(ReCITY)” project aims to study and support sustainable urban development in small industrial towns in Armenia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The project is a collaborative effort involving key partners such as the Territorial Studies and Development Lab (TSD Lab), the Department of Sociology at Yerevan State University (YSU), which serves as the lead and coordinating partner, the University of Vienna's Department of Geography and Regional Research, specifically the Working Group on Urban Studies, and the Journalists for Urban Development NGO (JUD). The project is funded by the OeAD APPEAR program.