Theresa Zimmermann participated in the BABZ Webinar “Spontaneous volunteers: Best Practice and Challenges; Research approaches regarding spontaneous volunteers, civil society engagement and civil protection” from 04th to 6th May, 2022.

In her presentation “Between societal trends and changing operational contexts: a meta analysis of civil society engagement in disaster management and civil protection” she presented first results of the project ATLAS-ENGAGE. Further, she discussed with other researchers as well as disaster practitioners about current developments, practical approaches and experiences surrounding the engagement and cooperation with spontaneous volunteers in the German civil protection structures.