Social Responsibility in Ukrainian HEIs: Sociological Analysis of Current Situation and Key Trends During the Wartime

The goal of the paper is examination of social responsibility implementation by Ukrainian HEIs, its modifications during wartime and prospective adjustments to fit the purposes of postwar revival. Several methods were applied in this study: content analysis for literature review; survey method to collect and interpret data on USR at Ukrainian HEIs; descriptive and mathematical statistics methods for data processing and presentation; synthesis method and reflexion for analysis, discussion and drafting conclusions. The main findings of the survey are as follows: the dominant share of university community believes that social responsibility policy is present and implemented in their HEIs; for the majority of respondents, university social responsibility is primarily associated with ensuring high quality of education, volunteer activities and philanthropy, responsible research, and educating students to be responsible citizens; academic staff and students are the major agents who initiate projects, programs and events focusing on social responsibility; university social responsibility has intensified with the beginning of fully-fledged war; currently HEIs understand their social responsibility as ensuring safety of students and staff, support to the Ukrainian army, caring for displaced persons, maintaining and restoring mental health of students and staff, as well as other citizens.