How did German civil society react to the outbreak of the war in Ukraine? Who gets involved in a crisis? ✨✨New study in SPPS from our team; lead by Luise Hamdani, co-authored by @ronjademel.bsky.social, @swenhutter.bsky.social, and Jule Specht✨✨ A few key takeaways & Open Access paper here ⬇⬇⬇

🤝Both political engagement (e.g., demonstrating) as well as benevolent engagement (e.g., volunteering, housing refugees) were widespread among the German population 👥 The Big Five and trait empathy significantly predicted who became engaged, above and beyond sociodemographic variables