...-heartedness”, requiring no particular religious or cultural belief (Trousselard et al., 2014 , p. 475), helping individuals to have “open and creative” attention to one’s surroundings allowing individuals to avoid routinized and habituated behaviours (Langer, 2007). Disasters Empathy...

... The theoretical model of a civil contingencies management system for disaster aid is validated in most respects. The qualitative testing for high trustworthiness proves reasonable with regard to selected reference studies. Originality/value The theoretical model of a civil contingencies agency management...

...Sofia Nilsson; Misa Sjöberg; Gerry Larsson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a deeper theoretical understanding of a civil contingencies agency that, as part of its ordinary task, executes humanitarian aid and rescue operations following disasters in an international milieu, from...