Digitalization as a tool for developing the state’s social responsibility in the sphere of social protection in wartime conditions and post-war reconstruction

The article clarifies the theoretical foundations and develops approaches to the digital transformation of the social protection system in the context of developing the state’s social responsibility in wartime. The study used logical analysis and generalization, grouping, comparison, and relative quantities. The study considered the role and impact of digitalization of the social sphere on the development of the state’s social responsibility. The study substantiated the feasibility of digitalization in social protection in the context of wartime challenges. The study analyzed statistical indicators and characteristics of digitalization in Ukraine’s social protection system. The study systematized the features of digitalization in the social sphere during wartime. The study outlined the problems of using digital solutions in Ukraine’s social protection system. The study systematized the advantages and obstacles to digitalization in social protection. The study further developed the justification for the drivers of digital transformation in the social protection system in the context of the development of the state’s social responsibility. A model for further digital transformation of the social protection system in the context of the development of the state’s social responsibility and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, which involves the transformation of the state’s social responsibility from reactive and compensatory to proactive, integrated and socially adaptive, with a combination of the military and post-war contours of its development. The proposed model is based on the interconnected development of digital data integration, proactivity, targeting, digital inclusion, cybersecurity, sustainability, and people-centeredness of the social protection system. Future research in this area should develop a mechanism for the digital transformation of the social protection system. Keywords: social economy, digitalization, social protection, social security, social responsibility of the state, social payments, social support.