Institute of Social Psychology

The Institute of Social Psychology employs 6 professors:

• Anastasia Kitiashvili
• Ekaterine Pirtskhalava
• Medea Despotashvili
• George  Kipiani
• Elene Kvanchilashvili
• Nazi Pharsadanishvili

There are implemented Two  master's and one doctoral program

• Master's Degree: “Applied Social Psychology” (since 2009); Head of the program: Nana Sumbadze and Anastasia Kitiashvili
• Master's Program in  “Legal Psychology” (2017) Head of the program:  Vakhtang Nadareishvili
• Ph.D. Program “Applied Social Psychology” (since 2015); Head of the program: Anastasia Kitiashvili and   Nana Sumbadze

Areas of research

• Social and ethnic identities
• The relationship between attitudes and social behavior
• Majority group attitudes towards minority
• Interpersonal relationships 
• Gender aspects of relationships
• Social and psychological aspects of education and employment
• Social and psychological characteristics of vulnerable groups
• Cross-cultural relations 
• Migration
• Environmental Psychology
• Political Psychology
• Social Psychology of Health
• Psychology of Set
• Legal Psychology
• Psychology of Art

Projects implemented at the institute:

• Preparation of courses and training materials in career counselling 2017- OSGF.
• Methodological Material: Bryman's Social Research Methods - Georgian Translation, University Financing, 2015
• Translation of .Jeffrey Z. Rubin, Dean G. Pruit, Sung Hee Kim, Social Conflict: Escalation, Stalemate, and Settlement New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994. With funding. 2015
• Study of socio-psychological characteristics of young and unemployed youth beyond education in Georgia, University funding. 2016
• Methodological Material: b. Taylor, L. Pepplow, d. Sears; "Social Psychology" (12th Edition). (Georgian translation). University Financing, 2015-2016
• Preparation of a reader  for the New Course “Stereotypes, Stigma and Discrimination”, 2018
• Collection-lighting and color in architectural design. (Author - Editor T. Jorjadze). Color and lighting in an urban setting. Pp. 407-4017. Cezanne Ltd. 2017
• Preparation of the material for the course  "Management Psychology" - Ichac Kalderon Adizes. Management / Mismanagement Styles: How to identify a style and what to do about it. Translation. 2019
• Study on acculturation and cultural assimilation of ethnic and religious minorities living  in Georgia.