Iago Kachkachishvili, PhD in Social Sciences, is Full Professor at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences and Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Tbilisi State University, lecturing on modern and postmodern social theories and the methods of social research. He carried out research projects dealing with education, politics, ethnicity, social protection and inclusion, HIV/AIDS, safe sex and the issues of reproductive health, religiousness and others, and has headed more than 50 research and educational projects since 2000. He is actively engaged in the establishment and administrative support of the Social Work Education program at TSU and is Head of the Institute of Social Studies and Analysis; he co-edits an international peer-reviewed journal, Social Policy and Social Work in Transition and has authored six books and more than 40 scientific articles.