Impacts of AI on International Volunteering - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798337350233

Publisher: Information Science Reference, 2025

Synopsis

AI is changing the landscape of international volunteering, introducing new opportunities and challenges for global civic engagement. AI technologies are transforming how international service initiatives are designed and delivered. While automation and data-driven platforms can boost efficiency, they also raise critical questions about human connection and the future relevance of traditional volunteering models. This evolving dynamic invites a deeper examination of AI's influence on the motivations, methods, and impacts of volunteering across borders. Impacts of AI on International Volunteering explores how AI can enhance international volunteering from a global perspective. This book considers how AI can support more authentic, culturally sensitive, and socially impactful volunteering promotion, particularly when linked to global citizenship education and sustainable development goals. Covering topics such as AI, globalization, and volunteering, this book is an excellent resource for researchers, practitioners, students, and policymakers in the fields of tourism, marketing, international development, and digital technologies.

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About the Authors

Ricardo Jorge Pacheco Coutinho is a PhD candidate in Tourism at the University of Vigo, Spain, and holds a Master’s degree in Tourism Management from the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA), where he also serves as a guest lecturer. He has over a decade of experience in leading international projects, fundraising, and implementing cultural and social programmes. He is currently the President of the Círculo Vital Association and Vice-President of the Intercultural Association for All, coordinating initiatives focused on social inclusion, youth, and international volunteering. His research interests focus on the relationship between international volunteering and the image of tourist destinations, the impact of soft skills on the job market, and the management of cultural and social institutions. Throughout his academic career, he has published several articles and book chapters with international publishers, including IGI Global.

José Antonio Fraiz (jafraiz@uvigo.gal) is Professor in the area of Marketing and Market Research at the University of Vigo. For the past 19 years, he has been responsible for the Master's Degree in Management and Planning of Inland and Health Tourism. Coordinator at the University of Vigo for the Interuniversity Doctorate in Tourism, which involves 12 Spanish universities. President of the Intur Network (Interuniversity Network of Postgraduate Programs in Tourism), comprising 30 Spanish universities. Principal investigator of the OC2 “Marketing and Tourism” research group at the University of Vigo, which has allowed him to conduct research projects and organize seminars, workshops, and national and international conferences. Under his supervision, 17 doctoral theses have been defended. He has published in numerous high-impact national and international scientific journals, as well as book chapters and books with prestigious and widely disseminated publishers.

Bruno Sousa (bsousa@ipca.pt) is Professor Coordenador of Marketing at Polytechnic University of Cavado and Ave (IPCA), Portugal and PhD in Marketing and Strategy in Universidade do Minho, Portugal. Head of Master Program - Tourism Management (IPCA) and Tourism Marketing Master. CiTUR research member. Bruno Sousa has published several chapters at IGI Global over the past 5 years, on topics of marketing, tourism and management. He has published in the Journal of Enterprising Communities, Tourism Management Perspectives, Current Issues in Tourism, Journal of Organizational Change Management, World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sust. Development, among others.

Edition details

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798337350233
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292
• Editor: Coutinho Ricardo Pacheco, Fraiz José Antonio, Sousa Bruno Barbosa