Research Centers and Resources
- The
Association for
Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) is
"an international, interdisciplinary membership organization. Our
members include scholars and nonprofit leaders fostering the creation,
application and dissemination of research on voluntary action, nonprofit
organizations, philanthropy and civil society." The
Arnova-L
Discussion List is a listserv, not specific to the NIS,
but rather "an
international electronic forum for anyone using or interested in
nonprofit organizations, voluntary action or philanthropy." The
list is often used for posting queries related to ongoing research
projects, and members are good at supplying good leads or answers to the
queries.
- The Beacon
Project "connects
people around the globe to find innovative solutions that help the leaders
of community and nonprofit organizations better serve their clients."
- The Center for Civil Society Studies
of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies "seeks to
encourage the development and effective operation of nonprofit,
philanthropic, or 'civil society' organizations. The Center carries out
its work through a combination of research, training, and
information-sharing both in the United States and throughout the
world."
- The
Centre
for the Study of Public Policy is a research department
of the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow has developed a
unique programme of cross-national cross-time surveys to
monitor the transformation of post-Communist societies of
Eastern Europe and the NIS
- The European Foundation Center publishes a very good journal titled
SEAL--Social
Economy And Law, focusing primarily on Central and Eastern Europe
and the Newly Independent States, with expanding coverage of European
Union. The journal "seeks to promote an enabling environment for the
social economy (foundations, associations, and other non-profit
organizations) and to enhance the process of legal reform by improving the
knowledge of current legal developments throughout Europe." The SEAL
initiative is funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and the Open
Society Institute-Budapest. Both current and back issues are
available online at
http://www.efc.be/publications/sealabstract.html.
- gpgNet,
or The Global
Network on Public Goods, is a new website created by
Office of
Development Studies in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
It is intended to serve "researchers, policymakers, business and civil
society as a platform for information exchange and discussion, on issues
concerning the theory, policy design and practice of providing global public
goods."
- The
Institute
of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London offers an
interdisciplinary Masters Degree in "Understanding and Securing Human
Rights." Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, 28
Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DS", email:
[email protected].
- The
Internet Nonprofit
Center--Information for and about Nonprofits is a program of the
Evergreen State Society, based in Seattle, Washington. The
center publishes the
Nonprofit
FAQ, "a resource of information provided by participants in many
online discussions about nonprofits and their work. First-time users may
want to look at the
Guide
to using the FAQ.
- International Society for Third-Sector
Research. A forum for researchers on civil society, philanthropy,
nonprofits, and more, ISTR promotes research through a variety of disciplines and across national boundaries.
It operates an active
listserv
for the community of scholars and others interested in the latest research
on third sector issues. With membership in ISTR, one can also receive
Voluntas, an excellent international quarterly journal of research about
the nonprofit field.
- The NGO Café was set up by the
Global Development Research Center "as a meeting place for NGOs to
discuss, debate and disseminate information on their work, strategies and
results. The basic objectives of the Café are to assist NGOs in enhancing
and improving their programs and activities; to effect a better
understanding of NGOs in general; and to enable NGOs to network at local,
regional and international levels."
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