SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Direction:Sociology
Position:Assistant Professor





Tamar Khoshtaria has been working for CRRC-Georgia since 2009. Where she now is a senior researcher. Tamar supervises qualitative and quantitative research projects, writes reports and works on publications.

Tamar holds a PhD in Sociology from the Tbilisi State University, where she taught quantitative and qualitative research methods. She holds her B.A. and M.A. in Social Science (Sociology) from the same university. During her M.A. she was awarded a scholarship and studied at the Humboldt-University Berlin for one year where she conducted qualitative research in family sociology

Scientific interests / research interests

Tamar’s research interests are the values of young people, identity, social and religious issues as well as intercultural comparisons.

Mestvirishvili, N., Mestvirishvili, M. and Khoshtaria, T. 2020. National identity and perceptions of citizenship in Georgia over the last decade. In: Jahn, H. ed. Identities and Representations in Georgia from the 19th Century to the Present. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, pp. 53-68. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110663600-006

 

Khoshtaria, T., and Shubladze, R., 2020. The Gap between Support for Democracy and Liberal Values in Georgia. In: Koba Turmanidze (ed.) Public opinion in Georgia: New Caucasus Barometer Results. Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD), N116.

https://www.laender-analysen.de/cad/pdf/CaucasusAnalyticalDigest116.pdf

Khoshtaria, T., Neal, M., Mestvirishvili, N., Shubladze, R., and Vacharadze, K., 2019. CHIEF (Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future). Grant agreement no: 770464. WP: 6 Qualitative Research in Heritage Sites, Deliverable: 6.1 Mapping Reports of Cultural Heritage. http://chiefprojecteu.com/wp-content/uploads/CHIEF-WP6_D6.1_Mapping-Reports-of-Cultural-Heritage_v1.1_18.06.19.pdf

Khoshtaria, T., Mestvirishvili, N., & Singh, P., 2018. CHIEF (Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future). Grant agreement no: 770464. WP: 1 Theoretical Design and Policy Review Deliverable: 1.2 National Cultural/Educational Policy Review. http://chiefprojecteu.com/wp-content/uploads/CHIEF-WP1_D1.2_National-Cultural-Educational-Policy-Reviews_v1.1_KM.pdf

Khoshtaria, T., Kobaladze, M. and Zurabishvili, T., 2018. History in Danger and Youth Civic Engagement: Perceptions and Practice in Telavi, Georgia. In Understanding Youth Participation Across Europe (pp. 293-315). Palgrave Macmillan, London.

http://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9781137590060

Khoshtaria, T., 2018. What are the values of young people and how are these different from the values of older generations in Georgia? Journal of Beliefs & Values39(3), pp.279-297.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13617672.2017.1359480

Khoshtaria, T., 2016. Who wants to emigrate from Georgia? In: Natia Mestvirishvili (ed.) Caucasus Barometer 2015 Results. Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD), N85. http://www.css.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/pdfs/CAD85.pdf

Current Courses

Course Catalog

Qualitative Data Collection and Processing (Using NVivo Software); Qualitative Data analysis Using NVivo Software

Practicum of sociology – quantitative and qualitative research   methods, Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU), 2013-2021, Master students

Research methods in Psychology, University of Georgia (UG), 2020-2021, Master students