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WiP: “The Impact of Religious Intervention on Fertility Rates: A Synthetic Control Analysis of Patriarch Ilia II’s Influence in Georgia”

10 September, 2025

CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are pleased to announce the 1st session of the Fall 2025 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! This week’s session will be ONLINE ONLY on Zoom. “The Impact of Religious Intervention on Fertility Rates: A Synthetic Control Analysis…

CRRC Podcast | Episode 6 – How Conservative Are Georgians Really? Understanding the Gap Between Personal Beliefs and Perceived Social Norms in Gender Equality

8 September, 2025

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,…

Georgia, the European Union, and the Future of Visa Liberalization: What Do the People Think?

4 September, 2025

The results of a telephone survey carried out by CRRC-Georgia in August 2025 clearly reveal that the Georgian public is still strongly pro-Western, with widespread support for EU membership. The public agrees that suspending visa-free travel with the EU would…

CRRC Podcast | Episode 5 – How Are Georgians Getting Their News?

22 August, 2025

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…

CRRC Podcast | Episode 4 – What Does Polarization in Georgia Look Like?

8 August, 2025

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,…

Invitation for young people – join the training on social research methods!

1 August, 2025

Invitation for young people – join the training on social research methods!

WiP: “Otar Ioseliani’s ‘Old Georgian Songs’: The Sight and Sound of Labor in Late Soviet Georgia”

30 July, 2025

CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are pleased to announce the 15th session of the Spring/Summer 2025 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series! This week’s session will be in hybrid format in-person at the CRRC Georgia office and online via Zoom. “Otar Ioseliani’s ‘Old…

CRRC Podcast | Episode 3 – Why does sexual harassment persist in Georgia’s workplaces?

25 July, 2025

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.…