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Work Experience:
2008 – Emeritus Professor of Voluntary Sector Organisation, Aston University;
2006 – Visiting
Professor, Birkbeck, University of London;
2006 –
Academic Adviser to the Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR)·
1999 – 2007 Aston Business
School, Aston University, Birmingham - Professor of Voluntary Sector Organisation; Chair and Co-Founder of the Aston Centre
for Voluntary Action Research (ACVAR)
1987-98 London
School of Economics, Department of Social Policy and Administration - Lecturer in Voluntary Sector Organisation. Concurrently
Assistant Director of the Centre for Voluntary Organisation (CVO)
1981-87
Brunel University, Uxbridge, Institute of Organisation and Social Studies - Research Fellow in PORTVAC (Programme of Research
and Training in Voluntary Action)
1977-81 Citizens
Advice Bureau - Trainer and Volunteer Advice Worker
1969-77
Greater London Council, Central Policy Studies Unit and Research and Intelligence Unit - Professional Officer
1967-69 Greater London Council, Department of the Director General -
Administrative Officer
Education:
B.Soc.Sci (Hons 1st Class) Sociology and Politics, Birmingham University·
M.A. (with distinction) Public and Social Administration,
Brunel University·
Ph.D. London University
Research:
My research interests focus on the organisation, management and effectiveness of
voluntary and community organisations (also known as ‘VCOs’, ‘third sector organisations’, ‘nonprofits’
or ‘NGOs’). Topics of particular interest to me include: trustee boards, committees and governance
structures; the impact of public policy on the management of VCOs; organisational change in
the VCO sector; · the organisation of religious and faith based groups and congregations;· management
of volunteers; bridge-building between religious and ethnic groups; collaborations
and partnerships within the voluntary sector and across the voluntary/governmental sector boundaries; and social
responsibility activities linking businesses and VCOs.
Teaching:
My teaching in recent years has mostly
been at postgraduate and post-experience levels. Courses and topics covered have included: voluntary sector organisation;
working across sectoral boundaries; organisational change management; social research methods; social policy; and corporate
social responsibility; as well as supervision of doctoral students. I am a member of the Higher Education Academy.
Doctoral
Examinations:
I have been external examiner
for doctoral theses at: Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; University of Sydney, Australia; Warwick University, England;
London School of Economics, England; Stirling University, Scotland; Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland; Birmingham University,
England; Rhodes University, South Africa; Sheffield Hallam University, England.
Editorial
Positions:
International Editor of the
Journal of Nonprofit Management and Leadership (1997-2001) ·
Review Board for Special Issue of the Journal of Business Research (2001-2002)·
Editorial Board of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
(2004-· )
Editor
of Special Issue of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly on ‘Theories and Concepts for the Study of Nonprofits
and Voluntary Action’ (2007-2009)
Member
(by election) of the Editorial Management Board of Voluntary Sector Review (2009- )
Editorial Board of Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Enterprise
Research (2010 - )
Other Recent Academic and Academic Related Activities:
Recipient (November 2011) of the Award for Distinguished Achievement and Leadership in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research from ARNOVA (the US Association for Research in Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action) (acceptance speech)
Keynote Address, September 2011, to the Third Nordic Conference on Church Leadership and Organizational
Change in Helsinki, Finland. ‘Seeing Churches as Voluntary Associations: Category Error or Insight for Practice?’
Presentation, 1 July 2010, on 'Social Enterprise, the Voluntary Sector and Mainstreaming Faith'. Address to the a conference on 'Faith and Policy: Where Next for Religion in the Public Sphere' sponsored
by AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Programme. (podcast)
Presentation, May 2010, on ‘Challenges of Community Bridge-Building’ to a workshop run
by the Institute of Community Cohesion (iCoCo), Coventry University
Seminar presentation, April 2010, to community work staff of the London Borough of Newham. ‘Supporting Community
Bridge-Building Activities’
Keynote Presentation, July
2009, to the Annual Meeting of the Jewish Volunteering Network on 'Why a Jewish Volunteering Network?'
Member of the Advisory Group of the Jewish Volunteering Network, 2009-
Member of the Reference Group for the 'Below the Radar' Work Stream
of the Third Sector Research Centre, Birmingham University, 2009-
Presentation, 7 April 2009, to the ESRC/NCVO/VE Seminar on ‘Voluntary Action and the Economic Downturn: Threats
and Opportunities’. The presentation was entitled ‘Managing the Impact of Recession
on Voluntary Action’
Presentation, March 2009, on ‘Religion and Good Relations’ to EHRC Seminar on ‘Religion, Equality
and Good Relations’
Plenary Address, November
2008, to the Annual Meeting of ARNOVA (Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary
Action), Philadelphia, November 2008 - 'Leading in Building Civil Society
- Obligations and Privileges'
Presentation, June 2008, to NCVO/Carnegie Seminar on Bridging
Social Capital - Powerpoint presentation from the seminar and overall report of the bridging seminar series is available at www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/socialcapital and www.futuresforcivilsociety.org
Member of the Commission on the Future of Volunteering 2006-
2008
Lecture tour
in Taiwan including visits to National Chengchi University and National Chi-Nan University, December 2006
Visiting
Professor in the School of Management, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel – March 2005, May 2006,
March 2007
Keynote Address ‘Shaping the Future of Voluntary Sector Research in the UK’ NCVO/VSSN Research Conference,
Warwick University, 31 August 2005
Member of the Academic Advisory Group for the UJIA/Hebrew University Project on Contemporary Jewish Identity in the UK 2002
– 2005
Special Advisor
to Birmingham Commission on the Voluntary Sector April 2001 – April 2003
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