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Ukraine’s industry in the spectrum of institutional and security challenges on the way to Industries 4.0 and 5.0

Pankova O.,
 PhD in Sociologicals, Associate Professor,
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2003-8415
e-mail: pankovaiep@gmail.com
Institute of Industrial Economics of the NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv

Citation Format
Pankova, O. (2026). Ukraine’s industry in the spectrum of institutional and security challenges on the way to Industries 4.0 and 5.0. Vіsnyk ekonomіchnoі nauky Ukraіny, 1(50), 158-172. https://doi.org/10.37405/3041-1629.2026.1(50).158-172

Language
 Ukrainian

Resume
The article presents a comprehensive analysis of the challenges to Ukraine’s industrial development in the context of the transition to Industries 4.0 and 5.0, taking into account the processes of deindustrialization, the destructive impact of the war, European integration requirements, and the needs of post-war reconstruction based on the Build Back Better (BBB) principle. A classification of key challenges to industrial development is proposed according to the following distribution: 1) global challenges; 2) existential challenges; 3) hybrid challenges; and 4) internal challenges. An assessment of the current state of the national industry, its losses, and the needs of post-war recovery is provided. The spectrum of key challenges faced by the national economy and industry is systematized and identified. The study examines the complex of security and institutional challenges that determine the transformation of Ukraine’s industry under martial law and the global transition to Industry 4.0 and 5.0 technologies. Ways and tools for responding to institutional, military-security, and technological challenges are suggested, along with strategic directions for addressing the challenges encountered by the national industry.

Keywords
Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0, institutional, security, technological, and human resource challenges and threats to industrial development, industrial policy of Ukraine, Build Back Better (BBB) recovery principle.

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The research was carried out within the framework of the “Comprehensive scientific research on the actualization of the industrial policy of Ukraine on the principles of Industries 4.0 and 5.0” of the Institute of Industrial Economics of the NAS of Ukraine at the expense of budget funds aimed at ensuring the conduct of scientific research and scientific and technical (experimental) developments by state scientific institutions based on the results of state certification and the budget theme “Providing the post-war development of Ukraine’s industry with a workforce” (KPKVK6541030).

Received: 16.04.2026
Accepted: 11.05.2026
Published: 29.05.2026