How much longer are we ready to endure the war? In order to get an answer to this question, the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine conducted a sociological monitoring “Ukrainian Society”. As it turned out, the largest share of respondents (36%) could not answer how they evaluate the outcomes of military confrontation with Russia for Ukraine at the moment. 28.2% of respondents called the outcomes satisfactory in general, 14.2% – good in general, and 20.8% – bad in general. Serhii Dembitskyi, Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Deputy Director of the NASU Institute of Sociology told about this during a public discussion “Resilience measurement: tools for crisis management and security” held at the Ukraine Crisis Media Center.
“Attitudes to the country’s position in the war expectedly affect people’s faith in victory, – he explained. – It is clear that for large parts of the population, faith in the victory is an important psychological factor and it can be one of the indicators of national resilience that demonstrates an orientation towards victory.”
Olena Siletska, head of research at the Partnership for Strong Ukraine Foundation, shared the results of another study on measuring social resilience conducted by the Foundation at the national level.
Belonging to the country, Ukrainian identity contribute the most to the element of social cohesion, and this indicator does not change over the years of the study. The indicators of orientation towards the common good, a civic duty, and social tolerance remain above average, whereas the indicator of trust in state institutions decreases compared to 2022. This applies to both local and central authorities.
The cooperation in the community domain is not as high as the sense of identity, but it is at an average level. This indicates that the vast majority of Ukrainians are ready for joint action, and this is the basis for many types of activities,” the expert noted.
According to Volodymyr Lupatsiy, co-founder of the National Platform for Sustainability and Cohesion, the Ukrainian formula of resilience is based on a political culture shaped by Ukrainian society over the past 30 years, which includes five dimensions.
“The first dimension concerns values and all revolutions have demonstrated the presence of anti-authoritarian, anti-colonial and anti-fundamentalist approaches. The freedom is our religion slogan embodies this dimension. The second dimension is self-defense in the broadest sense of the word. The third dimension is self-organization. The fourth dimension is social cohesion. And the last component is social innovation,” the speaker noted.
Volodymyr Lupatsiy clarified that it is a working version of the monitoring. It is based on expert assessments of opinins conducted in communities that have been de-occupied, taking into account the analysis of the behavior patterns demonstrated during the peak time.
“That is, this is a formula of resilience, which was conceptualized by us during the blitzkrieg period. The transition to the endurance or attrition war mode will provide new material,” he added.
Dmytro Teperyk, Director-General of the Resilient Ukraine NGO, told about how resilience is measured in the Baltic countries and how it helps to combat hybrid threats.
Oleh Pokalchuk, social psychologist, psychotherapist of the Integration Center, Yulia Kaplan, analyst at NISS, expert at the National Platform of Sustainability and Cohesion, Oleksandr Mitsura, director of the corporate risks department of a commercial bank and Fedir Korniyenko, entrepreneur, founder of a network of educational institutions also took part in the discussion.