Institute of Sociology NASU

The roles of sociology in wartime Ukraine and its contribu-tions to global sociology

stmm. 2026 (2): 29-48

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/sociology2026.02.029

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GEOFFREY PLEYERS, President of the International Sociological Association, Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain — Université catholique de Louvain (UCL, Belgium); Director of the National Fund for Scientific Research — Fonds national pour la recherche scientifique (FNRS, Belgium)

Geoffrey.Pleyers@uclouvain.be

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9949-5047

This article is dedicated to the study of the phenomenon of Ukrainian national resilience under the conditions of full-scale Russian aggression. The author analyzes the civilizational determinants of Ukrainian society's resistance, which extend beyond traditional military-political and economic factors. Russia's war against Ukraine is interpreted as a manifestation of the global confrontation between democratic and authoritarian models of social order, wherein Ukraine acts as a frontier state, defending the fundamental principles of the free world. It is argued that Ukrainian resilience holds not only local but also global civilizational significance.

Keywords: national resilience, civilizational choice, Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukrainian identity, values, democracy, authoritarianism, social cohesion

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Received 31.01.2026

Accepted for publication after review 30.03.2026