Media

My research has been covered by major international media outlets. Below is a selection of recent and notable coverage.

The Financial Times The Guardian The Times BBC Newsweek NBC Daily Mail New York Post Foreign Policy Radio Free Europe Klassekampen

Selected Coverage

Klassekampen

Høyere formue gir lengre liv

Coverage of: Gugushvili, A. & Wiborg, Ø.N. (2025). "Wealth and mortality among late-middle-aged individuals in Norway." The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, 48, 101113.

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Daily Mail

Social climbing may reduce the risk of an early death, researchers find

Coverage of: Gugushvili, A. & Bulczak, G. (2026). "Subjective social status and mortality risk in the United States: asymmetry and subgroup variation." Health Psychology.

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Broadcast Interviews

BBC World Service

Interview

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

Stalin and Putin in Russia and Georgia

Coverage of: Gugushvili, A. & Kabachnik, P. (2019). "Stalin on Their Minds: A Comparative Analysis of Public Perceptions of the Soviet Dictator in Russia and Georgia." International Journal of Sociology, 49(5–6), 364–381.

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Media Inquiries

I am available for interviews and commentary on topics related to social mobility, inequality, health disparities, disability, post-Soviet politics, and the war in Ukraine.

For media inquiries, please contact me at alexi.gugushvili@sosgeo.uio.no