Third Sociological Readings in Memory of Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine V.M. Vorona (short report). Ukrainian Society in the Post-Chornobyl Period. To the 40th Anniversary of the Chornobyl Disaster
stmm. 2026 (2): 54-78
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VIKTORIIA SMAKOTA (Compiler), Candidate of Sciences in Sociology, Head of the Department of Economic Sociology, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)
smakvik@ukr.net
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1916-1034
Third Sociological Readings in Memory of Academician of the NAS of Ukraine V.M. Vorona took place, as is tradition, on March 5, 2026, at the Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and were dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster. The event became clear proof that scientific life does not stop in its development even in the most difficult conditions of existence of Ukrainian scientists. Scientists who visited this event in person felt not only the complexity of the working conditions of academic sociologists, but also the warmth of meeting with like-minded people and colleagues. At the same time, digital technologies, as always, helped to expand the boundaries of communication. A brief summary of the Reading participants is published in the current issue of the journal "Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing".
References:
Baranovska, N. (1999). Ukraine – Chornobyl – the World. The Chornobyl problem in the international dimension. [In Ukrainan]. Kyiv. [=Барановська 1999].
Beck, U. (1992). Risk society. Toward to New Modern. London.
Beck, U. (2015). Power and Counterpower in the Age of Globalization. New World Political Economy. Kyiv: Nika-Center. [=Бек 2025].
Global Risks Report 2026. (2026, 14 січня). Retrieved from: https://www.weforum.org/press/2026/01/global-risks-report-2026-geopolitical-and-economic-risks-rise-in-new-age-of-competition/
Golikov, A. (2014). Industry of Liminality and Perspectives of Social: Limited Knowledge about Space Limits. Visnyk of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University Series "Sociological studies of contemporary society: methodology, theory, methods", 1101, 47–55. Retrieved from: https://periodicals.karazin.ua/ssms/article/view/13567
Greco, M., Stenner, P. (2017). From paradox to pattern shift: Conceptualising liminal hotspots and their affective dynamics. Theory & Psychology, 27(2), 147–166. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354317693120
Jaspers, K. (1973). Philosophie. Bd. 2. Existenzerhellung. Berlin; New York; Heidelberg: Springer.
Mafart, J. (2025, 15 Аpril). Hybrid threats, new horizons for the internal security of Europe? Schuman Papers and Interviews, 787. Retrieved from: https://server.www.robert-schuman.eu/storage/en/doc/questions-d-europe/qe-787-en.pdf
Menzelevskyi, S. (2017). Chornobyl [In]visible: Chronicles of Utopia and Catastrophe. [DVD collection]. [In Ukrainian]. Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Center. [=Мензелевський 2017].
Myrnyi, S. (2010). Chornobyl as an info-trauma. [In Ukrainian]. Critique, 14(3–4), 18–22. [=Мирний 2010].
Naim, M. (2028). Decline of Power. [In Ukrainian]. Kyiv. [=Наїм 2028].
Plokhy, S. (2018). Chornobyl: The history of a nuclear catastrophe. Basic Books
Plokhy, S. (2019). Chornobyl. The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe. [In Ukrainian]. Kharkiv. [=Плохій 2019].
Rakhmanov, O. (2022). The phenomenon of oligarchization of political power in Ukraine: From rise to decline. [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing, 4, 132–150. [=Рахманов 2022].
Rakhmanov, O. (2025). Digitalization of economic life and social stratification in Ukraine: features of the relationship. [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing, 2, 80–95. [=Рахманов 2025].
Reznik, O., Rakhmanov, O., Reznik, V. (2021). Socio-political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic as challenges to the legitimacy of the social order in Ukraine. [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing, 4, 5–24. [=Резнік, Рахманов, Резнік 2021].
Round Table "Solidarity of Ukrainian society in the war and prospects for preserving solidarity social potential". (2024). [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing, 4, 165–206. [=Круглий стіл 2024].
Sayenko, Yu. (2006). Social lessons of Chornobyl. [In Ukrainian]. Chornobyl Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, 2, 10–17. Retrieved from: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/server/api/core/bitstreams/c9387bc8-c931-4e3b-930c-b6c46ce756b3/content [=Саєнко 2026].
Social and political solidarity in Ukraine during the war. (2024). Monograph / Ed. by O. Rafalsky, O. Mayboroda. [In Ukrainian]. Kyiv: I.F. Kuras Institute of Internal Affairs, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. [=Суспільно-політична солідарність 2024].
Sushyi, O. (2025). Societal paradigm of social prognostication: analytical operationalization of psychological support of social prognostication. [In Ukrainian]. Problems of Political Psychology, 18(32), 121–138. https://doi.org/10.33120/popp-Vol18-Year2025-223 [=Суший 2025].
Szakolczai, A. (2009). Liminality and experience: Structuring transitory situations and transformative events. International Political Anthropology, 2(1), 141–172.
Thomassen, B. (2009). The Uses and Meaning of Liminality. International Political Anthropology, 2(1), 5–28.
van Gennep, A. (2019). The Rites of Passage. 2nd. edn. University of Chicago Press. [First published in French in 1909].
WEF. (2026). WEF Releases Global Risks Report 2026: The World Moves From Cooperation to Competition (2026, January 15). [In Ukrainian]. Retrieved from: from: https://mind.ua/news/20299817-vef-opublikuvav-global-risks-report-2026-svit-perehodit-vid-spivpraci-do-konkurenciyi [=ВЕФ 2026].
