Engagement by Goals - A Digital Platform for Goal-Oriented Volunteering
Voluntary engagement is an indispensable cornerstone of Critical Infrastructures (CI) such as civil protection, disaster, crisis and rescue management, health and social services, or harvests and food supply. Sustainability of the voluntary sector, however, is massively endangered by profound changes in demography, social structure, and volunteer motives in the sense of individualization and pluralization of society. This article tackles these key challenges by proposing a digital platform for goal-oriented volunteering across and independently of different non-profit organizations. This platform is intended to be a first step in synergistically aligning the goals and competencies of volunteers with the activity requirements to strengthen CI.
Authors
- Werner Retschitzegger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6739-0272)
- Elisabeth Kapsammer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4778-8435)
- Josef Altmann
- Johannes Schönböck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1706-6319)
- Birgit Pröll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6519-2127)
- Wieland Schwinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7895-3165)
- Martin Lechner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1083-0246)
- Christoph Angster
- Nikolas Goblirsch-Urban
Institutions
- Johannes Kepler University of Linz (AT)
- University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz (AT)
- Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection (AT)
- University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (AT)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/nextcomp63004.2024.10779672
- Primary Topic
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00