War-time volunteering and population displacement: from spontaneous help to organised volunteering in post-2014 Ukraine
Journal: Voluntary Sector Review
Year: 2024

The paper reveals the role of volunteering in support of internally displaced people in a context with no or few regulations regarding volunteering and when the state and international organisations cannot fulfil the demands for assistance. It argues that ‘pure’ characteristics of volunteering are not applicable in such a context. The paper contributes to the literature by combining the understanding of volunteering as a hybrid phenomenon and a process model of volunteering. Drawing on empirical