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Julie Fisher Melton, Kettering Foundation (retired program officer) and member of the ISTR Award Committee, will join the discussion. 
Elizabeth Bloodgood
Carolyn Cordery
Oonagh B. Breen
Mario Aquino Alves
Kin‐man CHAN
Corporate foundations are often linked to the founding company through their name, funding, trustees, administration and potential employee involvement. As these foundations are growing in number, size and importance and becoming increasingly visible in the philanthropic sector, the urgency to understand their role and functioning becomes more important.
Join us for a conversation with the authors. This book was developed in response to student questions in our classes this past spring when our campuses were shutdown and the whole country was figuring out how to respond to the pandemic. It is a book responding to student interest and embraces stories of actual nonprofit organizations and their responses to those they serve, their employees, and the health challenges of Covid-19 and shelter-in-place orders across the country. It shares insight on a range of topics from leadership, fundraising, personnel issues, and risk management, to name a few.
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feed from previously recorded webinars Have an idea for a webinar? Let us know! Calls for webinar contributions are rolling. ___________________________________________________________ Emerging Scholar Dissertation Series The International Society for Third Society Research (ISTR) Emerging Scholar Dissertation Award is presented biannually for a PhD dissertation completed or defended in the two calendar years preceding the Award. The purpose of the Award is to recognise work that makes an outstanding contribution to the knowledge on, thinking about, and study and understanding of, the third sector and its associated areas and fields. This year, ISTR will feature presentations by the 2020 award winner, the honorable mention winner, and four highly ranked submissions. Each presenter will be paired with a member of the award committee who will engage them in an informed discussion about the most compelling aspects of their dissertation. This is an excellent opportunity for the research community to learn about some of the newest research developments. 2020 Honorable Mention Winner: Arjen de Wit Thursday May 6, 2021 16:00 Amsterdam Check your time zone Open to the Public. To register, click here.
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El aprendizaje y servicio solidario (AySS) como metodología de enseñanza-aprendizaje, es definido como aquel que permite aprendizajes significativos con base en la provisión de soluciones concretas a problemas reales. Esto se logra al optimizar el desarrollo de conocimientos, competencias y actitudes, a través de motivar a las y los estudiantes para indagar e involucrarse en forma solidaria con el contexto social que les rodea (Tapia, 2010). En este sentido el AySS se constituye dentro de una relación que implica una participación equitativa entre el centro educativo y la comunidad o grupo social en el que se enmarca la práctica. Es por ello, que se considera al aprendizaje servicio como un ejercicio de doble intencionali¬dad. Por un lado fortalece la solidaridad de las y los jóvenes, mientras que por otro lado, refuerza los aprendizajes derivados de los contenidos curriculares (Luna & Folgueiras, 2014). Desde un enfoque de desarrollo de competencias ciudadanas, la relación que se establece entre los centros educativos y las organizaciones sociales que participan en este binomio contribuye en gran medida al desarrollo local y nacional. Analizar la participación equitativa tanto de las instituciones de educación superior como de las organizaciones sociales, en cada una de las etapas por las que transita un proyecto de aprendizaje y servicio se convierte en una tarea obligada para poder hablar de un verdadero desa¬rrollo de la sociedad civil. En este espacio, nos interesa discutir cuáles son los principales retos que se presentan al establecer procesos de evaluación, bajo un enfoque de corresponsabilidad, para los proyectos de AySS que se consideren experiencias positivas en el fortalecimiento de la participación de las y los estudiantes en el desarrollo social. ___________________________________________________________ ISTR Emerging Scholar Dissertation 2020 Award Winner: Jan Winkin Thursday April 22, 2021
___________________________________________________________ Book Series: Employee Engagement in Corporate Social Responsibility
Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Professor of Management, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Australia and Editor in Chief, Society and Business Review Lonneke Roza, Community Investment Manager International, Corporate Relations/ Corporate Citizenship, NN Group N.V., The Hague, The Netherlands Stephen Brammer, Executive Dean, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Australia With the increased pressure on the business sector to become a powerful actor in addressing society’s most significant issues, many companies realise they cannot do it alone. Employees are key in implementing corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability strategies. At the same time, the business world is struggling with a record low number of employee engagement. CSR