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The Third Engagement Report

The Third Engagement Report is a report on civic engagement that focuses on “The Future of Civil Society: Young Engagement in the Digital Age.”

By a decision of the German Bundestag from March 2009, the German Federal Government is encouraged to present a scientific report on the development of civic engagement in each legislative period. These Engagement Reports are written by an independent commission on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) and complemented by a statement of the German federal government.   

Each report puts an emphasis on different dimensions of civic engagement. The Third Report will focus on: “The Future of the Civil Society: Young Engagement in the Digital Age.” The report aims at providing recommendations for courses of action regarding a sustainable engagement policy as well as giving stimulus for political discourse revolving around current developments and innovative approaches to civic engagement. Prof. Dr. Jeanette Hofmann is chairing the expert commission. The head office supporting the commission is based at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin.

Following the publication of the report, HIIG is organizing a series of events to enable an exchange of the findings. At the "Digitalisierungswerkstatt" on 8th December 2020, experts and volunteers discussed various issues related to the digitization of civil society organizations. The second event "Datenwerkstatt" on 17th February 2021 will focus on the potential of (digital) data in engagement organizations. Registration for the event is possible until 12th February 2021 via the event page.

Lecture: 

Prof. Dr. Jeanette Hofmann on the Third Engagement Report (in German)

Digital Session:

Discussion of central findings (in German) 

Duration01.10.2018 - 30.09.2020
Sponsors Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

 

Further Information

Contact

Claudia Haas

Project lead: Jung. Digital. Engagiert. and Third Engagement Report events

Third Engagement Report

Report: “Zukunft Zivilgesellschaft: Junges Engagement im digitalen Zeitalter”

Central findings: “Future of civil society: Youth civic engagement in the digital age”

Also visit the website of the Third Engagement Report.

EXPERT EVENTS ON THE THIRD ENGAGEMENT REPORT

About HIIG

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Books

Ahlers, M., Grünewald-Schukalla, L., Lücke, M., & Rauch, M. (Eds.) (2018). Big Data und Musik: Jahrbuch für Musikwirtschafts- und Musikkulturforschung 1/2018. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. Publication details

Journal articles and conference proceedings

Grünewald-Schukalla, L. (2017). A methodology for cultural music business research. International Journal of Music Business Research, 6(1), 6-34. Publication details

Book contributions and chapters

Hüther, M., Riekmann, W., & Grünewald-Schukalla, L. (2020). Die Digitalisierung des Engagementsektors und seiner Organisationen. In Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Dritter Engagementbericht - Zukunft Zivilgesellschaft: Junges Engagement im digitalen Zeitalter. Bundestagsdrucksache 19/19320. (pp. 96-118). Berlin: Bundesanzeiger Verlag GmbH. Publication details

Bieber, C., Hofmann, J., Grünewald-Schukalla, L., & Züger, T. (2020). Engagement und digitale Plattformen: Plattformisierung des Engagements? In Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Dritter Engagementbericht - Zukunft Zivilgesellschaft: Junges Engagement im digitalen Zeitalter. Bundestagsdrucksache 19/19320. (pp. 119-131). Berlin: Bundesanzeiger Verlag GmbH. Publication details

Bieber, C., Hofmann, J., Hüther, M., & Züger, T. (2020). Zum Dritten Engagementbericht. In Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend, Dritter Engagementbericht - Zukunft Zivilgesellschaft: Junges Engagement im digitalen Zeitalter. Bundestagsdrucksache 19/19320. (pp. 42-51). Berlin: Bundesanzeiger Verlag GmbH. Publication details

Other publications

Fischer, G., & Grünewald-Schukalla, L. (2020). Memes als niedrigschwellige politische Praxis. tv diskurs.Verantwortung in audiovisuellen Medien, 24 (2), 22-25. Publication details

Haas, C., & Grünewald-Schukalla, L. (2020). Getting Involved. The Impact of Digitalisation on Civic Engagement. Digital society blog. Publication details

Grünewald-Schukalla, L., & Haas, C. (2020). Getting Involved: Data science for good. Digital society blog. Publication details

Grünewald-Schukalla, L., & Haas, C. (2020). Getting Involved: Civic engagement platforms – Where volunteering begins. Digital society blog. Publication details

Züger,T. (2019). Das Recht auf Widerstand. Südwind Magazin, Sep/Okt 19. Publication details

Züger, T. (2019). Podcast: Digitales ziviles Ungehorsam. Exploring digital spheres – Ein Podcast des HIIG, Episode 22. Publication details

Lectures and presentations

Vortrag: Ergebnisse des Dritten Engagementberichts mit anschließender Debatte
Fachbeiratssitzung der Niedersächsischen Landeszentrale für politische Bildung. Online, Hannover, Germany: 17.03.2021 Further information

Claudia Haas

Junges Engagement: Bestandsaufnahme, Potentiale und Herausforderungen
Wir für Klima, Demokratie und Gerechtigkeit!. Zukunft Bildung Schleswig Holstein, Landesbeauftragter für politische Bildung. Landeshaus, Kiel, Deutschland: 17.01.2020 Further information

Theresa Züger

Wekstattgespräch Demokratie im digitalen Kontext. Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission. Futurium, Berlin, Deutschland: 27.09.2019 Further information

Theresa Züger

Das RUN DMC-Meme zwischen Aneignung und Abkürzung
re:publica19 tl;dr. re:publica 2019, Berlin, Germany: 07.05.2019 Further information

Lorenz Grünewald-Schukalla, Georg Fischer

Moderation of workshops and panels

Workshop #engagierdichglücklich. Tincon e.V.. Kühlhaus Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland: 07.05.2019 Further information

Theresa Züger

Organisation of events

Datenwerkstatt – Fachveranstaltung zum Dritten Engagementbericht
17.02.2021. Online, Berlin, Germany (National) Further information

Nastassja Kreft, Claudia Haas

Nominations

Advisory Board Politics&Society Programm Track re:publica 19.

Theresa Züger