{"id":12795,"date":"2022-09-16T13:25:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T17:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=12795"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:47:16","slug":"david-sichinava","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/people\/david-sichinava\/","title":{"rendered":"David Sichinava"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. David Sichinava lectures at Carleton University\u2019s Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS). He also serves as Research Director at the Caucasus Research Resource Centre (CRRC-Georgia), a Tbilisi-based think tank. Dr. Sichinava\u2019s research focuses on elections and public opinion, housing and urban development in Eurasia, and geographies of conflict and displacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LIST OF DEGREES<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>PhD in Human Geography, summa cum laude, 2015. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dissertation: \u201dSpatial Aspects of Electoral Behavior in Georgia (Based on 2008-2014 Elections)\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Advisor: Dr. Giorgi Gogsadze<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Canadian equivalency outcome: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree from a recognized university (assessed by the University of Toronto\u2019s School of Continuing Studies, application No. X398927)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MA in Human Geography, with honors, 2010. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BA in Social Sciences (specialization: Human Geography), 2008. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BROAD RESEARCH INTERESTS\/AREAS OF FOCUS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Geographical area of focus: post-Soviet Eurasia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Substantive research interests: Politics of urban development, elections, geographies of conflict and displacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Methodological areas of focus: public opinion polling, causal inference, automated text analysis, geographic information systems (GIS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TEACHING AT CARLETON:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EURR4202A\/EURR5202S\/PSCI5915A: Urban Transformations in Post-Soviet Eurasia (Summer 2021 and 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EURR 2002A: Europe and Russia in the World (Fall 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EURR 4209A\/PSCI 4504A: Politics of the Caucasus and the Caspian Basin (Winter 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HONOURS AND AWARDS:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SSHRC Connections grant: \u201dDisplacement in Wartime: Routes and Destinations, Space, Place and Pluralism: Russia\u2019s Invasion, Ukrainian Actions and Consequences for Europe and Eurasia\u201d (co-investigator, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany: \u201dGreen Mobilisations in the cities of Central Asia and the South Caucasus,\u201d funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (co-applicant, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia: \u201dExamining the Social Impacts of Large, Private Sector Urban Development in Batumi and Tbilisi, Georgia.\u201d (principal investigator, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Association of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Regional Scholar Travel Grant, 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Harris-Brandts, S., &amp; Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13527258.2021.1950027\">Architecture and Friendship Among Nations: The Shifting<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/13527258.2021.1950027\">Politics of Cultural Diplomacy in Tbilisi, Georgia<em>.<\/em><\/a><em> International Journal of Heritage Studies<\/em>, 27 (12). Taylor &amp; Francis, 1213-1229.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2017). Cleavages, Electoral Geography, and the Territorialization of Political Parties in the Republic of Georgia. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/15387216.2018.1442734?journalCode=rege20\"><em>Eurasian Geography and Economics<\/em><\/a><em>, 58 (6)<\/em>. 670-690.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Salukvadze, J., Sichinava, D., &amp; Gogishvili, D. <\/strong>(2015). Socio-economic and Spatial Factors of Alienation and Segregation of Internally Displaced Persons in the Cities of Georgia. <a href=\"http:\/\/cejsh.icm.edu.pl\/cejsh\/element\/bwmeta1.element.pan-sr-yid-2014-iid-38-art-000000000005\"><em>Spatial Inequality<\/em><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cejsh.icm.edu.pl\/cejsh\/element\/bwmeta1.element.pan-sr-yid-2014-iid-38-art-000000000005\"><em>and Cohesion: Studia Regionalia<\/em><\/a><em>, 38<\/em>, 45\u201360.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chkhaidze, V., Gogsadze, G., Salukvadze, J., &amp; <strong>Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2008). General Characteristics and Regional Patterns of Electoral Behavior: 2008 Presidential Elections in Georgia. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sichinava.ge\/papers\/chkhaidze_et_al_2008.pdf\"><em>Region and<\/em><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sichinava.ge\/papers\/chkhaidze_et_al_2008.pdf\"><em>Regionalism<\/em><\/a><em>, 9(2)<\/em>, 65\u201378.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Harris-Brandts, S., &amp; Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2021). The Politics of Urban Recovery in a Soviet-era Resort Town: Heritage Tourism and Displaced Communities in Tskaltubo, Georgia. In Al-Harithy, H. (Ed.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Urban-Recovery-Intersecting-Displacement-with-Post-War-Reconstruction\/Al-Harithy\/p\/book\/9780367550424\"><em>Urban Recovery: Intersecting Displacement with Post War Reconstruction<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em>271-294. London: Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sichinava, D. (2021). <\/strong>A View of the Pandemic from the City of Balconies. In <a href=\"https:\/\/dom-publishers.com\/products\/eastern-block-stories\"><em>Eastern Block Stories:<\/em><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dom-publishers.com\/products\/eastern-block-stories\"><em>Visualizing Large Housing Estates from Post-Socialist Cities.