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Advancing Research & Policy on International Volunteer Service

International Service

CSD is partnered with the Brookings Institution (BI) on the Initiative on International Volunteering and Service to build knowledge on international service worldwide. BI aims to create avenues for meaningful participation in international volunteering and service, and to ensure long-lasting value for volunteers, as well as for sending and hosting organizations, communities, and countries. As a partner in this initiative, CSD is conducting impact research that builds knowledge on international service worldwide and will contribute to related policy analysis.

Research includes analyzing longitudinal data extracted from the US Bureau of Labor Statistic’s Current Population Survey to assess the extent to which residents in the U.S. volunteer internationally.

See also related research on the impact of volunteering on  volunteers, host organization, and communities in South America, Southern Africa and Uganda.

Funding Partner: Ford Foundation


Principal Investigators

 

Amanda Moore McBride

 

CSD Faculty Director; ​University of Denver
Civic Engagement and Service

  • Email: Amanda.McBride@du.edu

 

Benjamin Lough

 

CSD Faculty Director; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Email: bjlough@illinois.edu

Contact

Lissa Johnson

CSD Associate Director,
Director of Policy Initiatives, Grand Challenges for Social Work

  • Email: ejohnson@wustl.edu

Events

International Volunteering and the 2030 Development Agenda: Forging Global Development Outcomes, Research, and Alliances

June 14, 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m., ​Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington D.C.

International Volunteering and Service

July 23, 2010, Washington, DC

News

D.C. forum highlights international volunteer service

June 27, 2016

Volunteerism is powerful but undervalued, finds first State of the World’s Volunteerism Report

December 5, 2011

Do helping hands forge lasting ties?

September 2, 2010

Center for Social Development and Brookings Institution host international volunteer forum in D.C.

June 22, 2010

Publications

Briefs & Summaries International Service

Volunteering and Measures of Human Development

Briefs & Summaries International Service

The Global Research Agenda on Volunteering for Peace and Development

Articles & Special Issues Civic Engagement & Service International Service

Skills-Based International Volunteering Among Older Adults From the United States

Briefs & Summaries Civic Engagement & Service International Service

A Decade of International Volunteering From the United States, 2004 to 2014

Briefs & Summaries Civic Engagement & Service International Service

International Volunteering From the United States Between 2004 and 2012

Briefs & Summaries Civic Engagement & Service International Service

International Volunteerism in the United States, 2004-2010

Briefs & Summaries Civic Engagement & Service International Service

International Volunteerism in the United States, 2008

Civic Engagement & Service International Service Working Paper

Access to International Volunteering

Civic Engagement & Service International Service Perspectives & Testimonies

Inclusion and Effectiveness in International Volunteering and Service

Civic Engagement & Service International Service Working Paper

National and International Volunteerism Among Volunteers in the United States, 2005

Civic Engagement & Service International Service Working Paper

The Estimated Economic Value of a US Volunteer Abroad

Civic Engagement & Service International Service Working Paper

International Volunteerism in the United States, 2005

All Project Events, News & Publications

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