PhD Program in Cultural Personology, Psychological Anthropology, and Migration Studies
The Program at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) offers an exceptional opportunity for advanced interdisciplinary research on the relationship between culture, mind, and identity. Designed for scholars interested in how individuals and societies co-construct meaning across cultural contexts, the program draws upon cultural psychology, psychological anthropology, philosophy, semiotics, hermeneutics, and migration studies. It provides a dynamic framework for investigating how cultures and individuals interact, transform, and create new symbolic worlds in conditions of globalization, mobility, and intercultural contact.
A key strength of the program lies in its interdisciplinary openness. Doctoral students are encouraged to integrate theories and methods from multiple academic traditions, exploring phenomena such as identity development, self-construction, intercultural communication, migration, and proculturation — the creative fusion of familiar and foreign cultural meanings. This flexible structure allows for research that bridges psychology, anthropology, education, linguistics, and philosophy, offering an academically rich and conceptually diverse environment for understanding the human condition in its cultural complexity.
The program is international in character, conducted entirely in English, and guided by a board of internationally recognized professors and scholars. It maintains strong academic partnerships with universities and research centers abroad, promoting joint supervision, international conferences, and visiting researcher opportunities. Importantly, the program also provides the possibility to study without residing in Tbilisi, accommodating international and remote doctoral candidates through hybrid and distance-learning formats. This flexibility enables participation from scholars around the world, ensuring that TSU’s PhD program continues to serve as a global hub for research in cultural psychology, psychological anthropology, and migration studies, uniting academic excellence with accessibility and intercultural dialogue