Iago Kachkachishvili

Chairperson of the Organization’s Board

Expert–Analyst

Iago Kachkachishvili is Professor of Sociology and Head of the Direction of Sociology and Social Work at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. As a scientist, he undertakes academic and empirical studies. At Tbilis State University Iago Kachkachishvili leads the courses on Contemporary and Post-Modern Social Theories, as well as the course on Methods of Social Research. Within the Institute of Social Studies and Analysis, he undertakes various projects – both research and educational projects. The research projects are related to numerous fields: problems of democracy and politics, educational policy and ethnicity, social protection and inclusion, deviation and social order, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse and reproductive health, etc. Iago Kachkachishvili’s major role in the studies, besides leading them, is to design research tools (questionnaires, discussion plans, etc.) and analyze data. He also has rich experience in moderating focus groups and conducting in-depth interviews of various kinds. Iago Kachkachishvili is a co-editor of the international peer-reviewed scientific journal “Social Policy and Social Work in Transition” which is printed in English. He is the author (co-author) of 6 books and more than 50 scientific articles, part of which are published internationally in the Georgian, English and Russian languages.

E-mail: iagok@yahoo.com; iago@issa-georgia.com