The perceptions of peace and war and the influence of the Karabakh conflict have been focal points of Socioscope’s recent research studies. These research studies have, in various ways, addressed the socio-economic impacts of the conflict and raised issues related to inequality and poverty. Discussions and analyses regarding the socio-economic aftermath of wars are not widespread and often...
What is the understanding of the region that has gone through violent conflicts and wars in different historical periods and how is Armenia understood in that region? What relations does Armenia have with its regional neighbors, and what are the preconceived notions determining the nature of regional relations? Where is Armenia in the world? The scope of our research covered these issues, inter...
A Prologue to the Epilogue The article is about the peculiarity of the “Women for Peace” campaign initiated by the RA Prime Minister’s wife, Anna Hakobyan, and the reopened talks on peace in the public domain, combined with the stories of peace-building efforts of female figures of different periods of the Armenian reality. The work on the article started parallel to the launch of the...
The research reveals the perceptions of persons displaced due to the second Karabakh war on the concepts of war and peace, peaceful coexistence in the region, their future and the future of Karabakh․ It is an attempt to understand the relationship between war and socioeconomic context, retrospective reflections on the causes and expectations of war, perceptions of the future and the possibility...