can assist companies in winning the war for talent and becoming the destination of choice for people who are intrinsically motivated by values and purpose. Employee Engagement in Corporate Social Responsibility, written by the leading scholars in CSR and employee engagement. focuses on the antecedents the processes and the impact of employee engagement in CSR, with numerous examples, case studies questions for reflection and the cutting edge knowledge on this topic. ___________________________________________________________ Presentation: Civil Society Responses to the COVID 19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study of China, Japan & South Korea The paper is available on: Muse Project: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/784429/summary Thursday March 25, 2021 Our speakers will share their research from a forthcoming publication (Cai, Q., Okada, A., Jeong, B. G., & Kim, S. J. (2021). Civil society responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative analysis of China, Japan, and South Korea. The China Review, 21(1), 107-137) that examines how non-state actors can enhance social resilience to cope with extreme events by examining and comparing civil society’s responses to COVID-19 in China, Japan, and South Korea. The research has found that the civil society sector in each of these three countries played essential roles in combating the pandemic, either by reinforcing government-led efforts or by filling the institutional voids left by the government. Civil society actors in these countries have contributed to social resilience by donating money and medical supplies, providing imperative social services, disseminating needed information, and advocating for marginalized groups in society. This study provides timely information on how resources were mobilized by civil society to respond to COVID-19. Additionally, it shows how institutions in different countries have shaped civil society actors’ distinctive actions in the fight against COVID-19.
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___________________________________________________________ Book Series: Managerial Economics of Non-Profit Organisations
Discussant: Marthe Nyssens is a full professor at the School of Economics of the Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain, Belgium). She is currently the president of the EMES International Research Network.
This is the fifth edition of a book bringing together the microeconomic insights on functioning of non-profit organisations, complementing the wide range of books on the management of non-profit organisations by focusing on both theoretical and empirical work. Firstly, definitions of non-profit organisations are considered, after which the economic rationale behind their existence is examined, followed by a study of the demand for them and its implications for their functioning. The final chapters look at the economic idiosyncrasies of non-profit organisations’ management, focusing on the fields of strategic management, marketing, accounting and finance. ___________________________________________________________ Presentation: Introducing International Financial Reporting for Non-Profit Organisations (IFR4NPO) To view the PowerPoint Slideshow for this presentation, click here. More information can be found by visiting http://www.ifr4npo.org/ Tuesday February 16, 2021  Non-profit reporting requirements vary considerably globally and there are some issues that even countries with specific non-profit standards still have problems with. A lack of guidance or standards for non-profit organisations to follow in reporting for grants and donations received, or for subsequent expenditure, for example, makes reporting to supporters problematic. It is also likely to impair good financial management in non-profit organisations. In prior research, 72% of respondents to an international survey stated that an international set of guidance would be useful. The IFR4NPO project seeks to address gaps in non-profit financial reporting guidance for small and medium organisations by articulating possible solutions and developing guidance on specific topics. A Consultation Paper will be released for public comment submissions in January 2021. Join us in this webinar, where we will introduce the IFR4NPO project for an academic audience. This event will provide a brief overview of the project, along with the twelve topics that we believe are the trickiest financial reporting issues that non-profit entities face. We would welcome participant comments and discussion both online and on the Consultation Paper and subsequent work of IFR4NPO. _____________________________________________________
Buenas prácticas en la revisión por pares Miércoles 10 de febrero de 2021 Presentadoras:  Sonia Tello-Rozas, Profesora de Gestion de Empresas Sociales y Colectivas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Gestion, Universite de Quebec a Montreal - UQAM, Canada; Responsable de eje "Organizaciones sociales y colectivas" del Centro de Investigacion sobre la innovaciones sociales (CRISES)
 Carolina Andion, Profesora del Departamento de Administración Pública del Universidad de la Provincia de Santa Catarina (UDESC/ESAG), Brasil, Líder del Centro de Investigación y Extensión en Innovaciones Sociales en la Esfera Pública (NISP), Coordinadora del Observatorio de Innovación Social de Florianópolis.
