Institute For Policy Studies

The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is an independent not-for-profit research organization focused on promoting contemporary public policy concepts and practices in Georgia.

The Institute was launched in Tbilisi in  2002. The idea was to create a think tank  for studying and monitoring most solvent social and political processes and issues, initiating public debate around these, developing respective policy recommendations and initiatives, promoting ideas of good governance and democratic state-building.
IPS is a founding member of PASOS (Policy Association for an open Society),

According to The Global “Go_To Think Tanks” 2010 publication IPS was ranked  as one of the top 75 Think Tank  in the world and as one of the top 25 among Central and Eastern European Think Tanks.

Activities: Policy analyses, trainings, project evaluations and organizational consultancy

Main fields: Public opinion, civil society and democracy,  forced migration, generations and gender, health, Regional policies and  sectoral policies, organizational consultancy. 

Staff

Nana Sumbadze, co-director. PHD in social sciences from Leiden University

Georgi Tarkhan-Mouravi, co-director

Research team:

Maia Maisuradze, coordinator. MS in psychology.

Anastasia Kitiashvili, PHD in psychology from Institute of psychology

Ekaterine Pirtskalava, PHD in psychology from Tbilisi State University

Tamar Makharadze, PHD in public policy from Ilia University

Irina Zhvania, PHD in psychology from Tbilisi State University

Tamar Abashidze, PHD in psychology from Institute of psychology

IPS has a team of trained interviewers, operating all over Georgia

Contact information:

Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). 10, Chavchavadze av.entr.VI. Tbilisi. Mailing address: P.O.Box 25.

0102 Tbilisi, Georgia

Tel/fax: +99532-2200060; +99532-2912743

e-mail: ips[at]ips[dot]ge