Determinants of Serbian Public Opinion Concerning Serbia’s Position vis-à-vis the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict.

Todosijević, Bojan and Hristić, Ljubomir and Mijić, Emilija (2025) Determinants of Serbian Public Opinion Concerning Serbia’s Position vis-à-vis the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict. In: SNDS annual conference “New Divisions, Struggles, and Solidarities in South East Europe”. Sociološko naučno društvo Srbije, pp. 32-33. ISBN 978-86-905444-1-7

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Abstract

Public attitudes about international conflicts, such as the current confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, are polarized in different countries to a different degree. Serbia is one of the countries where the public shows polarized views of the conflict. This paper tries to answer the question: How can these individual and group differences be explained? Potential explanatory factors are numerous. Socio-demographic indicators, such as religiosity and religious denomination, as well as gender, age, and education, may be influential. Socio-psychological variables also need to be taken into account. Authoritarianism, as a pre-political psychological predisposition, could influence attitudes towards the conflict. Current political preferences, such as party identification, support for democracy, and related variables, are also likely to affect the perception of the conflict. This study examines the influence of variables representing these broad conceptual categories on public attitudes concerning Serbia’s position vis-à-vis the conflict.

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