Moderador: Daniel Barragán, Director, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones sobre Ambiente y Territorio (CIIAT), Universidad de los Hemisferios, Quito, Ecuador y ISTR Board Member
Únete a esta sesión para conversar con nosotros acerca de las buenas prácticas en la revisión por pares. Nuestro campo se basa en un sistema de revisión por pares para su publicación y presentación en conferencias. ¿Cómo podemos participar en el proceso de revisión por pares de una manera ética y eficaz? ¿Cómo podemos desempeñar un papel de apoyo en la construcción del campo al mismo tiempo que garantizamos una alta calidad? ¿Qué características, si las hay, son particulares de la región de América Latina y el Caribe? Trae tus propias preguntas y únete a la conversación. _____________________________________________________Book Series: Amateurs without Borders: The Aspirations and Limits of Global Compassion Friday February 5, 2021
Amateurs without Borders examines the rise of new actors in the international development world: volunteer-driven grassroots international nongovernmental organizations. These small aid organizations, now ten thousand strong, sidestep the world of professionalized development aid by launching projects built around personal relationships and the skills of volunteers. This book draws on fieldwork in the United States and Africa, web data, and IRS records to offer the first large-scale systematic study of these groups. Amateurs without Borders investigates the aspirations and limits of personal compassion on a global scale. _____________________________________________________A research agenda for civil society (2): An online conversation with Alan Fowler and Kees Biekart (special focus on the Asia-Pacific and African regions) Thursday, February 4 2021 Please join us for a conversation about the future of civil society research which will inform and contribute to an edited volume on the topic. We especially encourage our members in the Asia-Pacific and African regions to participate in this second conversation.
The publisher is Edward Elgar, with a plan for ensuring open access. The co-editors are eager to discuss these questions with ISTR colleagues as well as inviting contributions to the book. We encourage participation from ISTR members at any stage in their career, including doctoral students and emerging scholars. _____________________________________________________Book Series: Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World Thursday January 28, 2021
What results can social change organizations, be they nonprofits or social enterprises, reasonably measure and take credit for? How can measurement be used strategically by managers? How can they track and improve performance towards worthy goals such as reducing poverty, improving public health, or advancing human rights? Join Professor Alnoor Ebrahim for a lively discussion on measuring what matters, based on his new book Measuring Social Change, also available in Spanish as Midiendo El Cambio Social. _____________________________________________________Ready to Present: Iwona Nowakowska How Do Volunteers Cope? Quantitative and Qualitative Research on Regulation of Emotion and Behavior in Young Adult Volunteers Tuesday, January 26, 2021
ISTR’s Ready to Present program offers our doctoral student members the opportunity to present works in progress or to practice conference-style presentation skills. Participants are requested to provide the speaker with feedback and constructive guidance. Iwona Nowakowska is a doctoral student at The Maria Grzegorzewska University Institute of Psychology in Warsaw, Poland. _____________________________________________________Applying for Post-docs Wednesday January 20, 2021
How do you find and get a post-doc in the third sector research field? This is a topic that many students are interested in and is very challenging because there are so few post docs and the circumstances for getting them vary so significantly around the world. Come hear from four ISTR Members and PhD Seminar alumni who are currently in post-doctoral fellowships about how they managed the process. Each will share their experience and then will be available for questions/discussion. _____________________________________________________Book Series: Civil Society and The FamilyFriday January 15, 2021
The relationship between the family and civil society has always been complex, with the family often regarded as separate from, or even oppositional to, civil society. Taking a fresh empirical approach, Muddiman, Power and Taylor reveal how such separation underestimates the important role the family plays in civil society. Considering the impact of family events, dinner table debates, intergenerational transmission of virtues and the role of the mother, this enlightening book draws on survey data from 1000 young people, a sample of their parents and grandparents, and extended family interviews, to uncover how civil engagement, activism and political participation are inherited and fostered within the home. _____________________________________________________ A research agenda for civil society: A Conversation with Alan Fowler and Kees Biekart Thursday January 14, 2021 Please join us for a conversation about the future of civil society research which will inform and contribute to an edited volume on the topic.
