Academic publications
Harris-Brandts, S., & Sichinava, D. (2021). Architecture and Friendship Among Nations: The Shifting Politics of Cultural Diplomacy in Tbilisi, Georgia. International Journal of Heritage Studies. AUTHOR’S PROOF; PUBLISHER’S PAGE
Harris-Brandts, S., & Sichinava, D. (2021). The Politics of Urban Recovery in a Stalinist-era Resort Town: Heritage Tourism and Displaced Communities in Tskaltubo, Georgia. In Al-Harithy, H. (Ed.), Urban Recovery Intersecting Displacement with Post War Reconstruction. Routledge. AUTHOR’S PROOF; PUBLISHER’S PAGE
Rekhviashvili, L., Sichinava, D., & Berikishvili, E. (2020). Urban protest movements in Tbilisi: movements are strong, but big capital is stronger. In Dariyeva, T., & Neugebauer, C.S. (Eds.), Urban Activism in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. DOM Publishers. PREPRINT, PDF PUBLISHER’S PAGE, GATED
Sichinava, D. (2020). Elections, Political Parties and Social Change in Georgia (2003-2016). In Jones, S.F., & MacFarlane, N. (Eds.), Georgia: From Autocracy to Democracy. University of Toronto Press. AUTHOR’S PROOF, PDF PUBLISHER’S PAGE, GATED
Sichinava, D. (2020). Cleavages, Electoral Geography and the Territorialization of Political Parties in the Republic of Georgia. In O’Loughlin, J. & Clem, R. S. (Eds.), Political Geographies of the Post-Soviet Union. Routledge. PUBLISHER’S PAGE, GATED
Sichinava, D., & Salukvadze, J. (2019). Changing Times, Persistent Inequalities? Patterns of Housing Infrastructure Development in the South Caucasus. In T. Tuvikene, C. S. Neugebauer, & W. Sgibnev (Eds.), Post-Socialist Urban Infrastructures. Routledge. PDF PUBLISHER’S PAGE, OPEN ACCESS
Sichinava, D. (2017). Cleavages, electoral geography, and the territorialization of political parties in the Republic of Georgia. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 1–21. PDF, REPLICATION
Salukvadze, J., Sichinava, D., & Gogishvili, D. (2015). Socio-economic and Spatial Factors of Alienation and Segregation of Internally Displaced Persons in the Cities of Georgia. Spatial Inequality and Cohesion: Studia Regionalia, 38, 45–60. PDF
Sichinava, D. (2015). Understanding Voter Decision-making in the Urban Context of Tbilisi. In H. Gutbrod (Ed.), From Private to Public: Transformation of Social Spaces in the South Caucasus. South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation. PDF
Sichinava, D. (2015). Cleavage Theory and the Electoral Geographies of Georgia. In Nodia, G. & C. Stefes (Eds.), Security, Democracy and Development in the Southern Caucasus and the Black Sea Region, Interdisciplinary Studies on Central and Eastern Europe, Vol. 14, 27-44. Bern: Peter Lang. PDF
Chkhaidze, V., Gogsadze, G., Salukvadze, J., & Sichinava, D. (2008). General Characteristics and Regional Patterns of Electoral Behavior: 2008 Presidential Elections in Georgia. Region and Regionalism, 9(2), 65–78. PDF
Other publications
Zubashvili, N., & D. Sichinava. (2022, June 8). Youth in Georgia have little trust in unions. OC Media. ENGLISH
Sichinava, D., & O. Saldadze (2022, May 10). Georgian Public Opinion on the State Security Services (SSG) Files. OC Media. ENGLISH
Sichinava, D. (2022, April 1). South Caucasus and Russia’s War in Ukraine. Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University. ENGLISH
Zubashvili, N., & D. Sichinava. (2022, March 9). Young Georgians Do Not Want a Military Solution in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. OC Media. ENGLISH
Sichinava, D. & Saldadze, O. (2021, September 28). What do Georgians think about Tbilisi Pride? OC Media. ENGLISH GEORGIAN
Sichinava, D. (2021, August 31). Georgia has a vaccine inequality problem. OC Media. ENGLISH GEORGIAN
Sichinava, D. (2021, March 30). Georgia among worst in the world for vaccine hesitancy. OC-Media ENGLISH GEORGIAN
Sichinava, D. (2021). A View of the Pandemic from the City of Balconies. ENGLISH PDF
Sichinava, D. (2020, 25 October). Georgian Political Parties on Education and Healthcare, Netgazeti GEORGIAN
