Effects of the Pandemic on Local Networks
Third party funded individual grant
Start date : 23.03.2021
End date : 31.12.2021
Project details
Short description
The project
on the local structures and networks in international youth work is undergoing
further development under the conditions of the COVID 19 pandemic. The pandemic
provides a unique opportunity to shed light on the stability of local structures
and networks of international youth work in crises. A review of other past
crises (reunification, financial crisis, refugee crisis) will be conducted
through literature and document analyses as well as interviews and group
discussions with longstanding practitioners and administrative staff in the
field of international youth work. The question is which structures,
partnerships, initiatives, etc. were severely affected in the crisis and no
longer exist and which survived and why (quality of partnerships, type of
institutional anchoring, sustainability of projects, etc.). In the second step,
these questions are asked with regard to the Covid-19 situation. Through a
historical retrospective and an analysis of the current situation, insights
into minimally sufficient and necessary conditions, including institutional structures,
and successful strategies (priorities, modes of flexible support, etc.) of international
youth work in municipalities in crisis will be gained and proposals for the institutional
support of international youth work will be developed. The project is carried out in cooperation with Transfer e.V. within the framework of "Research and Practice in Dialogue - International Youth Work (FPD)".
Scientific Abstract
The project
on the local structures and networks in international youth work is undergoing
further development under the conditions of the COVID 19 pandemic. The pandemic
provides a unique opportunity to shed light on the stability of local structures
and networks of international youth work in crises. A review of other past
crises (reunification, financial crisis, refugee crisis) will be conducted
through literature and document analyses as well as interviews and group
discussions with longstanding practitioners and administrative staff in the
field of international youth work. The question is which structures,
partnerships, initiatives, etc. were severely affected in the crisis and no
longer exist and which survived and why (quality of partnerships, type of
institutional anchoring, sustainability of projects, etc.). In the second step,
these questions are asked with regard to the Covid-19 situation. Through a
historical retrospective and an analysis of the current situation, insights
into minimally sufficient and necessary conditions, including institutional structures,
and successful strategies (priorities, modes of flexible support, etc.) of international
youth work in municipalities in crisis will be gained and proposals for the institutional
support of international youth work will be developed. The project is carried out in cooperation with Transfer e.V. within the framework of "Research and Practice in Dialogue - International Youth Work (FPD)".
Involved:
Contributing FAU Organisations:
Lehrstuhl für Pädagogik mit dem Schwerpunkt Diversity Education und internationale Bildungsforschung
