David Sichinava

This is a list of research projects I’ve been involved in personal capacities as an academic researcher. For projects at my work refer to respective organizations’ websites.

  • [Co-Investigator] 2023–2025: ”Megaproject Mirages: Uncovering the Politico-Economic Uses of Speculative Eco-Flagships in the ’Global East,’” funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC Insight Development Grant, CAD $64,220).
  • [Co-investigator, project lead Prof. Jeff Sahaeo, Carleton University] 2022: ”Displacement in Wartime: Routes and Destinations, Space, Place and Pluralism: Russia’s Invasion, Ukrainian Actions and Consequences for Europe and Eurasia,” funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC Connection Grant, CAD $49,895).
  • [Co-applicant in Georgia, project lead Dr. Lela Rekhviashvili, Leibnitz Institute for Regional Geography] 2019-2020: ”Green Mobilisations in the cities of Central Asia and the South Caucasus,” funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (CAD $60,000)
  • [Principal Investigator] 2019-2021: ”Examining the Social Impacts of Large, Private Sector Urban Development in Batumi and Tbilisi, Georgia,” funded by the Georgian National Science Foundation (CAD $50,000). Project webiste
  • [Principal Investigator] 2018: ”Elites, Historical Legacies, and Electoral Behavior in Georgia,” funded by the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Tbilisi State University (CAD $6,000)
  • [Senior Researcher] 2015: ”Spatial Aspects of Urban Development of Tbilisi: The Influence of Mobility on Change of Social Environment,” funded by the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Tbilisi State University (CAD 7,000)
  • [Project Lead] 2014-2016: ”Social Contents of Changing Housing Landscapes of the Capital Metropolises of Armenia and Georgia: Institutions, Stakeholders, Policies” in collaboration with the Department of Human Geography at Tbilisi State University and Yerevan State University, funded by the Academic Swiss Caucasus Network (CAD $136,000)
  • [Senior Researcher] ”Coping with Marginality and Exclusion: Can IDP (Internally Displaced Person) Communities Successfully Integrate into Mainstream Urban Societies in Georgia?” funded by the Academic Swiss Caucasus Network (CAD $66,500)