Sichinava, D. (2020, August 24). Georgians increasingly open to compromise with Abkhazia and South Ossetia . OC-Media ENGLISH Georgian
Sichinava, D. (2020). How Far is Too Far? Public Opinion on Conflict Resolution in Georgia. Caucasus Analytical Digest, 116. PDF
Sichinava, D. (2020, June 9). Lost in the census: Mingrelian and Svan languages face extinction in Georgia. OC Media. ENGLISH RUSSIAN GEORGIAN
Sichinava, D., & Atchaidze, M. (2020). Minimum Wage in Georgia: Gauging Public Opinion. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Caucasus. ENGLISH PDF GEORGIAN PDF
Sichinava, D., & Gilbreath, D. (2020). Artificial intelligence and Russian propaganda: it’s not what it looks like. OnThinkTanks Annual Review of Technology. ENGLISH
Sichinava, D. (2020, March 9). What kind of electoral system do Georgians actually want? OC Media. ENGLISH
Sichinava, D. (2019, July 9). Who is afraid of the Lugar Centre? OC Media. ENGLISH
Sichinava, D. (2019, April 2). Georgia’s far right are anti-Russian but share Russian narratives. OC Media. ENGLISH
Sichinava, D., & Mzhavanadze, N. (2019, March 1). Georgians support vehicle technical inspections despite the financial burden. OC Media. ENGLISH
Berikishvili, E., & Sichinava, D. (2018). Transformation of Urban Protests in Tbilisi: From Spontaneous Activism to Social Movements. In Neuburg, K., Pranz, S., Tseretelli, W., et al. (Eds.), Archive of Transition. Niggli Verlag Publishers. Salenstein, Switzerland. PDF PUBLISHER’S WEBSITE
Sichinava, D. (2018, March 5). Polarisation in Georgia’s Media Landscape. OC Media. ENGLISH
Sichinava, D. (2018). Attitudes Towards Georgia’s Foreign Policy Choices in Times of Uncertainty Caucasus Analytical Digest, 102. PDF
Sichinava, D. (2017, October 18). Will an Independent Mayoral Candidate Bring Political Change to Georgia? New Eastern Europe. ENGLISH
Gilbreath, D., & Sichinava, D. (2017, April 10). Georgia: Proposed Reform Could Tilt Electoral Field Toward Incumbents. Eurasianet. ENGLISH
Gilbreath, D., & Sichinava, D. (2016, October 6). Georgia is Voting This Saturday. Here Are 7 Things You Should Know. Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog. ENGLISH
[As a special editor:] Sichinava, D. (2016). Cities in the South Caucasus. Caucasus Analytical Digest, 87. PDF
[in Georgian:] Berikishvili, E., Chigholashili, D., Sichinava, D., & Zazanashvili, N. (2016). Anthology of Urban Protests in Tbilisi. South Caucasus Bureau of the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation PDF PUBLISHER’S PAGE
Gilbreath, D., & Sichinava, D. (2015). NGOs and the Georgian Public: Why Communication Matters. Caucasus Analytical Digest, 73. PDF
Sichinava, D. (2014). Book review: South Caucasus at a Crossroad: Thorny Realities and Great Expectations. South Caucasus Bureau of Heinriech Boell Foundation Georgian, ENGLISH
Sichinava, D. (2013). The 2012 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia and Changing Attitudes toward Russia. Caucasus Analytical Digest, 48. PDF
Sichinava, D. (2012). Shades of Red and Blue - Regional Characteristics of Georgia’s 2012 Parliamentary Elections. Caucasus Analytical Digest, 43. PDF
Media appearances
Sector 3 (2020). Disinformation, Covid-19, and public opinion in Georgia Georgian
Netgazeti (2020). Consolidation in Tbilisi, contest in regions: on what Georgian opposition disagrees Georgian
Radio Liberty (2019). Happiness lost Georgian
Radio Liberty (2019). Anti-Western discourse in Georgian-language media Georgian
Sichinava, D. (2018). Georgia elections: Salome Zurabishvili becomes country’s first female president. Interview by Belle Donati. Euronews ENGLISH
Sichinava, D. (2018). Gruusia sotsioloog: Venemaa õõnestab Gruusiat parempopulistide kaudu. [Georgian social scientist: Russia is undermining Georgia with populists]. Interview by Krister Paris. Eesti Päevaleht ESTONIAN, GATED
Radio Liberty (2017). NDI polls are not aimed at predicting election results Georgian