Calls for Papers
15th NCVO/ VSSN Researching the Voluntary Sector Conference
7- 8 September 2009, University of Warwick, UK
The NCVO/VSSN Researching the Voluntary Sector Conference is the primary UK conference for the voluntary sector research community. It brings together over 120 academics, practitioners and policymakers with a shared interest in the voluntary sector and voluntary action. Many of our delegates are from overseas, providing a real opportunity for shared learning with researchers from different countries and contexts.
Our aim is simple: to build the evidence base by sharing new, emerging research, and then to make the most of that evidence base by connecting researchers with the policymakers and practitioners who use research.
The conference is your ‘open space’ to share new or existing research, so this call for papers is an open invite to all researchers working on or with the sector. This includes new researchers (such as PhD students) wishing to present for the first time.
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The 38th Annual ARNOVA Conference
“Philanthropy in Communities: Finding Opportunity in Crisis”
Cleveland, Ohio
November 19-22, 2009
Deadline for submissions, March 23, 2009
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Giving & Volunteering Research Conference 2009
9 July 2009
VU University Amsterdam
At this one-day research conference, scholars present their most recent research on giving and volunteering. The conference aims to foster cooperation and exchange of ideas between academics from various disciplinary backgrounds and practitioners from the philanthropic sector.
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CHANGES, CHALLENGES, AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES
FOR THE THIRD SECTOR
THE 6th ISTR ASIA AND PACIFIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE THIRD SECTOR, NOVEMBER 2-4, TAIPEI, TAIWAN
The world is under great transformation. Globalization has become a trend that is very difficult to resist. The result of it could be some countries or a few special locations receive great benefits, and living standards in those areas are greatly lifted. On the other hand, globalization has also brought many serious social problems for the world, especially in those underdeveloped and developing countries. For example, the problems include poverty, inequalities, social exclusiveness, community dissolution, unsustainable environment, ethnic conflict, and cultural tensions among others. Accompanying the recent economic crisis around the world, it shows that globalization does not keep its promise to bring a better life for the entire world. Click for more information
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2nd International CIRIEC Research Conference on Social Economy
Östersund, Sweden
1-2 October 2009
Theme "The Social Economy in a World Facing a Global Crisis."
http://www.socek.se/ciriec_research_2009
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9th Annual Meeting of the European Civil Society Ph.D. Dissertation Network May 28-31, 2009, Leuven, Belgium
International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR)
Seventh Regional Conference for Latin America and Caribbean
9th Annual Seminar-Congress for Third Sector Research
Challenges of the environment
1 – 3 July 2009
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City
Civil society participation in the political transition process in Latin America was crucial to ensure a new democratic framework in the region at the end of the 20th century. The contribution by social movements and civil organizations to peacefully dismantle authoritarian regimes managed to add visibility to the transformational potential of the citizenry. Additionally, it had an effect on the various organized forms in which civil society was able to position itself in a key manner to understand the complex dynamics of social and political change that continued after the end of the Cold War. In parallel, along with the growth in the number and impact of citizen organizations, Latin American societies began to demand greater diversification from civil organizations in their areas of action and stronger accountability in their work. For the full text, Click Here
The Canadian Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER) has announced a call for papers for their upcoming May 27-29, 2009 conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ANSER is inviting proposals for individual papers, panels, or roundtable discussions on topics related to nonprofit and social economy research and practice in the Canadian, comparative, or international contexts. Proposals are particularly encouraged that fit into any of the following areas:
! Social economy and financing civil society
! Governance and management
! Public policy and government relations
! Co-operatives, community organizing, and community economic development
! Communication, networking and social marketing
! Volunteering and citizen engagement
The submission deadline is December 10, 2008. For more information, and to submit a proposal, visit: http://www.carleton.ca/sppa/anser.html
The EMES European Research Network,
in partnership with
the European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises
(Euricse) and the IRIS Network,
is pleased to launch the Call for Papers for the
2nd EMES International Conference on Social Enterprise,
to take place on 1-4 July 2009 in Trento (Italy).
Conference themes:
1) Conceptual aspects
2) Legal frameworks and public policies
3) Theoretical analyses across disciplines
4) Innovation, entrepreneurship and social enterprise
5) Management issues
6) Governance models
The deadline for abstract submissions is 30 January 2009.
To learn more about the event, visit the EMES website (www.emes.net)
or contact the organizers via email at emesconference@euricse.eu .
Tourism and the Third Sector is the theme of ETFs inaugural conference, which will be held in the beautiful
lakeside city of Neuchatel, Switzerland in September 2009. This conference will bring together representatives
from a diverse range of organizations including those from the third sector, public authorities, policy makers,
industry and community representatives, tourism researchers and others who recognize the potential for positive
outcomes from Tourism Sector – Third Sector interaction.
Please visit the conference web page for regularly
updated information regarding the conference.
All enquiries regarding this event should by directed to: William G. Feighery PhD. Email: wgf@tourism21.com
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