The paper presents the results of a social study of the Kharkiv community’s readiness to transition to a circular economy and the concept of social entrepreneurship. The method of online survey of representatives of the educational community was used in the study. The results showed: 1) the presence of the community’s need for educational and informational measures, which should be aimed at increasing the awareness of the residents of Kharkiv about the ideas, concepts and principles of the circular economy; 2) during the war, the value of preserving the ecology of the region and the understanding of the importance of environmental protection in Ukrainian society decreases; 3) in 2024, Kharkiv residents will be even more worried about political instability and high corruption, the importance of protecting the region’s ecology is decreasing. Identified ways to support new forms of ecological and social entrepreneurship in Ukraine after the war. The results of the study will be useful for the adaptation of educational and environmental strategies of regional development.

The social study was conducted within the framework of the project “Cities in the expanded European space: joint development of the potential of state institutions with the help of Slovak-Ukrainian cross-border cooperation and improvement of integrity in public affairs (CEEA)”.