Academic Centers

Country Directory

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Australia

• Centre for Australian Community Organisations and Management (CACOM), University of Technology, Sydney
• The Centre for Citizenship and Human Rights, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria
• Centre of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
• Social Justice and Social Change Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Penrith South

Austria

• Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Nonprofit Institutions(NPO Institute), Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna
• Not-For-Profit Business Corporation, University of Linz, Linz

Belgium

• Centre d'Economie Sociale, University of Liege, Liege

Brazil

• Center for Third Sector Studies - Fundacão Getulio Vargas, Sao Paulo
• Centro de Empreendedorismo Social e Administração em Terceiro Setor (CEATS) at FIA – Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA), Sao Paulo

Canada

• The Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development (CVSRD) A joint initiative of Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
• Nonprofit Management and Leadership Program, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Ontario
• Public Policy and the Third Sector Initiative, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
• Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Ryerson Universit, Tornoto, Ontario
• Institute for Nonprofit Studies, Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta

China

• Research Center for Voluntary and Welfare, Academy of Macroeconomic Research, Peking University, Beijing
• NGO Research Center, Tsinghua University , Beijing
• Institute for Civil Society, The Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou

Czech Republic

• Centre for Nonprofit Sector Research, Masaryk University

Egypt

• The John D Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, The American University in Cairo, Cairo

France

• Research and information Center on Democracy and Autonomy (CRIDA), Paris

Germany

• Maecenata Institute for Philanthropy and Civil Society at Humboldt University, Berlin
• Centre for Nonprofit-Management (NPM), Universität Münster, Münster
• Center for Social Investment (CSI), Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg

Hong Kong

• Center for Governance and Civil Society, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

India

• Third Sector Research Resource Centre (TSSRC), University of Mysore, Mysore
• Tata Institute of Social Sciences, mumbai and Tuljapur

Ireland

• Centre for Nonprofit Management, School of Business, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin

Israel

• The Israeli Center for Third Sector Research (ICTR), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva
• The Center for the Study of Philanthropy in Israel, Hebrew Univeristry of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus

Italy

• Legacy of MISP. Research Center of the Master in International Studies in Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship, Department of Historical Studies at the University of Bologna, Bologna
• Instituto Studi Sviluppo (ISSAN), Trento

Japan

• OSIPP Center for Nonprofit Research & Information at Osaka University, Osaka

Korea

• East-West Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul

Mexico

• Interdisciplinary Program for Third Sector Studies, El Colegio Mexiquense, Zinacantepec
• Social Justice and Sustainable Development Research Institute, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City

New Zealand

• Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington

Northern Ireland

• The Centre for Voluntary Action Studies, University of Ulster at Coleraine, Coleraine

Norway

• Comparative Research Programme on NGOs, University of Bergen Centre for Development Studies, Bergen
• Institute for Social Research, Oslo

Philippines

• Philippine Nonprofit Sector Project, National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Quezon City

South Africa

• Centre for Civil Society, School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

Spain

• Foundation Research Center of Economy and Society (CIES), University of Barcelona, Barcelona

Switzerland

• Institute for Research on Management of Associations and other Nonprofit Organizations, Verbandsmanagement Institut (VMI),Université de Fribourg/ Universität Freiburg, Fribourg

Taiwan

• Center for the Third Sector, National Cheng-Chi University, Taipei City

Thailand

• Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society , National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok

United Kingdom

• Centre for Charity Effectiveness, City University, London
• Centre for Voluntary Sector Research, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield
• Centre for Voluntary Action Research, Aston University, Birmingham
• Center for Civil Society, London School of Economics, London
• Centre for Comparative Management, The Open University, Milton Keynes

United States of America

• Center for Civil Society, University of California, Los Angeles – School of Public Affairs, Los Angeles
• Center for Nonprofit Leadership and Management at Arizona State University, Phoenix
• Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York
• Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, Indiana University_Purdue, University Indianapolis, Indianapolis
• Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy, School of Policy, Planning, and Development, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• Center on Wealth and Philanthropy, Boston College, Chestnut Hill
• Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee
• Institute for Human Service and Public Policy, Louisiana State University, Shreveport
• Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management, University of San Francisco, San Francisco
• Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits & Philanthropy, University of Washington, Seattle
• The Nonprofit and Public Management Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Institute for Governance and Accountabilities, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
• Center for Civil Society, Johns Hopkis University, Baltimore