<\/em><\/a> 134-140. Berlin, Germany: Dom Publishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rekhviashvili, L., Sichinava, D., &amp; Berikishvili, E. <\/strong>(2020). Urban Protest Movements in Tbilisi: Movements are Strong, but Big Capital is Stronger. In Dariyeva, T., &amp; Neugebauer, C.S. (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/dom-publishers.com\/products\/urban-activism-in-eastern-europe-and-eurasia\"><em>Urban<\/em><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dom-publishers.com\/products\/urban-activism-in-eastern-europe-and-eurasia\"><em>Activism in Eastern Europe and Eurasia<\/em><\/a>. 35-52. Berlin, Germany: DOM Publishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2020). Elections, Political Parties, and Social Change in Georgia (2003-2016). In Jones, S.F., &amp; MacFarlane, N. (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/utorontopress.com\/9781487507855\/georgia\/\"><em>Georgia: From Autocracy to Democracy<\/em>.<\/a> 145-169. UToronto Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2020). Cleavages, Electoral Geography, and the Territorialization of Political Parties in the Republic of Georgia. In O\u2019Loughlin, J. &amp; Clem, R. S. (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Political-Geographies-of-the-Post-Soviet-Union\/OLoughlin-Clem\/p\/book\/9780367728878\"><em>Political Geographies of the Post-<\/em><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Political-Geographies-of-the-Post-Soviet-Union\/OLoughlin-Clem\/p\/book\/9780367728878\"><em>Soviet Union<\/em>.<\/a> 670-690. London, New York: Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Salukvadze, J. &amp; Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2019). Changing Times, Persistent Inequalities? Patterns of Housing Infrastructure Development in the South Caucasus. In Tuvikene, T., Neugebauer, C. S. &amp; Sgibnev, W. (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Post-Socialist-Urban-Infrastructures-OPEN-ACCESS\/Tuvikene-Sgibnev-Neugebauer\/p\/book\/9780815392651\"><em>Post-Socialist Urban Infrastructures<\/em><\/a>. 72-88. London, New York: Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Berikishvili, E., &amp; Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2018). Transformation of Urban Protests in Tbilisi: From Spontaneous Activism to Social Movements. In Neuburg, K., Pranz, S., Tseretelli, W., et al. (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niggli.ch\/en\/produkt\/tbilisi-archive-of-transition\/\"><em>Tbilisi: Archive of Transition<\/em><\/a>. 177-194. Niggli Verlag Publishers. Salenstein, Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2015). Cleavage Theory and the Electoral Geographies of Georgia. In Nodia, G. &amp; C. Stefes (Eds.), <em>Security, Democracy and Development in the Southern Caucasus and the Black Sea Region, Interdisciplinary Studies on Central and Eastern Europe, Vol. 14<\/em>, 27-44. Bern: Peter Lang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SELECT NON-REFEREED CONTRIBUTIONS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kakhishvili, L., Keshelava, D., Papava, G. &amp; D. Sichinava. <\/strong>(2021). Georgia\u2019s Political Landscape: Diversity, Convergence and Empty Spots. <em>Tbilisi: Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2021). Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward the European Union in Georgia <em>Tbilisi: Europe Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2020). How Far is Too Far? Public Opinion on Conflict Resolution in Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Caucasus Analytical Digest, 116<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2018). Attitudes Towards Georgia\u2019s Foreign Policy Choices in Times of Uncertainty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Caucasus Analytical Digest, 102<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2017, October 18). Will an Independent Mayoral Candidate Bring Political Change to Georgia? <em>New Eastern Europe<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gilbreath, D., &amp; Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2017, April 10). <a href=\"https:\/\/eurasianet.org\/georgia-proposed-reform-could-tilt-electoral-field-toward-incumbents\">Georgia: Proposed Reform Could Tilt Electoral<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/eurasianet.org\/georgia-proposed-reform-could-tilt-electoral-field-toward-incumbents\">Field Toward Incumbents<\/a>. <em>Eurasianet<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gilbreath, D., &amp; Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2016, October 6). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2016\/10\/06\/georgia-is-voting-this-saturday-here-are-7-things-you-should-know\/\">Georgia is Voting This Saturday. Here Are 7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2016\/10\/06\/georgia-is-voting-this-saturday-here-are-7-things-you-should-know\/\">Things You Should Know<\/a>. <em>Washington Post\u2019s Monkey Cage blog<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gilbreath, D., &amp; Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2015). NGOs and the Georgian Public: Why Communication Matters. <em>Caucasus Analytical Digest, 73<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2013). The 2012 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia and Changing Attitudes toward Russia. <em>Caucasus Analytical Digest, 48<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sichinava, D. <\/strong>(2012). Shades of Red and Blue &#8211; Regional Characteristics of Georgia\u2019s 2012 Parliamentary Elections. <em>Caucasus Analytical Digest, 43<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"David","cu_people_last_name":"Sichinava","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-12795","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Adjunct Research Professor","cu_people_degree":"Ph.D (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University) 2015","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"David.Sichinava@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/12795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/12795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12798,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/12795\/revisions\/12798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=12795"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=12795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}