International Conference Georgia in the Contested World

On 9-10 December, 2014 Center for Social Sciences organizes the international conference Georgia in the Contested World with the financial support of Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation. The conference will be held at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.

The conference aims to bring together established and emerging international, as well as local practitioners and scholars willing to share their research findings about changes and transformations taking place in contemporary Georgia.

The conference mainly focuses on: the position and status of Georgia in the contested world, its political, social, cultural and technological development in the light of globalization; its interstate relations and security, transformation in respect to identities and future aspirations; impact of international changes on Georgia’s political agenda, values, economy and identity.

The two-day conference is dedicated to the presentation of the state-of-the-art academic and applied research findings about Georgia. The conference will be divided into several panels: Euro-Atlantic Integration; Foreign Policy and Security; Transformations and Reforms; Education and Development; Identities and Values; Gender Equality, and Economic Development. Each panel will be followed by a discussion session.

Conference Programme

 

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