on constructive “how-to” discussions, thus offering researchers the opportunity to discuss and compare their methods and findings. To achieve high quality discussion and feedback for presenters, a limited number of papers were accepted from scholars and researchers…

WiP: U.S.-Georgian Educational Exchange, May 21 – Chase Stoudenmire

20 May, 2014

American Councils, CRRC and ARISC present the 14th talk in the Spring 2014 Works-in-Progress Series! Chase Stoudenmire, University of Arkansas and NSEP Boren Fellow
“U.S.-Georgian Educational Exchange: A Recent History” Wednesday, 21 May, 2014 at 6:15pm
EPF/CRRC-Georgia, Kavsadze St. 3,…

Paternalism in Georgia

19 May, 2014

According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, paternalism is “the interference of a state or an individual with another person against their will motivated by a claim that the person interfered with will be better off or protected from harm”…