Expanding the Boundaries of Volunteer Measurement: Emergent Forms of Voluntary Action from a Transnational Perspective

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11240%2F25%3A10507913" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11240/25:10507913 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.inlibra.com/document/download/pdf/uuid/d9b85bb1-a027-3a26-8f43-3dcca8c7c713" target="_blank" >https://www.inlibra.com/document/download/pdf/uuid/d9b85bb1-a027-3a26-8f43-3dcca8c7c713</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783748948988" target="_blank" >10.5771/9783748948988</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Expanding the Boundaries of Volunteer Measurement: Emergent Forms of Voluntary Action from a Transnational Perspective

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Volunteering must be measured to be recognised, but current definitions often exclude innovative forms of civic engagement. Traditional metrics focus on hours and numbers, overlooking the quality and impact of volunteering. New, informal, and hybrid forms of volunteering, blending lifestyle, activism, and community action, are often missed in national surveys, despite their public value. Sometimes it might be good to be overlooked, but it can also mean not being recognised or supported. Based upon five examples of volunteering in contexts like third spaces, crisis engagement, issue coalitions, lifestyle participation, and third-party involvement, we conclude that measuring volunteering risks excluding innovative forms that blend with daily life. Five European examples show hybrid civic actions often go unrecognised. Formal definitions limit access to resources and recognition. A broader, real-time, grassroots-based measurement approach, leveraging AI, can better capture evolving volunteer energy and its societal impact across diverse, dynamic contexts.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Expanding the Boundaries of Volunteer Measurement: Emergent Forms of Voluntary Action from a Transnational Perspective

Popis výsledku anglicky

Volunteering must be measured to be recognised, but current definitions often exclude innovative forms of civic engagement. Traditional metrics focus on hours and numbers, overlooking the quality and impact of volunteering. New, informal, and hybrid forms of volunteering, blending lifestyle, activism, and community action, are often missed in national surveys, despite their public value. Sometimes it might be good to be overlooked, but it can also mean not being recognised or supported. Based upon five examples of volunteering in contexts like third spaces, crisis engagement, issue coalitions, lifestyle participation, and third-party involvement, we conclude that measuring volunteering risks excluding innovative forms that blend with daily life. Five European examples show hybrid civic actions often go unrecognised. Formal definitions limit access to resources and recognition. A broader, real-time, grassroots-based measurement approach, leveraging AI, can better capture evolving volunteer energy and its societal impact across diverse, dynamic contexts.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50401 - Sociology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Contemporary Volunteering Study and Research in Europe

ISBN

978-3-7560-2246-5

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

74-89

Počet stran knihy

120

Název nakladatele

Nomos

Místo vydání

Baden-Baden

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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