David Gogishvili a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Urban Studies at Malmö University, Sweden. He received his doctoral degree in Urban Studies and Regional Science at Italy’s Gran Sasso Science Institute in 2017. He also holds Master’s Degrees in Human Geography (Tbilisi State University) and Urban and Regional Planning (Stockholm University). Outside academia, David has been involved in various NGOs and urban social movements working on open data initiatives, open source geographic information, and issues related to urban development across the South Caucasus. He is a founder of the Soviet Past Research Laboratory and Iare Pekhit (Walk), both based in Georgia.
Publications:
Trubina, E., Gogishvili, D., Imhof, N., Müller, M. “A part of the world or apart from the world? The postsocialist Global East in the geopolitics of knowledge”, Eurasian Geography and Economy. 1-27. https://doi-org.ezp.sub.su.se/10.1080/15387216.2020.1785908
Gogishvili, D., & Harris-Brandts, S. “Coinciding practices of exception in urban development: mega-events and special economic zones in Tbilisi, Georgia”, European Planning Studies, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1701995
Gogishvili, D., & Harris-Brandts, S. “The social and spatial insularity of internally displaced persons: “neighbourhood effects” in Georgia’s collective centres”, Caucasus Survey, 7:2, 134-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/23761199.2019.1617652
Pasquinelli, C., Koukoufikis, G. and Gogishvili, D. "Beyond eventification: capacity building in post-disaster temporariness", Journal of Place Management and Development, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 88-101. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPMD-03-2017-0025
Gogishvili, D., & Coppola, A. “Researching Georgian Cities: Structural Changes, Emerging Issues and Promising Paths of Enquiry”. In Gogishvili D. & Coppola A. (Eds.), Cities of the South Caucasus: A view from Georgia: QU3 – iQuaderni di U3, VI, 15, 2018 (pp. 5-17). DOI: 10.2307/j.ctvdf0kf6.3t.
Harris-Brandts, S., & Gogishvili, D. “Architectural rumours: unrealized megaprojects in Baku, Azerbaijan and their politico-economic uses”, Eurasian Geography and Economics, 59:1, 73-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2018.1462725
Gogishvili, D. “Mega-Events und urbane Enklaven”: Wie die Stadtentwicklung privatisiert wird. In L. Nakhutrishvili & Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (Eds.), Georgien, neu buchstabiert Politik und Kultur eines Landes auf dem Weg nach Europa. Bielefeld: transcript. ISBN: 978-3-8376-4533-0. https://bit.ly/2RvWksh
Gogishvili, D. “Baku formula 1 city circuit: exploring the temporary spaces of exception”, Cities, Vol. 74, 169-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2017.11.018
Koukoufikis, G., Pasquinelli, C., Gogishvili, D. “Cultural events in L’Aquila as temporary platforms of urban revitalization”. In A. Coppola, C. Fontana, V. & Gingardi (Eds.), L'Aquila of the future: spatiality's, strategies and sociabilities of a post-quake city. Professional dreamers, Trento 2018. ISBN 978-88-908130-8-5. https://bit.ly/2P1lltI
Harris-Brandts, S., & Gogishvili, D.“Up in the Air: Traces of Aerial Connectivity in Tbilisi”. In K. Neuburg, S. Pranz, A. Soselia, W. Tsereteli, J. Vogler & F. Weiss (Eds.), Tbilisi – Archive of Transition: Niggli Verlag. ISBN: 978-3-7212-0983-9. https://bit.ly/36jZJhM
Ahern, J., Gogishvili, D., and Kizildere, D. “The international Ph.D. experience in urban studies in Italy”, Italian Journal of Planning Practice, Vol. 5:1. 86-110. http://www.ijpp.it/index.php/it/article/view/57
Gentile, M., Salukvadze, J., & Gogishvili, D. “Newbuild gentrification, teleurbanization and urban growth: placing the cities of the post-Communist South in the gentrification debate”. Geografie, 120(2), 134-163. https://bit.ly/2RAk6DE
Salukvadze, J., Sichinava, D., & Gogishvili, D. “Socio-economic and Spatial Factors of Alienation and Segregation of Internally Displaced Persons in the Cities of Georgia”. Studia regionalia, 38, 45-60. Link to the publication: https://bit.ly/2Pyl6We