__________________________________________________ Board Panel: Regulator Impositions on the Third Sector: International Perspectives Thursday, December 10, 2020
What Can We Expect of Charity Regulators? Charity Scandals, Declining Public Trust and Confidence … and Regulator Accountability
The Shifts in the Regulatory Regime of State and Civil Society Organizations Partnerships in Brazil
State Control on INGO in China
___________________________________________________ A three-part in-depth series
on the latest special issue in Voluntas.
Seminar 3: Wednesday, Dec. 2
Civil Society in ‘Politics’ and ‘Development’ in African Hybrid Regimes: The Kenyan Case (link to article)
______________________________________________________ Affinity Group on Gender – Discussion session
Join us for an informal gathering of the ISTR Affinity Group on Gender. We look forward to hearing what you’ve been doing during this extraordinary year and about your research. After we share what we are each currently working on, we will identify any common themes. We are also eager to get input from the gender group to inform future webinars and speakers. We recognize that a single meeting time does not enable everyone to participate and will schedule future meetings in alternate time zones. _____________________________________________________
Professional Development Workshop: Best Practices in Peer Reviewing
Speakers: Natalie Wong, Visiting Fellow, Department of Public Policy,
City University of Hong Kong Moderator: Yu Ishida,
Associate Professor, Department of Project Design at Miyagi University, Japan
Martes 24 de noviembre
Moderator: Jacqueline Butcher, Directora del Centro de Investigación y Estudios de la Sociedad Civil de México (CIESC ) _____________________________________________________ A three-part in-depth series
on the latest special issue in Voluntas.
Seminar 2: Wednesday, November 18 Two for One: Public Welfare and Regime Legitimacy Through State Funding for CSOs in Russia
(link to article)
_____________________________________________________ BOOK CLUB: Tuesday, 17 November 2020 Handbook on Corporate Foundations
Companies increasingly play a meaningful role in civil society and the philanthropic sector through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Corporate Philanthropy (CP). The most well studied form of allocating these resources is through outright contributions to operating external foundations and other nonprofit organizations. However, far less is known about the use of corporate foundations, separate and independent nonprofit entities aimed at channeling corporate giving to a social mission related to a company.
The primary aim of this volume is to deliver a holistic analysis of the current state-of-the-art on corporate foundations. For that reason, the book includes different perspectives on and use a hybrid concept of corporate foundations. The book includes three main parts. First, looking further into the organizational processes of corporate foundations, the book analyzes governance and operations as major aspects of organizational performance. Second, it sheds light on the role of corporate foundations in various institutional settings. Lastly, the book includes various stakeholder perspectives on corporate foundations, including corporate employees, beneficiaries, and their non-profit partners. _____________________________________________________ Seminar 1: Tuesday, November 10
The Changing Space for NGOs: Civil Society and Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes (link to article)
_____________________________________________________ Discussion Session: Self-help/Mutual aid groups in 2020 & the regulation of “new” forms of volunteering
Moderated by Faina Diola, University of the Philippines. Please join your colleagues for a discussion on the rise of self-help/mutual aid groups, “new” forms of community engagement, and the implications for the regulation of volunteering. We will discuss the definition
of these groups, how they are manifesting in different places in response to the pandemic and recent social movements, whether or not these are new and unique developments, how governments are responding, and the implications
for research. These discussions follow on two unrelated meetings of the Research on Volunteering and the Law and Regulation Affinity Group in
which these topics independently emerged as being some of the most salient. Instead of a formal webinar or panel, this informal discussion will continue and connect the conversations we started in September. Members
of both groups are invited to cross-pollinate ideas, much like we might over coffee at the conference. _____________________________________________________
Wednesday, 4 November 2020 Research Reflections and Future Directions: A Conversation with Helmut Anheier Join us for a conversation with Helmut Anheier (Hertie School and UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs). This is not a conventional webinar but rather a curated conversation with a longstanding teacher, researcher and institution-builder in the field. Questions for this conversation were solicited from ISTR current student members and emerging scholars, from which emergent themes were identified and further elaborated. Susan Appe (University at Albany, SUNY, USA, ISTR Board Secretary and Co-Editor of Voluntas) will lead the conversation. In our conversation with Helmut, we will discuss and reflect on a range of questions about his research on the third sector, the role of the state, and research and publishing in this field. The audience is invited to bring in their questions, which will be facilitated by Elizabeth Bloodgood (Concordia University, Canada, and ISTR Board Member).
