Mapping Civil Society Initiatives<\/h2><\/div>

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The research unit Mapping Civil Society<\/em> provides an inventory of civil society initiatives that have been active, activated, or deactivated during the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. How was civil society affected by the pandemic and the measures taken against it? Which organizations and initiatives were active and how?<\/p>\n<\/div>

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<\/i><\/i><\/span>Research subject <\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>

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The research subject are different types of civil society organizations in Germany. The key ambition is to systematically cover formal and informal as well as political and non-political organizations. Note that we do not only focus on newly established initiatives and those responding to the pandemic more narrowly defined.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/i><\/i><\/span>Aims<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>

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The overall goal of this unit is to…<\/p>\n

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• deliver immediate, ground-level information on the activation of civil society during the COVID-19 crisis.<\/li>\n
• establish the basis for systematic sampling the other units of our exploration project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

  <\/i><\/i><\/span>Methods<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>

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  • We rely on an organizational survey conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. We complement the survey with systematic document analysis (on- and offline) and expert interviews.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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