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Program #3
October 13, 2006

What Makes Nonprofit Organisations Special?

Presenters:
Helmut Anheier and Alan Hough

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Presenters

Prof Helmut Anheier

Prof Helmut Anheier
CPNS Visiting Academic
Director, Center for Civil Society, UCLA

Dr Helmut K. Anheier (Ph.D., Yale).is full professor at UCLA’s School of Public Policy and Social Research, and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. At UCLA he directs the Center for Civil Society, and founded and directed a similar center at LSE from 1998 to 2002. Prior to this he was a Reader of Social Policy at LSE, Senior Research Associate at the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies, Associate Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, and a Social Affairs Officer at the United Nations. He has also held research appointments at Yale University, the University of Cologne, and the Science Center in Berlin. Prof Anheier’s work has focused on civil society, the nonprofit sector, philanthropy, organizational studies, policy analysis and comparative methodology. He is a founding editor of Voluntas, and author of over 250 publications in several languages including the book co-authored with Dr Diana Leat "Creative Philanthropy: Toward a Philanthropy for the 21st century.”


Alan Hough

Alan Hough
CPNS Doctoral Student

Alan Hough is a doctoral student with the Centre. His thesis will look at how nonprofit boards understand and influence organisational performance. Alan has served as a volunteer, staff member and board member with many different nonprofit organisations. Much of his experience is in the HIV/AIDS sector, including having served as a Governor of the AIDS Trust of Australia and President of the Queensland AIDS Council. Alan has also served as a consultant to the sector since 1997.




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