• Kleine Kommunen, große Wirkung [Small communities, big impact]
  Projectmanagement: Dr. Thomas Metten
  involved persons: Kals, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth, Knebel, Akad. ORin Petia, Rothenberger, Prof. Liane, Treiber, Prof. Dr. Angela, Berger, Dr. Priscila, Esch, Christopher, Muhr, Kerstin, Schmidt, Petra, Zacher, Dr. Daniel, Zieris, Dr. Patricia
  Duration: June 2024 – May 2026/2027, ongoing
  Funder: VolkswagenStiftung

• Konzeption und Durchführung der Strategie-Workshops für die Organisationen des Katastrophenschutzes NRW [Conception and implementation of the strategy workshops for the NRW disaster control organisations]
  Project management: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals
  Substitution: Dr. Patricia Zieris, Dr. Svenja Schütt
  Duration: October 2023 - February 2024, completed
  Funder: Ministry of Internal Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia

• Telefon-Engel [Telephone Angels] - Conversations against loneliness for older people aged 60 and over who feel lonely
  Project management: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals
  Project team: Adrian Thomas, Laura Pollack
  Duration: February 2022 - June 2024, completed
  Funder: Bavarian State Ministry of Health and Care

• Katastrophenschutz NRW [Disaster Protection NRW]: Onboarding
  Project management: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals, Dr. Svenja Schütt
  Project team: Laura Pollack
  Duration: April 2022 - August 2022, completed
  Funder: Ministry of Internal Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia

• Fortsetzungsprojekt im Katastrophenschutz NRW: Individuelle Feedback-Workshops für die Hilfsorganisationen des Katastrophenschutzes [Continuation project in disaster protection in NRW: Individual feedback workshops for disaster protection aid organizations]
  Project management: Dr. Svenja Schütt, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals
  Project team: Laura Pollack
  Duration: October 2020 - January 2022, completed
  Funder: Ministry of Internal Affairs of NRW

• KOKO. Konflikt und Kommunikation KOKO. [Conflict and communication]
  Project management: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals, Dr. Svenja Schütt
  Project team: Martina Grunenberg, Adrian Landwehr
  Duration: June 2021 - December 2026, ongoing
  Funder: Federal Ministry of Defence 

• GreenCare: Natur und Gesundheit: Evaluation einer achtsamkeitsbasierten, naturgestützten Intervention [GreenCare: Nature and health: Evaluation of a mindfulness-based, nature-based intervention]
  Project management: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals, PD Dr. Markus Müller
  Project team: Dr. Particia Zieris
  Duration: December 2019 - May 2023, completed
  Funder: Government of Lower Franconia and Government of Upper Bavaria of the UNESCO biosphere reserves Berchtsgadener Land and Rhön, Bavarian part

• Stärkung und Wertschätzung des Ehrenamts im Katastrophenschutz [Strengthening and appreciating volunteer work in disaster protection]
  Project management: Dr. Susanne Freund, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals, Dr. Isabel Strubel
  Project team: Dr. Svenja Schütt, Bernadette Enders
  Duration: February 2019 - December 2020, completed
  Funder: Ministry of Internal Affairs of NRW

• Generationenübergreifendes Lernen, Transfer und bürgerschaftliches Engagement: Eine erweiterte Längsschnitterhebung [Intergenerational learning, transfer and civic engagement: An extended longitudinal survey]
  Project management: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals
  Project team: Dr. Svenja Schütt
  Duration: December 2018 - June 2019, completed
  Funder: Bavarian State Ministry for Family, Labor and Social Affairs

• Wissenschaftliche Begleitung, Konzeption, Durchführung und Evaluation einer Workshop-Reihe für die Mitglieder der Freiwilligen Feuerwehren in NRW [Scientific support, conception, implementation and evaluation of a series of workshops for members of volunteer fire departments in NRW]
  Project management: Dr. Susanne Freund, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals
  Project team: Oliver Stubenvoll
  Duration: June 2018 - May 2020, completed
  Funder: Ministry of Home Affairs and Local NRW

• Evaluationsprojekt im Rahmen des Verbundprojekts "Mensch in Bewegung" [Evaluation project as part of the joint project “People in Motion”]
  Project management: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals
  Project team: Dr. Susanne Freund, Judith Prantl, Katharina Heidt, Dr. Heidi Ittner, Zahra Samiee Zafarghandi
  Duration: February 2018 - December 2022, completed
  Funder: Joint project of the KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and the TH Ingolstadt, financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

• Naturbeobachtung, Wohlbefinden und Engagement in Pflegeeinrichtungen: Evaluation eines Präventionsprojekts [Nature observation, well-being and commitment in care facilities: Evaluation of a prevention project]
  Project management: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals
  Project team: Dr. Susanne Freund, Patricia Zieris, Veronika Zwerger
  Duration: October 2017 - September 2020, completed
  Funder: State Association for Bird Protection in Bavaria e.V. (client); Care funds from AOK Bayern, the BKK Bavarian State Association, IKK classic, KNAPPSCHAFT and the social insurance for agriculture, forestry and horticulture - SVLFG

• Bürgerschaftliches Engagement und Gerechtigkeitswahrnehmungen im Kontext der Flüchtlingshilfe [Civic engagement and perceptions of justice in the context of refugee aid]
  Project management: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals
  Project team: Dr. Isabel Strubel, Prof. Dr. Kathrin Thiel
  Duration: January 2016 - June 2018, completed

• Studie zur Mediationsbereitschaft [Study on mediation readiness]
  Project management: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals
  Project team: Dr. Heidi Ittner, Dr. Susanne Freund, PD Dr. Markus Müller
  Duration: April 2016 - March 2018, completed
  Funder: German Foundation Mediation, Arastr.20, 85579 Neubiberg
  External report on the project

• Evaluation von Pilotprojekten zur Förderung des Ehrenamts in der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr [Evaluation of pilot projects to promote volunteer work in the volunteer fire department]
  Project management: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kals
  Project team: Susanne Freund, Isabel Strubel, Patricia Heinemann, Lusine Vaganian
  Duration: September 2014 - March 2017, completed
  Funder: Ministry of Home Affairs and Local NRW

Completed projects

An overview of the research projects conducted by the professorship is available in the university's KU.fordoc research database.

Information about the publications of the professorship can be found on the personal pages of the staff members and on the university's publication server KU.edoc.