The Role of Volunteers in Co-Producing ‘Whole-of-Society’ Solutions

What if we addressed societal issues as a shared, co-productive responsibility of all members of society? What role would volunteers play? How would nonprofit and volunteer management look different? These are some of the questions addressed in a study of volunteerism in emergency management and reviewed by Laurie Mook in this issue of Research to Practice. The lessons learned from this study give us another perspective to view the relationship between nonprofits, volunteers and impacted stakeholders.