Voluntaris

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In Germany, about 60 percent of all municipalities are managed by voluntary may- ors mostly located in rural spaces. This important position of political representation is marked by an underrepresentation of women (19 percent). Referring to the...

Refugee assistance in Germany temporarily declined significantly after the wave of refugee aid in 2015 (until the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine). In research, the frustration experienced by those involved is considered a central cause of this...

This article focuses on the voluntary work of refugees from Ukraine. Three migrant-led asso- ciations from different sectors were selected as exemplary case studies. The organisational development of the associations was analysed on the basis of...

This article shows how the distinction between “disturbing” and “non-disturbing” behav- ior in adult education settings reproduces ableist ideas. After an introduction to ableism, we analyze the concepts that commonly accompany...

Despite the attributed importance, there is currently limited verified knowledge regarding the volunteering of young people in different types of regions. Using the German Survey on Vol- unteering (2019), comparative analyses were conducted...

In the practical research project TransZ, we accompanied working groups of local people between 2017 and 2022 in generating and implementing ideas for the development of the old town centre. The initial idea of the project was to enable new ideas...