Volume 12 (2024), Edition 1

The refugee movements to Germany in 2015/2016 and the COVID-19 pandemic placed high demands on the crisis management of public administrations. Volunteers from the population often offered great potential for providing assistance. However, studies...

Events like the Tōhoku Earthquake (JAP) and the Ahrtal Floodings (GER) show that voluntary engagement strengthens the overall performance of disaster management efforts. Vital volunteer work is an important part of resilient societies, especially...

The article analyzes diverse responses to changing forms of disaster volunteering in Germany. Based on an assessment of governing techniques of disaster management and civil protection organizations and authorities (DMOs) towards DMO-external...

Demographic change and the ongoing structural transformation of volunteering are affecting volunteer fire brigades in Germany. Maintaining a sufficient number of volunteer firefighters and managers could be a challenge in the coming years,...

This article uses empirical data to show how volunteer firefighters react when they are unable to do or experience what they are actually committed to during their civic engagement due to the actions of other firefighters. The explanations are...

Institutions for or with people with disabilities are classic fields of activity for the state sponsored Voluntary Social Year (FSJ) in Germany. As a structured voluntary service with an explicit educational mission, the FSJ offers the opportunity...