Third Sociological Readings in Memory of Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine V.M. Vorona (short report). Ukrainian Society in the Post-Chornobyl Period. To the 40th Anniversary of the Chornobyl Disaster
stmm. 2026 (2): 54-78
Full text:
VIKTORIIA SMAKOTA (Compiler), Candidate of Sciences in Sociology, Head of the Department of Economic Sociology, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)
smakvik@ukr.net
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1916-1034
Third Sociological Readings in Memory of Academician of the NAS of Ukraine V.M. Vorona took place, as is tradition, on March 5, 2026, at the Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and were dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster. The event became clear proof that scientific life does not stop in its development even in the most difficult conditions of existence of Ukrainian scientists. Scientists who visited this event in person felt not only the complexity of the working conditions of academic sociologists, but also the warmth of meeting with like-minded people and colleagues. At the same time, digital technologies, as always, helped to expand the boundaries of communication. A brief summary of the Reading participants is published in the current issue of the journal "Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing".
References:
Baranovska, N. (1999). Ukraine – Chornobyl – the World. The Chornobyl problem in the international dimension. [In Ukrainan]. Kyiv. [=Барановська 1999].
Beck, U. (1992). Risk society. Toward to New Modern. London.
Beck, U. (2015). Power and Counterpower in the Age of Globalization. New World Political Economy. Kyiv: Nika-Center. [=Бек 2025].
Global Risks Report 2026. (2026, 14 січня). Retrieved from: https://www.weforum.org/press/2026/01/global-risks-report-2026-geopolitical-and-economic-risks-rise-in-new-age-of-competition/
Golikov, A. (2014). Industry of Liminality and Perspectives of Social: Limited Knowledge about Space Limits. Visnyk of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University Series "Sociological studies of contemporary society: methodology, theory, methods", 1101, 47–55. Retrieved from: https://periodicals.karazin.ua/ssms/article/view/13567
Greco, M., Stenner, P. (2017). From paradox to pattern shift: Conceptualising liminal hotspots and their affective dynamics. Theory & Psychology, 27(2), 147–166. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354317693120
Jaspers, K. (1973). Philosophie. Bd. 2. Existenzerhellung. Berlin; New York; Heidelberg: Springer.
Mafart, J. (2025, 15 Аpril). Hybrid threats, new horizons for the internal security of Europe? Schuman Papers and Interviews, 787. Retrieved from: https://server.www.robert-schuman.eu/storage/en/doc/questions-d-europe/qe-787-en.pdf
Menzelevskyi, S. (2017). Chornobyl [In]visible: Chronicles of Utopia and Catastrophe. [DVD collection]. [In Ukrainian]. Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Center. [=Мензелевський 2017].
Myrnyi, S. (2010). Chornobyl as an info-trauma. [In Ukrainian]. Critique, 14(3–4), 18–22. [=Мирний 2010].
Naim, M. (2028). Decline of Power. [In Ukrainian]. Kyiv. [=Наїм 2028].
Plokhy, S. (2018). Chornobyl: The history of a nuclear catastrophe. Basic Books
Plokhy, S. (2019). Chornobyl. The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe. [In Ukrainian]. Kharkiv. [=Плохій 2019].
Rakhmanov, O. (2022). The phenomenon of oligarchization of political power in Ukraine: From rise to decline. [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing, 4, 132–150. [=Рахманов 2022].
Rakhmanov, O. (2025). Digitalization of economic life and social stratification in Ukraine: features of the relationship. [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing, 2, 80–95. [=Рахманов 2025].
Reznik, O., Rakhmanov, O., Reznik, V. (2021). Socio-political consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic as challenges to the legitimacy of the social order in Ukraine. [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing, 4, 5–24. [=Резнік, Рахманов, Резнік 2021].
Round Table "Solidarity of Ukrainian society in the war and prospects for preserving solidarity social potential". (2024). [In Ukrainian]. Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing, 4, 165–206. [=Круглий стіл 2024].
Sayenko, Yu. (2006). Social lessons of Chornobyl. [In Ukrainian]. Chornobyl Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, 2, 10–17. Retrieved from: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/server/api/core/bitstreams/c9387bc8-c931-4e3b-930c-b6c46ce756b3/content [=Саєнко 2026].
Social and political solidarity in Ukraine during the war. (2024). Monograph / Ed. by O. Rafalsky, O. Mayboroda. [In Ukrainian]. Kyiv: I.F. Kuras Institute of Internal Affairs, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. [=Суспільно-політична солідарність 2024].
Sushyi, O. (2025). Societal paradigm of social prognostication: analytical operationalization of psychological support of social prognostication. [In Ukrainian]. Problems of Political Psychology, 18(32), 121–138. https://doi.org/10.33120/popp-Vol18-Year2025-223 [=Суший 2025].
Szakolczai, A. (2009). Liminality and experience: Structuring transitory situations and transformative events. International Political Anthropology, 2(1), 141–172.
Thomassen, B. (2009). The Uses and Meaning of Liminality. International Political Anthropology, 2(1), 5–28.
van Gennep, A. (2019). The Rites of Passage. 2nd. edn. University of Chicago Press. [First published in French in 1909].
WEF. (2026). WEF Releases Global Risks Report 2026: The World Moves From Cooperation to Competition (2026, January 15). [In Ukrainian]. Retrieved from: from: https://mind.ua/news/20299817-vef-opublikuvav-global-risks-report-2026-svit-perehodit-vid-spivpraci-do-konkurenciyi [=ВЕФ 2026].