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Contextual Understanding

Social Intervention Strategies and Volunteerism Characteristics: A comparative study of Chile and Brazil
Principal Investigator: Dr. Teresa Matus; Universidad Catolica de Chile; Santiago, Chile

Service and Volunteering in Five Southern African Countries [in Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe
Principal Investigators: Dr. Leila Patel and Helene Perold; Rand Afrikaans University in conjunction with Volunteer and Service Enquiry Southern Africa (VOSESA)
; South Africa

Volunteerism and Civic Service in Latin America and Caribbean: Organizational elements that enhance long-term volunteerism [in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Guyana]
Principal Investigators: Dr. Terrance Jantzi, Dr. Caroline Kroeker-Falconi, and Dr. Fiorella Rojas; Eastern Mennonite University,Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA in conjunction with Habitat for Humanity International, San José, Costa Rica

Civic Engagement and Citizenship Development

Rise and Fall of National Service in Nepal
Principal Investigator: Chandra Bhatta; London School of Economics and Political Science; United Kingdom

Measuring the Effectiveness of University-based Civic Service Projects in Turkey
Principal Investigator: Tara Hopkins; Sabanci University; Istanbul, Turkey

Environmental Attitudes and Civic Programs: A critical study of engagement in the United Arab Emirates
Principal Investigator: Dr. Fares Howari; United Arab Emirates Univesity; Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Study of Outcomes of Participation in the Bonner Scholars Program
Principal Investigator: Dr. Cheryl Keen;Junior Researcher: Sacha Ramirez; Antioch College; Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA

Community Impacts

The Impact and Sustainability of an Intervention of the AmeriCorps*National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) into Communities
Principal Investigator: Danielle Vogenbeck; University of Colorado; Denver, Colorado, USA

International and Transnational Service

The Paradoxes of International Service and Civic Nationalism [in Nigeria and the Gambia]
Principal Investigator: Wale Adebanwi; University of Cambridge; United Kingdom

Assessing Intercultural Competence in International Service [in Ecuador, Great Britain and Switzerland]
Principal Investigators:Dr
. Alvino E. Fantini; Dr. Todd M. Davis; Federation for the Experiment in International Living; Brattleboro, Vermont, USA

International Volunteers in Community Science for Sustainable Development
Principal Investigators: Peter Devereux;Dr. Laura Stocker and Dr. Martin Anda; Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

Elder Service

Older Adults in Uruguay: Actors of volunteerism and civic service
Principal Investigator: Anabel Cruz; Instituto de Comunicación y Desarrollo (ICD), Montevideo, Uruguay

 

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