Frontline work in humanitarian disasters. Bridging state and non-state rationalities towards region-based, multi-layered crisis management
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Project type
angewandte Forschung
Project start
01.04.2023
Project end
31.03.2026
Project status
laufend
Project contact
Project manager
Description
Abstract
Our research project focuses on the “ad-hoc multilevel doing, deciding and cooperating” of state and non-state frontline work that emerged in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is estimated that between 1 and 1.7 million people in Switzerland were reliant on aid - either in the form of financial assistance, food aid, or other basic support. Most of such aid was provided by humanitarian organisations, foundations and churches, as well as private individuals working at the frontline. Consequently, these frontline workers implemented policies at the local level and filled gaps that state authorities could not or would not cover. Our research is guided by two main sets of questions:
(1) How did (non) state frontline work react to the (new) precarities that individuals faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
(2) Which groups were neglected by state-funded support during the pandemic?
Our project is supported by humanitarian organisations, Swiss Solidarity, as well as the social welfare services of the cities of Lausanne, Basel, and Lugano - the three regions in which we conduct our in-depth case study.
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Created during FHNW affiliation
Yes
Strategic action fields FHNW
School
Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit FHNW
Institute
Institut Sozialplanung, Organisationaler Wandel und Stadtentwicklung
Financed by
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds, NFP 80
Project partner
Soziale Arbeit HES-SO Valais/Wallis, Switzerland
Contracting authority
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds, NFP 80
SAP reference
S256-0136-2
Keywords
Frontline Work
COVID-19
Armut
Soziale Arbeit
Vulnerabilität
COVID-19
Armut
Soziale Arbeit
Vulnerabilität
Subject (DDC)
360 - Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen