Recovery of Monofunctional Systems: an Integrated Model of Socio-Economic and Cognitive Resilience
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https://doi.org/10.58423/2786-6742/2025-11-126-152Keywords:
socio-economic and cognitive resilience, integrated resilience model, acquired helplessness syndrome, war-induced monofunctionalization, economic diversification, spatial recovery, polycrisis conditions, institutional integrity, scenario modeling, monofunctional systemsAbstract
The study was conducted in the context of the urgent need to ensure the recovery of socio-economic systems affected by polycrisis challenges, particularly those stemming from wartime transformations. Special attention is given to overcoming the syndrome of acquired helplessness and the associated cognitive deformations that emerge under prolonged crisis shocks and threaten both spatial and institutional resilience. The aim of this work is to develop an Integrated Model of Socio-Economic and Cognitive Resilience, which combines the concepts of war-induced monofunctionalization, institutional transformation, and reconstructive spatial development. The model is conceptual-analytical and methodologically prognostic, accounting for the polycrisis context by integrating cognitive, socio-ecological-economic, and demographic factors, and is designed to neutralize systemic barriers such as loss of diversification, institutional dysfunction, and criminogenic–corruption risks. The methodological foundation of the study is scenario modelling of war-induced monofunctionalization, within which a spatial-territorial typology of seven macro-regional zones was carried out. This approach allowed the identification of critical nodes of spatial recovery, the diagnosis of cognitive deformations in society, and the substantiation of opportunities for forming polycentric models of regeneration of monofunctional systems. The proposed model is structured into three blocks: economic diversification, cognitive regeneration, and strengthening institutional integrity, thereby enhancing the adaptability and resilience of the national economy under polycrisis and post-crisis conditions. Empirical testing (using the case of Ukraine) confirmed that the application of Integrated Model of Socio-Economic and Cognitive Resilience reduces the negative effects of syndrome of acquired helplessness and Stockholm syndrome, lowers institutional vulnerability, and creates a foundation for reconstructive spatial development. The findings demonstrate that overcoming polycrisis determinants of war-induced monofunctionalization is possible only through a systemic approach that integrates demographic, social, ecological, cognitive, institutional, and economic instruments, making the proposed model universal for application in states undergoing wartime or post-war transformational conditions.
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