Places


Here are the European institutions devoted to third sector and civil society research and teaching.

You can also find a number of Non-European places here.

If somewhere is missing from the listing, please let us know.

The list is sorted by country by default but can re-ordered by clicking on any of the other column headings.

Places
Institution University Country Link
Research Centre on Non-Profit Organisations Studi di Genova Italy →
DART Università degli Studi di Trento Italy →
Inst. for studies & the dev. of nonprofit org's University of Trento Italy →
Euricse University of Trento Italy →
NPO-Institute Vienna University of Economics... Austria →
Sida Civil Society Center (SCSC) N/A Sweden →
The Civil Society Program Stockholm School of Economics Sweden →
Institute for Civil Society Studies Ersta Sköndal Högskola Sweden →
Globalverkstan N/A Sweden →
Ideell Arena N/A Sweden →
Verbandsmanagement Institut Freiburg University Switzerland →
Centre for Philanthropy Studies (CEPS) University of Basel Switzerland →
Center for Leadership and Values in Society University of St. Gallen Switzerland →
Department of Civil Society Studies Charles University Czech Republic →
Center for Nonprofit Sector Research Masaryk University Czech Republic →
Center for Citizenship, Democratic Part. & Civil Soc. Roskilde University Denmark →
Le Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux (CEMS) EHESS France →
CRIDA N/A France →
Center for Public Sector Research University of Gothenburg Sweden →
Centre for Nonprofit Management Münster University Germany →
Maecenata Institute For Third Sector Research Humboldt University Germany →
European Civil Society and Multilevel Governance Westfälische Wilhelms Germany →
Centre for Social Investment (CSI) University of Heidelberg Germany →
Org. the Public Sector: Gov. & Public Mgt. Reform EGOS Germany →
Berlin Civil Society Centre N/A Germany →
Third Sector's Social and Economics Studies Group Zaragoza University Spain →
Found. Research Ctr of Economy & Society (CIES) University of Barcelona Spain →
University Institute of Invest. in Soc. & Coop. Economy Universitat de València Spain →
Bulgarian European Community Studies Association N/A Bulgaria →
Centre for Co-operative Studies University College Cork Ireland →
Centre for Nonprofit Management Trinity College Ireland →
Centre for Voluntary Action Studies University of Ulster UK →
Voluntary Sector Research Centre Glasgow Caledonian University UK →
Cass Centre for Charity Effectiveness Cass Business School UK →
ESRC Research Ctr. for Char. Giving and Phil. (CGAP) Cass Business School UK →
Centre for Voluntary Sector Research Sheffield Hallam University UK →
Institute for Voluntary Action Research Aston Business School UK →
Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) University of Birmingham UK →
Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy Cass Business School UK →
Centre for Government and Charity Management London South Bank University UK →
Centre for Civil Society LSE UK →
Third Sector European Policy network LSE UK →
Centre for Citizenship Education Newman University College UK →
Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship University of Oxford UK →
Centre for the Study of Vol. and Community Activity Roehampton University UK →
Institute for Volunteering Research University of East London UK →
Centre for Research on Civil Society & Voluntary Sector N/A Norway →
Civil Society in Transition ISR Norway →
The Comparative Research Programme on NGOs University of Bergen Norway →
NGOs and Civil Society Research network University of Bergen Norway →
Centre for Social Economy University of Liege Belgium →
Centre... pour la solidarité et l'innovation sociale Université catholique de Louvain Belgium →
CIRIEC Université de Liège au Sart-Tilman Belgium →
Philanthropic Studies Vrije University Netherlands →
Centre for International Development Issues Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands →