Media

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

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Selected coverage

Aftenposten

Vi har forsket på funksjonshemning. Resultatene er lite flatterende for Norge

Coverage of three studies on disability in Norway: Gugushvili, A. (2024). "Early-life impairments, chronic health conditions, and income mobility." The British Journal of Sociology, 75(1), 56–64; Gugushvili, A. et al. (2025). "A register-based study of early-life disabilities and income attainment in adulthood." Socius; and Gugushvili, A. et al. (2023). "No evidence that social-democratic welfare states equalize valued outcomes for individuals with disabilities." Social Science & Medicine.

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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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The Guardian

Men who fail to equal parents' achievements suffer severe distress

Coverage of: Gugushvili, A. (2019). "'Falling from grace' and 'rising from rags': Intergenerational educational mobility and depressive symptoms." Social Science & Medicine, 222, 294–304.

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Newsweek

Key to happiness for men revealed by new study

Coverage of: Gugushvili, A. (2019). “‘Falling from grace’ and ‘rising from rags’: Intergenerational educational mobility and depressive symptoms.” Social Science & Medicine, 222, 294–304.

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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