Research
CNSM affiliated faculty conduct research on a variety of topics related to nonprofit organizations and international NGOs. A list of recent academic publications is available for participating faculty on Google Scholar. Recent books authored by CNSM affiliated faculty include:
- Leadership Standpoints: A Practical Framework for the Next Generation of Nonprofit Leaders (Cambridge University Press, 2021)
- Between Power and Irrelevance: The Future of Transnational NGOs (Oxford University Press, 2020)
- The Paradox of Scale: How NGOs Build, Maintain, and Lose Authority in Environmental Governance (The MIT Press, 2018)
- The Nonprofit World: Civil Society and the Rise of the Nonprofit Sector (Kumarian Press, 2015)
Faculty research is often featured in nonacademic outlets such as The Conversation, HistPhil, Inside Philanthropy, and the Stanford Social Innovation Review, among others.
Professional Engagement
Our faculty regularly present research at the annual meetings of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR), and many other professional associations in nonprofit studies, social science, public policy, public administration, and international affairs. Many of our faculty serve in governance, leadership, and management roles in various academic and professional associations.
Our faculty serve on the editorial boards of several academic journals, including Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, and the American Review of Public Administration.
CNSM is a member of the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC).
