WORKING MEETING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENTIFIC PROJECT

May 28 at the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, a working meeting was held with the participation of representatives of scientific institutions, co-executors of the targeted interdisciplinary project “Solidarity of Ukrainian society in war conditions and prospects for preserving and reproducing the solidarity social potential in the post-war development of the country” (2024-2025).

The meeting was attended by: director of the Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Oleg Rafalskiy, deputy directors of the Institute Oleksandr Mayboroda and Yuriy Shaihorodskyi, academic secretary Vitaly Pereveziy; director of the Institute of Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, academician Valery Geets and head of the Department of Socio-Economic Problems of Labor Viktoriya Blizniuk; director of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Yevhen Holovakha and chief researcher of the Institute Viktor Stepanenko.

The purpose of the meeting was to coordinate the actions of institutions in the process of implementing a scientific project, which is aimed at researching the phenomenon of solidarity of Ukrainian society in one of the most critical moments of Ukrainian history – during the Russian-Ukrainian war. The participants of the meeting agreed that in the process of research it is worth emphasizing not only the analysis of the manifestations of an extremely high level of solidarity, which was characteristic of Ukrainian society in the initial phases of the war, but also the identification of factors that affect social solidarity in the current conditions, challenges and threats this process.

Academician Valery Geets emphasized that scientists should show their prognostic skills and already now describe potential lines of divisions capable of disrupting social unity. The corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Yevgeny Holovakha, agreeing with his economist colleague, gave as an example that confirms his hypothesis the fact that sociologists in their surveys already observe differences in the positions of representatives of different age groups regarding the ways of development of modern processes.

During the meeting

Summing up the discussion, Academician Oleg Rafalskiy noted that the working meeting proved the presence of a whole set of problems that are extremely urgent to solve within the framework of the scientific project. He emphasized that despite the fundamental orientation, the research has an important applied value, therefore, based on the results of the project, it is necessary to prepare a series of analytical materials that will contribute to the adoption of balanced state decisions.