Coordinator(s): Hans-Peter Y. Qvist, (Aalborg University, Denmark)
This session invites papers that contribute to the sociology of volunteering. Empirical papers may use quantitative data to shed light on the causes of volunteering including how they change over time and vary between contexts or to examine the possible effects of volunteering on different outcomes such as career progression, health, or social trust.
Papers may also use qualitative data to elucidate the social mechanisms through which people become volunteers or explain how the possible effects of volunteering on different outcomes come about. The session also welcomes papers that reviews existing sociological literature on volunteering or address important methodological issues within it.