Helmut K. Anheier is past President of the Hertie School, Professor of Sociology, and member of the faculty at the Luskin School of Public Affairs, University of California (UCLA).
Susan Appe, Assistant Professor at the University at Albany, SUNY Co-editor-in-chief of Voluntas, and ISTR Board Secretary, will lead the conversation.
Elizabeth Bloodgood, Associate Professor at Concordia University and ISTR Board Member, will moderate. _____________________________________________________ Thursday October 29 Inspirations from the South: What theoretical lenses/methodological approaches produced in Latin America might nourish our research projects on social innovation? Inspirations du Sud: Quelles perspectives théoriques/approches méthodologiques latino-américaines pour stimuler la recherche sur l'innovation sociale ? Presented in both English and French as speakers are most comfortable. No translation provided. This webinar seeks to present and discuss what we call ‘inspirations from the South’ in order to promote and nourish an intense North/South dialogue, particularly in the domain of social innovation. Despite the existence of a large body of literature that incorporates a variety of approaches, it should be noted that prevailing social innovation concepts/publications are essentially European and North American. The academic world that is interested in social innovation reproduces the same pattern of cultural domination and colonization of the imaginary that is condemned to other areas of the so-called ‘science’ (Pozzebon et al ., 2019). In this webinar, we argue for the value of a greater South-North knowledge sharing by providing an overview of the theoretical traditions coming from Latin America. This includes post-development and buen vivir, participatory action research and social technologies, to cite a few. Although presenting different historical trajectories, what all those streams share is a cultural and political positioning aligned with post-colonialism and post-scientism, challenging numerous premises of the Western vision of progress and science, including the supremacy of technical/scientific knowledge and emphasizing the importance of a higher local/peripherical protagonism. This webinar will promote reflection and exchange about the possibilities of integrating more purposively Latin American theoretical lenses and methodological approaches in our research projects.
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Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Exploring African Third Sector Organisations Readiness for the 4th Industrial Revolution
Presenters: Tsele Moloi, Nomathemba Memela, & Keratiloe Mogotsi, University of Witwatersrand
Moderator: Bhekinkhosi Moyo, University of Wit
watersrand, Graduate School of Business Administration
The fourth industrial revolution is no longer a far-fetched, sci-fi extravagance. It is characterized by real disruptive and revolutionary developments that are moving at a supersonic speed and fundamentally altering how individuals interact with each other. The purpose of this study by Wits PhD students was to provide emerging perspectives among the corporate foundations leaders; civil society foundations and grant making foundations on the impact of fourth industrial revolution to their ways of working and to establish to what extent they are ready and prepared to harness the full potential brought by the fourth industrial revolution to better serve the needs and aspirations of society. ________________________________________________ BOOK CLUB PRESENTATION: Tuesday, 20 October 2020 Between Power and Irrelevance: The Future of Transnational NGOs
Between Power and Irrelevance explores why a gap between transnational NGOs' rhetoric and reality exists and what they can do to close it. The book argues that TNGOs need to change the fundamental conditions under which they operate by bringing their own forms and norms into better alignment with their ambitions and strategies. Drawing upon a variety of perspectives, including hundreds of interviews with TNGO leaders, firsthand involvement in major organizational change processes in leading TNGOs, and numerous workshops, training institutes, consultancies, and research projects, the book examines how to adapt TNGOs for the future. ______________________________________________________
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP:
Friday, 16 October 2020
Global Perspectives on Teaching the Third Sector Online
With extensive online teaching experience, this global panel will discuss starting online courses and programs.
