The Effects of the Russo-Ukrainian War on Moral and Civic Values
Journal: Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University)
Year: 2023

I study the effect of the Russo-Ukrainian War on moral, social, and civic values by comparing survey data which I collected in Ukraine in November 2022 with data on the same survey questions gathered in previous waves of World Values Survey. I find a significant rise in “rational” or broadly socially liberal values, and a very large rise in civic and social values like belief in democracy and social activity. These findings are out of line with prior studies showing a rise in conservatism follow