Researchers: Mariam Khalatyan, Arpy Manusyan, Sona Martirosyan Author: Sona Martirosyan Editor: Arpy Manusyan Translator: Kristine Goroyan Foreign interference in elections: recurring patterns The use of digital information technologies before elections by both domestic and foreign actors is reaching ever greater proportions and becoming a bigger threat to democracy around the world. Targeting of...
The research explores the specifics of gender affirmation processes in Armenia, as well as the healthcare needs of trans people who have undergone these processes. It combines the analysis of legal regulations, international standards, and best practices with the sociological study. You can read the full research here. The research was conducted in collaboration with the “Pink” Human...
The article explores the challenges and transformations facing Armenian civil society in the aftermath of the revolution and the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. It centers on the question of whether, under current conditions, civil society has sufficient potential for promoting the public sphere toward social change, social justice and radicalization of democracy. Drawing on five group discussions...
This comprehensive two-phase study enabled us to identify the disinformation narratives prevalent in public discourse and analyze the specific features of public perception and response to them. In the first phase of the research we conducted expert interviews with representatives from the media sector and civil society to identify the disinformation narratives circulating in the...
The article of Socioscope’s researchers Arpy Manusyan, Mariam Khalatyan, and Nvard Margaryan titled “Imagined Future[s] of Armenia after the Second Karabakh War 2020” is featured in the book “Armenia after 2018: Social and Political Transformations” published as a volume of the “Interdisciplinary Studies on Central and Eastern Europe” series. The article examines how different political...