Moderated by Norman Dolch, Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, USA ____________________________________________________________ WEBINAR: Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Presenter: Cynthia Golembeski,
Rutgers University Moderator : Jeffrey Brown, Florida A&M University
Philanthropic funding, which has recently significantly increased, is critical to services, programming, research, and policy efforts associated with U.S. criminal justice reform. We analyze twenty years of grantmaker, recipient, and grant data to assess foundations’ roles in multiple phases of criminal justice reform processes, including funding interest subjects, geographic location, related population groups, and other variables. Organizational, archival and in-depth data will supplement these findings. Cynthia Golembeski is a RWJF Health Policy Research Scholar pursuing a JD/PhD at Rutgers University. She collaborates on health equity and criminal justice reform initiatives to achieve advocacy, policy, research, and service objectives. She is on the Journal of Correctional Health Care and World Medical and Health Policy editorial boards. She uses mixed methods in researching: Health and criminal legal system policy and management; equity; ethics; nonprofit management and philanthropy; state and local politics; and citizen-state relations. ____________________________________________________________ A Conversation With: Thursday, 8 October 2020 The State of Third Sector Theory: A Conversation with Lester M. Salamon
We invite one of the most influential scholars in third sector research, Lester Salamon (Johns Hopkins University, U.S.A.), into a conversation about the state of theory in this research field. We will talk specifically about the social origins theory of civil society development (Salamon/Anheier 1998), how it was developed, and how it has impacted the research field. Moving from social origins theory in particular to theory in general, we will discuss how theory should inform the work we do as researchers and practitioners. We will also consider some problematic developments concerning theory building, as recently criticized by Tourish (2020). We hope the conversation will illuminate how scholars can bridge excellence in theory building with a social impact.
__________ ____________________________________________ MEETING: Wednesday, 7 October 2020 Asia Pacific Regional Network Meeting
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WEBINAR: Thursday, 1 October 2020, Co-hosted with GIFE Filantropia e pandemia: a produção de conhecimento 6 meses depois
Moderator: Mário Aquino Alves (ISTR) Speakers:
Conhecimento e informações de qualidade e acessíveis têm sido fundamentais no enfrentamento à Covid-19. O campo da filantropia e da sociedade civil tem sido tanto produtor, quanto tema de diversos estudos, pesquisas e produções de conhecimento nesse
cenário de crise. É fundamental entender como o campo tem produzido conhecimento e como os dados e informações têm sido disseminados e utilizados e contribuído não só na construção de narrativas sobre o setor, mas também para os processos de tomada
de decisão na agenda das organizações e do setor público.
O que foi produzido de conhecimento (pesquisa aplicada e prática) sobre a pandemia ou em decorrência da pandemia? Como o campo do ISP e das OSC se viu e produziu conhecimento? O que está invisibilizado? Como os conhecimentos
produzidos dialogam e o quais oportunidades se abrem?
________________________________________________ MEETING: Wednesday, 30 September 2020 Research on Volunteering Affinity Group Meeting
Moderated by Jacob Mati, Sol Plaatje University, South Africa This Webinar is open to members of the affinity group and those interested in joining the conversation about research on volunteering. Join us for an informal gathering to learn about new research taking place, opportunities for collaboration, and discuss ideas for future research. Help set the agenda for this meeting by sharing your ideas during the registration process. __________________________________________________
MEETING: Tuesday, 29 September 2020 Reunión Regional ISTR América Latina y el Caribe / Latin America &
Hace poco más de un año, en julio de 2019, que nos reunimos. En este tiempo han surgido nuevas iniciativas y acciones en torno al trabajo de ISTR y de la Red, queremos compartir con ustedes las novedades, así como escuchar las __________________________________________________ BOOK CLUB PRESENTATION: Friday, 25 September 2020 A recording of this event is available here for ISTR members.
By Heather Carpenter, Dr. Norman A. Dolch, Timothy J. Hoffman, Roseanne M. Mirabella, & Helen K. Wise. Sagamore. 2020
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MEETING
: Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Join us for an informal gathering of the ISTR Law and Regulation Affinity Group. We look forward to hearing what you’ve been doing in our extraordinary times and about your research. We will also plan to meet in person at ISTR 2021 in Montreal!
Moderated by Mark Sidel, Doyle-Bascom Professor of Law and Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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WEBINAR: Monday, 14 September 2020 ISTR & WINGS Co-Hosted Event! 
