Almost as soon as they are through the front doors, new arrivals to ISET are told that the institute is like a family, and it does not take long before the truth of these words is proved. ISET alumni frequently come back to visit, and not just to pay friendly visits to their old professors: many have gone on to work prestigious jobs in both the government and private sectors or earn PhDs in American and European universities, and so return to ISET to present on topics that will be of interest to the community, both old and new.

The debate over working hours has become a frequent topic of discussion in recent years, especially as increasing numbers of modern industries (especially workplaces such as technology startups) find the traditional nine-to-five standard incompatible or irrelevant.

On February 14, Prof. Muhammad Asali delivered a research seminar and presented his work on the relationship between the labor market and the healthiness of the economy. The paper, entitled “Labor Market Discrimination and the Macroeconomy,” which is a joint work with his former student Ms. Rusudan Gurashvili, aimed at measuring and documenting the discriminatory wage gaps in Georgia within gender and ethnic dimensions.

2017 წლის 17 მაისს მთავრობამ თამბაქოს კონტროლის შესახებ საქართველოს კანონში ცვლილებები ოთხმოცდახუთი ხმით ერთის წინააღმდეგ დაამტკიცა. ახალმა რეგულაციამ, რომელიც საზოგადოებრივი თავშეყრის ადგილებში სიგარეტის მოწევას კრძალავს, საზოგადოებაში დიდი მითქმა-მოთქმა გამოიწვია. ეს კანონპროექტი პარლამენტს დასამტკიცებლად უმრავლესობის წევრმა, ქალბატონმა გუგული მაღრაძემ წარუდგინა, რომელმაც სულ ახლახანს ისაუბრა საქართველოში ჭარბწონიანობის პრობლემაზე, რომელიც ნაწილობრივ შაქრის ჭარბი მოხმარებით არის გამოწვეული.

As a key finding in this year’s EPI-scoring, air quality keeps deteriorating human health in such a manner that it is considered as “…the leading environmental threat to public health” (EPI, 2018). The exposure of pollution and its particles from e.g. heavy traffic is a contributing factor. In Sweden, the transporting sector constitutes 1/3 of the total CO2 emissions.