Tbilisi State University on The Conversation

September 10, 2026

Strait of Hormuz crisis: how danger and uncertainty can affect the mental health of seafarers

Patricia Kennedy, University College Cork; Anita Rayegani, University of Hamburg, and Eka Siradze, Tbilisi State University

Research links unsafe conditions, long hours and poor sleep with worse mental health at sea. Conflict can intensify each of these pressures.

March 26, 2026

Olga Oleinikova, University of Technology Sydney; Medea Badashvili, Tbilisi State University , and Polina Vlasenko, University of Oxford

Many Ukrainian women have become surrogates to support their families. But many in Georgia struggle with a loosely regulated industry.

Eka Siradze
Associate Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, Tbilisi State University
Medea Badashvili
Associate Professor in Human Geography, Tbilisi State University