Together with the demise of the Soviet Union and Georgia’s transition to a nation state as well as challenges of a new wave of globalisation the issue of social cohesion in Georgia became an important topic for its further democratic development. With the proposed research we would like to contribute to civic integration studies in Georgia by developing an instrument for research on social cohesion in urban settings of Georgia. Besides national representative survey we will conduct qualitative research in five smaller towns of Georgia and Tbilisi as control case to analyse the specific perception of living in Georgia’s regions with all its implications. Empirical data derived through methods of in-depth interviewing and focus groups are essentially helpful to shed light on individual experience on social cohesion in urban settings. The goal of analysing the representative secondary data set  is not only to illustrate the share of population having specific experience and attitudes towards social cohesion but also to employ bivariate and multivariate statistical methods and identify important factors affecting level of cohesion in Georgia.  Thus we will contribute to a future European wide and comparative study of rural regions to understand the specifics of rural depopulation and provide state and civil actors with research-based policy advice on how to address this issue in the future. Besides three academic publications and a Georgian monograph on the issue, we are planning to create a strong European consortium for a future application for EU research funding. On the national level the results of our reseach will be reviewed by discussions on the sites of research, at sociololgy student and an international conference at the closure of the project.