About
Dr Darja Kragt
Darja is a research fellow at the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Western Australia (UWA). As an avid volunteer herself, Darja is curious to find out what makes volunteers join and remain with emergency services and how these experiences could be improved. In her doctoral thesis, Darja’s researched leadership development and identity. Darja is also involved in a number of research projects that investigated reasons for and outcomes of homelessness in Australia.
Research team
| Type | Project | Research team |
|---|---|---|
| CRC Core Project | Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering | dkragt, aluksyte, dholtrop, mgagné, tkruger, jhandmer, hawa.farid |
18 Sep 2018
In this study, we examined how meeting the initial expectations of new volunteers when they join an...
Resources credited
| Type | Released | Title | Download | Key Topics |
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| HazardNoteEdition | 15 Oct 2019 | Motivations, experiences and emotions: being an SES volunteer |
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capability, communities, volunteering |
| Presentation-Slideshow | 27 Aug 2019 | Emergency Volunteer Retention: Can a Culture of Inclusiveness Help? |
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volunteering |
| Presentation-Audio-Video | 29 Apr 2019 | Effective on-boarding for volunteers - webinar |
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decision making, emergency management, volunteering |
| Presentation-Slideshow | 19 Sep 2018 | Lived experiences of emergency services volunteers in Western Australia |
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emergency management, volunteering |
| Presentation-Slideshow | 17 Apr 2018 | Enabling sustainable emergency volunteering: Changing management practice |
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emergency management, response, volunteering |
