Hi Julian, one open question I would like to see addressed is how the digital and on-the-ground responses to emergency situations (think earthquakes, floods, disease outbreaks, war etc.) can be coordinated more efficiently. Those responses are by no means limited to volunteers, but frequently have a strong volunteer component.
A good example for that is OpenStreetMap, who have established mechanisms to (re)map the affected areas within days and sometimes hours (see https://www.hotosm.org/ ), and many of the responders on the ground are using that. There are a few more examples like that, but my impression is that, by and large, the traditional responders are operating as closed siloes, though awareness is growing that this may need to change. My notes on the topic are at https://github.com/Daniel-Mietchen/datascience/blob/master/emergency-response.md . Cheers, Daniel On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 12:45 PM, Julian Fischer <julian.fisc...@wikimedia.de> wrote: > Hi all, > > Wikimedia Deutschland is planning a workshop (June 23, 2017) on digital > engagement / digital volunteer work. > > The aim of the workshop is to identify with other stakeholders ("classic" > NGOs, Free- and Open-Movement, Volunteers, state authorities) open > questions on digital engagement / digital volunteer work that should be > answered. > > Research questions could be as follows: > - What is the difference between digital and analog engagement? > - What are the core characteristic of digital engagement? > - What should state authorities on the national and local level do in order > to support digital volunteers? > - How important is digital engagement for our society? > - ... > > Is there anybody from the Wikimedia movement who can help us to broaden our > German perspective and give us international insides on this topic (e.g. > via a ten minutes video message)? > > Do you know any inspiring study? > > Cheers, > > Julian Fischer > Head of Volunteer Support > > Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | D-10963 Berlin > Tel. +49-(0)30 219 158 26-0 > http://wikimedia.de > > Stellen Sie sich eine Welt vor, in der jeder Mensch an der Menge allen > Wissens frei teilhaben kann. Helfen Sie uns dabei! > http://spenden.wikimedia.de/ > > Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. > Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter > der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für > Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
