International Society for Third Sector Research

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The International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) is an international and interdisciplinary scientific society. Its aim is to promote research and teaching related to the so-called third sector or non-profit area . It currently has around 1,100 members from 74 countries. The office of the association, founded in 1992, is based at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore ( Maryland , USA ).

activities

The ISTR organizes world congresses every two years, most recently in Amsterdam in 2018 and in Stockholm in 2016 . The 14th World Congress will take place in Montreal in July 2021 .

In addition, ISTR organizes regional conferences, a network of doctoral students and continental regional networks in Latin America, Asia / Oceania, Africa and the Near and Middle East.

ISTR is the publisher of the English-language trade journal Voluntas - International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations . The journal is devoted to questions of third sector and civil society research, philanthropy and related research fields and is produced using the double-blind expert opinion process. ISTR also publishes the book series Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies .

Every two years ISTR awards a prize for outstanding dissertations in the field of third-sector research.

literature

  • Voluntas - International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. Springer, Heidelberg, ISSN  0957-8765 .
  • Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies. Springer, Heidelberg, ISSN  1568-2579 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About ISTR on istr.org, accessed on August 27, 2019.
  2. ↑ Amsterdam - 2018: Democracy and Legitimacy: The Role of the Third Sector in a Globalizing World . In: ISTR.org , accessed July 31, 2018.
  3. ^ Stockholm - 2016: The Third Sector in Transition: Accountability, Transparency, and Social Inclusion . In: ISTR.org , accessed July 31, 2018.
  4. ↑ Voluntas on istr.org, accessed on August 2, 2014.