Project leader

Sophie Lacher

Project members

Luca Fliegener

Project partners

Prof. Dr. Hennig G. Goersch

Crisis situations pose learning challenges for most people, as the skills needed to cope with them are generally not available, or not available in sufficient quantity. At the same time, learning under crisis conditions is overwhelming due to the high psychological stress and multiple practical life challenges. Preventive learning programmes are therefore a key requirement for civil protection to prepare for such situations. 

The proposed funding project will investigate the extent to which the population is informed about the topic of "emergency preparedness" and how their information and training behaviour can be differentiated. In particular, the informal use of information and learning resources will be analysed. Building on this, the group of 'preppers' will be analysed separately, with a particular focus on the digital information and learning resources they use and create themselves, as well as individual and collective learning processes. Accordingly, the project is categorised as adult and continuing education research and focuses on informal learning processes in the context of civil protection.

Publications

Lacher, S. (submitted). Exploring Disaster Preparedness: A Scoping Review of Adult and Continuing Education Approaches in International Civil Protection Research

Poster

Lacher, S. & Rohs, M. (2024). Disaster Preparedness . Adult education research on disaster preparedness. BMBF Innovation Forum ‘Civil Security’, 7-8 May 2024, Berlin Link