Welfare retrenchment has garnered significant academic attention, yet studies predominantly emphasize policymakers' viewpoints, neglecting the perspectives of welfare recipients. This paper explores the conditions under which welfare recipients, namely internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine, are willing to accept cuts to benefits. Amendments to the IDP payment regulations enacted in March 2024 resulted in a dramatic decrease in recipients by mid-2024, despite the consistently high number of IDPs. Utilizing survey data to be collected among around 1600 IDPs in late 2024, this study analyses factors such as satisfaction with benefits, perceived deservingness, and general welfare support, etc. to assess IDPs' attitudes toward welfare cuts. Although the ongoing war in Ukraine presents a unique case, this research aims to provide broader insights into how at-risk groups perceive and react to welfare state performance and welfare retrenchment.
