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🚨 Research note of the WEEK! 🚨 How can we strengthen engagement with #philanthropic #foundations? 📄 The authors suggest using a distinct approach to advance our theoretical understanding of philanthropic institutions, known as ‘foundations’. They propose employing spectrality – a lens that enables exploration of significant #social, #ethical, and #political questions of influence and nuance, historical rationales, individuals, practices, and perspectives that may not be overtly apparent, explicitly stated, or even grounded in the present but nonetheless influence how foundations are established, their impact, operations, and how they are perceived. They propose and critically explore spectrality as a strategic platform from which to develop more robust theories concerning philanthropic foundations as a distinct institutional form. ✒Authors: Tobias Jung (University of St Andrews) and Kevin Orr (University of St Andrews) 📝 Provided by: Maliha Hasan from the University of Toronto 🔊 This Research Note is included in the #Philanthropisms podcast (Why Philanthropy Matters) hosted by Rhodri Davies. See: https://lnkd.in/et4kwEmt 🔔 More research notes! These and more research notes are published on our website: https://lnkd.in/e5uuPydM 💡 Do you want to become a practitioner expert? For more information and to sign up: https://lnkd.in/gE8J5Dck #Philanthropy #Foundations #Engagement #Ethics

Did you miss it?    Our #ImpactReport presents the outcomes of our latest mandate (2018-2022), highlighting how funded projects have contributed to #SocietalProgress and strengthened a scientific community dedicated to tackling the key societal challenges of our times.    Prof. Debra Roberts, President of the AXA Research Fund Scientific Board, shares her view of the last five years in the report, including testimonials from AXA - supported scientists; Read the publication 👉 https://lnkd.in/e33Y55Vt   #ScienceforImpact #RiskResearch #Science #Philanthropy

🚨 Research note of the WEEK! 🚨 Philanthropic foundations in the global policy arena    📄 This article offers a critical examination of how foundations shape global policy and introduces a theoretical framework to analyse their influence in this domain. The key question can be expressed as follows: ‘How do philanthropic foundations influence the global policy arena?’ The authors conclude that the work of foundations in the global policy arena, which is fluid but influential, dampens the influence of external. This should remind scholars of the relevance of exploring the potential promises and problems of philanthropy’s role in policy shaping.    ✒ Author(s): Janis Petzinger, Ph.D. – University of St Andrews | Tobias Jung – University of St. Andrews | Kevin Orr – University of St. Andrews    📝 The Research note is written by Raquel Campos Franco from Universidade Católica Portuguesa   🔔 More research notes! These and more research notes are published on our website: https://lnkd.in/e5uuPydM     💡 Do you want to become a practitioner expert? For more information and to sign up: https://lnkd.in/gE8J5Dck     👉 Follow us on LinkedIn to get regular insights from research on philanthropy in Europe. #Foundations #Philanthropy #Networks #GlobalPolicy #PragmaticSociology #ResearchNotes #ERNOP #PhilanthropyResearch 

I highly recommend this webinar to get an insight into how legal frameworks enable or hinder philanthropy in Europe. Great research and speakers!

Let’s talk about #impact.   The past five years (2018-2022) have marked the third mandate of the AXA Research Fund. In our newly released #ImpactReport, we share not only the remarkable outcomes achieved thanks to our sustained commitment to academic research on challenges of our times, but also the real-life stories of our funded researchers. Discover the last five year’s impact on science, researchers, and society at large, of AXA's support to #riskresearch 👉 https://lnkd.in/e33Y55Vt   #ScienceforImpact #RiskResearch #Science #Philanthropy

Join us for IFTF Signal Swap: How to Discuss Signals (Philanthropy Edition) on Feb 15, 2024 at 10-10:30 am PT! Register today: https://buff.ly/3H0Idn7 At IFTF we teach that integrating a solid practice of cataloging signals of change is the foundation of good foresight. What’s more, we extract more insight and meaning from signals when we share and discuss them with others. Join IFTF for a quick and playful round of signal swapping where we’ll gather for a live discussion of signals and their implications. In this 30-minute conversation, three faculty members of IFTF's Foresight Essentials for Philanthropy Training demonstrate in real time how organic signal sharing is done when they each present three provocative signals of change related to the domain of philanthropy. Then, we all dive together into the different possibilities. Come see where our imaginations lead us! #foresighttools #foresightmethods #foresightessentials #signalscan #signalsofthefuture

💙 On this beautiful Saturday morning leading up to #GivingTuesday, we’re spotlighting another phenomenal organization…👇 A Loving Future a was founded in 2021 as a home for a community of practitioners committed to a world of belonging, connection and abundance for all life. Their projects and initiatives support learning opportunities and community-building experiences rooted in Indigenous and ecological principles. 📋 Currently, their main projects are: - Gathering Ourselves: A program to connect community healing practitioners to develop a shared strategy. - Comunidades Organizadas: A collaboration bringing together grassroots Indigenous and Campesin Central American and Mexican organizations with US, UK and European community leaders, organizers, university students and faculty, and funders to exchange knowledge, build communities of solidarity, and generate resources. - Crossroads Leadership Lab: A partnership between For a Loving Future and the Leadership for Sustainability Graduate Programs at the University of Vermont. Click below to learn more about who they are and, don’t forget, your donations can make a meaningful impact on these important missions. #alovingfuture #nonprofit #givingtuesday2023

From May to August 2023, Philea conducted a survey with a wide range of organisations representing philanthropy, civil society, academia, business, media and governments. The aim? To explore megatrends, critical vulnerabilities, risks and opportunities and provide insights on the future of society and philanthropy in the coming decade. Delphine Moralis, Hanna Stähle and Alina Shenfeldt, Philea and Nicklas Larsen, Copenhagen Institute for future studies share some insights from the survey in a recent Opinion! Don't miss! https://bit.ly/3FZGluu

You are invited to “Designing Futures of Repair - An Imagination Lab for Philanthropic Leaders”, put on by Intelligent Mischief on Thursday, February 22 at 1pm ET OR Monday, February 26 at 3:30pm ET. Intelligent Mischief is initiating a World-Building Imagination Lab for Philanthropic Leaders. These 2.5-hour labs offer participants a unique opportunity to collectively imagine and design a future world of repair and healing made possible by Reparations. The goal is to generate futurist stories, embodied practices, artifacts, and strategies that make this future world tangible in the present. https://lnkd.in/gY7z7YAn 

From my experience in working with governments, philanthropists, NGOs and the private sector, I have observed that a common mistake philantropists and others make, is to view a problem through a narrow lens, find a solution and then try to take the solution to scale for impact. In reality, we need to rather focus on building a supportive network for communities by ensuring inclusivity at every level and build the agency of people through the process together. This drives a congruency of purpose towards the systems change we need. See the Community Ownership model I have proposed and most often use in my work - just published by NORRAG.