Academic Discussion Series (WiP)

Works-in-Progress (WiP) is an ongoing academic discussion series based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that takes place at the new office of CRRC at Chkhikvadze St. 1. It is co-organized by the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC), the American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS, and the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC). All of the talks are free and open to the public.

The purpose of the WiP series is to provide support and productive criticism to those researching and developing academic projects pertaining the Caucasus region.

If you would like to present at one of the W-i-P sessions, please contact: mariam.kobaladze@crrccenters.org

CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are pleased to announce the 12th talk of the Spring-Summer 2022 Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series!
CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are proud to present the 6th talk of the 2021 Fall Series of the Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series!
CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are proud to present the 16th and final session of the 2020 Spring/Summer Series of the Tbilisi Works-in-Progress series, now celebrating its 10th year!
On Wednesday, March 21, at 18:30 Dustin Gilbreath will give a talk impact evaluation in agriculture: “Post-Hoc Blocking for Quasi-Experimental Impact Evaluation: An example from the Impact Evaluation of the Agricultural Support Program in Georgia”. This is the fourth talk…
On Wednesday, February 14, at 18:30 Koba Turmanidze will present his paper “Talk to them: How election campaigns increase partisanship in Georgia” at the third talk of the Spring 2018 Works-in-Progress series. The talk will explore the impact of party-voter linkages on…
This Wednesday, on January 24, 2018 at 18:30, CRRC, ARISC and American Councils are opening the Spring/Summer 2018 Works-in-Progress series with the first talk by Abel Polese from the Dublin City University, “The SCOPUS diaries and the (il)logics of academic survival. A…
On Wednesday, December 13, 18:30 at the CRRC-Georgia Office, Dr. Stephan Rindlisbacher from the University of Bern will give a talk about his work in progress “The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic as an Object of Neglect”. Stephan Rindlisbacher is currently…
On Wednesday, November 22, 18:30 at CRRC-Georgia office Dr. Vincenc Kopeček from the University of Ostrava (Czechia) will present his work “De Facto States and Their Patrons: Towards Theory-Building”. Terms such as occupation, puppet state, protectorate etc. are quite often…