Terriorial communities during the war: resilience and security in conditions of the direct threat to life

The research focuses on the everyday experiences of people who have been under occupation for a long time, got into the zone of a natural disaster caused by the explosion of the Kakhovka Reservoir in June 2023, as well as the threat of the explosion of the Zaporizhzhya NPP present in the information field.

Time of the research: August - September 2023.

The research was conducted in areas close to the front line and near the former Kakhovka Reservoir, taking into account the participants’ previous experience of being under occupation and facing a high level of danger associated with the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (hereinafter HPP) and the proximity of the Zaporizhzhia NPP, which could potentially be used by the occupiers as a “dirty bomb.”

The study was conducted, deciphered, processed and thematically analyzed to identify recurring themes and patterns by Oksana Mikheieva a UNET Fellow at the Centre for East European and international Studies (ZOiS, Berlin), professor at the Department of Sociology, Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv, Ukraine), as well as Ihor Semyvolos and Serhii Danylov, the Executive Director and Deputy Director of the Association of Middle East Studies.