This session will focus on the experience of researchers from around the world during the COVID-19 crisis, and global social movements. The different scenarios worldwide will provide the lens to look into how methodologies have changed and adapted and what the initial researches are that have come from the circumstances. This discussion is an opportunity to exchange perspectives from researchers with diverse backgrounds to understand the COVID-19 impact on philanthropic research.
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Civil Society Policy Impact
Award Winners (Presented in English)
Thursday, 10 September 2020
A recording of this event is available here for ISTR members. How to Change the World: The Experience of the Uruguayan Women's Rights Movement Presenter: Ines Pousadela, CIVICUS / Universidad ORT, Uruguay View slides here (English) (Espanol) This is a compelling account of the country-wide effort of women's organizations and other civil society groups to overturn the criminalization of abortion in Uruguay. In a highly controversial policy area, Pousadela does an outstanding job of identifying the key political factors both supporting and opposing the change in law. The Role of CSOs and Academy in Changing Public Policy: A Brief Case Study of Provisional Measures 870/2019
Presenters: Aline Goncalves de Souza and
Eduardo Pannunzio, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brasil
When there was a threat to civil society under a new government plan to introduce highly restrictive NGO legislation, one researcher wrote and circulated a detailed working paper. That document galvanized a national campaign and ultimately improved the provisions of the approved law of associations. Ganadores del premio Civil Society Policy Impact / Impacto de las politicas de la Sociedad Civil (Presentacion en espanol) Martes, 8 de septiembre 2020
A recording of this event is available
here for ISTR members.
Moderadora: David Santiago-Rosado, PhD, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagues Campus, College of Business Administration Movilización social y representación política. La lucha del movimiento de mujeres por el aborto legal en Uruguay
Presentadora: Ines Pousadela, CIVICUS / Universidad ORT, Uruguay View slides here (English ) ( Espanol) Este es un relato convincente del esfuerzo a nivel nacional de organizaciones compuestas por mujeres y otros grupos de la sociedad civil para revertir la criminalización del aborto en Uruguay. En un área de la política altamente controversial, Pousadela realiza un trabajo sobresaliente al identificar los factores políticos clave que apoyan y aquellos que se oponen al cambio de la ley.
El Papel de las OSC y la academia en el cambio de políticas públicas: un breve estudio de caso de la Medida Provisional 870/2019 Presentadoras: Aline Goncalves de Souza and Eduardo Pannunzio, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brasil
Cuando la sociedad civil estuvo bajo amenaza por el nuevo plan gubernamental para introducir una legislación altamente restrictiva para las ONGs, un investigador escribió y distribuyó un documento de trabajo detallado. Dicho documento impulsó una campaña nacional y finalmente mejoró las disposiciones de la aprobada ley de asociaciones. Accountability for Human Rights: Applying Business and Human Rights Instruments to Non-Governmental Organizations A recording of this event is available here for ISTR members. Wednesday, July 22, 2020 Presenter : Domenico Carolei, University of Stirling, United Kingdom Moderator: Oonagh Breen, ISTR President Elect, UCD Sutherland School of Law, Ireland While NGOs’ role has grown in the past few decades, NGO accountability for their negative human rights impacts remains weak. States and international organizations have developed business and human rights instruments that apply to corporations but there is no equivalent for NGOs. This discussion assesses the extent to which the main business and human rights instruments (UN Global Compact, OECD Guidelines, and UN Guiding Principles) could be applied to NGOs. What Does the Internet Say About You? Digital Identities for Academics Thursday, July 16, 2020
Presenter: Andrew Heiss, Department of Public Management and Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies,
Georgia State University Moderator & Discussant: Sarah S. Stroup, Professor of Political Science at Middlebury College. This workshop will share practical tips about whether, how, and where to develop digital identities, including:
ISTR General Members Meeting Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Agenda
Inspirations from the South: What theoretical lenses/methodological approaches produced in Latin America might nourish our research projects on social innovation and third sector? Monday July 6, 2020
Language of the webinar: Spanish and Portuguese Hosts: CRISES HEC Montreal – Center for research on social innovations & ISTR This webinar seeks to present and discuss what we call ‘inspirations from the South’ in order to promote and nourish an intense North/South dialogue, particularly in the domain of social innovation. Despite the existence of a large body of literature that incorporates a variety of approaches, it should be noted that prevailing social innovation concepts/publications are essentially European and North American. The academic world that is interested in social innovation reproduces the same pattern of cultural domination and colonization of the imaginary that is condemned to other areas of the so-called ‘science’ (Pozzebon et al., 2019). In this webinar, we argue for the value of a greater South-North knowledge sharing by providing an overview of the theoretical traditions coming from Latin America. This includes post-development and buen vivir, participatory action research and social technologies, to cite a few. Although presenting different historical trajectories, what all those streams share is a cultural and political positioning aligned with post-colonialism and post-scientism, challenging numerous premises of the Western vision of progress and science, including the supremacy of technical/scientific knowledge and emphasizing the importance of a higher local/peripheral protagonism. This webinar will promote reflection and exchange about the possibilities of integrating more purposely Latin American theoretical lenses and methodological approaches in our research projects.
