Support for war and peace in Ukraine
Institutional Affiliation
Carter School
Start Date
2-11-2023 10:45 AM
End Date
2-11-2023 12:15 PM
Proposal Type
Presentation
Proposal Format
On-campus
Proposal Description
This transdisciplinary project analyses the mechanisms driving support and opposition to peace settlement scenarios among ordinary people in wartime and immediate post-war contexts in Ukraine. The project utilizes mixed methods and longitudinal analysis. Combining a theory-based, deductive normative approach to surveys (3 waives of face-to face 3600 surveys) with the production of local indicators of peace, violence, and meanings expressed through 2 waives of 24 focus group interviews will strengthen the validity of our findings through triangulation of findings using multiple sources and types of data.Research focuses on two demographic groups- established residents and internally displaced persons- in 3 eastern and 3 western towns to compare regional exposure to violence.
This study extends existing knowledge by researching the social psychological processes by which people adopt attitudes toward peace agreements by providing data on the difficult tradeoffs that different groups of people are willing (or are not willing) to make in order to achieve a peace agreement. It o addresses inconsistencies in the literature that explores how the impact of wartime exposure to violence on support for peace agreement are mediated by a set of crucial factors including threat, hate, stress, belief in just world, meaning making in coping, and moral boundary. It tests the predictions made within related theories and validates the results of empirical laboratory studies in settings where real dilemmas of life, war, and peace are salient.
Support for war and peace in Ukraine
This transdisciplinary project analyses the mechanisms driving support and opposition to peace settlement scenarios among ordinary people in wartime and immediate post-war contexts in Ukraine. The project utilizes mixed methods and longitudinal analysis. Combining a theory-based, deductive normative approach to surveys (3 waives of face-to face 3600 surveys) with the production of local indicators of peace, violence, and meanings expressed through 2 waives of 24 focus group interviews will strengthen the validity of our findings through triangulation of findings using multiple sources and types of data.Research focuses on two demographic groups- established residents and internally displaced persons- in 3 eastern and 3 western towns to compare regional exposure to violence.
This study extends existing knowledge by researching the social psychological processes by which people adopt attitudes toward peace agreements by providing data on the difficult tradeoffs that different groups of people are willing (or are not willing) to make in order to achieve a peace agreement. It o addresses inconsistencies in the literature that explores how the impact of wartime exposure to violence on support for peace agreement are mediated by a set of crucial factors including threat, hate, stress, belief in just world, meaning making in coping, and moral boundary. It tests the predictions made within related theories and validates the results of empirical laboratory studies in settings where real dilemmas of life, war, and peace are salient.
Additional Comments
The project is funded by the NSF.