Bakar Berekashvili (1983) is Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Georgian American University in Tbilisi. His research and teaching interests include qualitative research, critical sociology, Marxist thought in ‘Actually existing Socialism’, post-socialist politics and society, Soviet Union (life and social order), ruling class under capitalism, problems of democracy, social & political theory, political sociology, ideology, nationalism, and politics of memory.

In Red reality tonight Tjörvi Sciöth and Karl Héðinn will interview Bakar on his research into neoliberalism and "Soviet nostalgia" in Georgia