Email: aeh1n21@soton.ac.uk
Anne Heal is a (part-time) Post Graduate Researcher based in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Southampton. Anne's research focusses on the management of volunteering during Covid-19, with a particular emphasis on how well government mobilised volunteers during the various stages of the pandemic.
Anne's current research is focussing on understanding the various ways people volunteered during Covid-19 with a particular emphasis on why people chose to volunteers in government-initiated programmes, such as NHS Volunteer Responders, as opposed to choosing more local options. Understanding what motivated people to respond, why they continued to do so during the pandemic and whether they continued to do so afterwards is of interest both in the public policy context, but also for charities as they seek to recruit volunteers. The work implictly also will consider what roles are most appropriate for volunteering in times of crisis.
Thesis title: How well government mobilised volunteers during Covid-19.
Supervisors: Dr Matt Ryan, Professor Silke Roth
Date started: September 2022
After an executive career in strategy and regulation (including public policy, Anne now chairs Volunteering Matters, a charity focussed on high social impact volunteering, as well as holding a variety of trustee and associated roles, including chairing a UTC (an engineering and design orientated academy). This gives her insight into a wide range of volunteers and their motivation. Anne also has some directorships, with a particular interest in infrastructure and consumers, working across the transport, water, energy and dental sectors.