Coordination: Marlei Pozzebon – HEC Montréal & FGV/EAESP Co-organizers: Sonia Tello-Rozas – ESG UQAM Armindo dos Santos de Souza Teodósio – PUC Minas Adriana Ferrarini – UNISINOS Erika Licon – Concordia University Luz Dinora Vera Acevedo – Universidad Nacional de Colombia Fabio Prado Saldanha – HEC Montreal
Mary Claudia S. Butron – UQAM L’injonction démocratique comme vecteur de compétences psychosociales pour la réinvention des Institutions Totalitaires. Le cas de l’analyse des groupes d’expression d’une association de protection de l’enfance A recording of this event is available here for ISTR members. Presenter: Philippe Colautti, Universite de Paris I - Sorbonne
Moderator: Maude Léonard, Professeure, École des sciences de la gestion, Université du Québec à Montréal Presentation in French with visual support in English.
Retos de la Sociedad Civil de frente a las consecuencias del COVID-19 A recording of this event is available here for ISTR members. Challenges of Civil Society facing the consequences of COVID-19 In collaboration with Universidad de los Hemisferios; this webinar will be presented in Spanish. Fecha: jueves 25 de junio Moderador: Daniel Barragán. Director CIIAT, Universidad de Los Hemisferios Agenda Bienvenida/introducción, Jacqueline Butcher, Red Regional de ISTR en América Latina y el Caribe Panel Covi-democracia, implicaciones sociales y retos para el accionar de la sociedad civil Anabel Cruz. Directora, Instituto de Comunicación y Desarrollo (Uruguay) Democracia y políticas públicas: ¿Cómo reinventar el rol de la Sociedad Civil a través de la investigación? Ana Patricia Muñoz, Directora Ejecutiva, Grupo Faro (Ecuador) Sistemas políticos, democracia y Sociedad Civil: ¿cómo direccionar y potenciar la investigación sobre la Sociedad Civil para informar el ciclo de las políticas públicas? César Ulloa, Docente Universidad de las Américas y Coordinación Mesa de Convergencia (Ecuador)
From the Editors: Strategies for Journal Publishing Monday, June 22, 2020 A recording of this event is available here for ISTR members.
Editors in Chief: Taco Brandsen, Radboud University & Susan Appe, University at Albany, SUNY
Moderator: Florentine Maier, Institute for Nonprofit Management at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria The Co-Editors in Chief of ISTR’s official journal VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations will discuss strategies to publish in international journals. They will talk about how to increase the chance to get papers published, including topics about how to select a journal, how to design a paper, and how to address reviewers' comments. VOLUNTAS is an interdisciplinary international journal that aims to be the central forum for worldwide research in the area between the state, market, and household sectors. As a leading academic outlet for research on the third sector, it publishes on topics related to civil society, nonprofit organizations, volunteering and philanthropy. Southeast Asia's Third Sector Response to the Pandemic: Data and Impressions The Impact of COVID-19 on Nepali CSOs A recording of this event is available here for ISTR members.
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The Impact of COVID-19 on the Australian Philanthropy Sector
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