Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project Team

The Center team works with the project’s Local Associates around the world to gather data, apply the definition, and disseminate the results in the form of working papers. The Center team produces cross-national comparisons by integrating the newly-generated data into our master dataset that includes results from all 40+ countries that have engaged in the Comparative Nonprofit Sector and UN Nonprofit Handbook projects.
 
Center Staff

Lester M. Salamon, Director
Megan Haddock, Research Project Manager
S. Wojciech Sokolowski, Senior Research Associate
Chelsea Newhouse, Communications Associate

 
Local Associates
The project relies heavily upon researchers in project countries to carry out the extensive work required to assess the applicability of the definition in the local context and to gather the rigorous data needed to integrate each project country into the Center’s data set.

Argentina
Mario Roitter, CEDES
 
Australia
Mark Lyons, UTS (Deceased)
 
Austria
Ulrike Schneider, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
 
Belgium
Sybille Mertens, Centre D’Économie Sociale, Universite de Liège
Jacques Defourny, Centre D’Économie Sociale, Universite de Liège
 
Brazil
Leilah Landim, Instituto de Estudos da Religiâo
Neide Beres, UNV / Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística
 
Canada
Michael Hall, Imagine Canada
 
Chile
Ignacio Irarrazaval, Focus Estudios y Consultorias LTDA
 
Colombia
Rodrigo Villar
 
Czech Republic
Martin Potuçek, Charles University, Institute of Sociological Studies
Pavol Fric, Charles University, Institute of Sociological Studies
 
Denmark
Ole Gregersen, Social Forsknings Instituttet
Thomas Boje, Social Forsknings Instituttet
 
Egypt
Amani Kandil, Arab Network for NGOs
 
Finland
Susan Sundback, Åbo Akademi University, Institute of Public Administration
 
France
Edith Archambault, Centre d’économie de la Sorbonne, MATISSE
 
Germany
Eckhard Priller, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, AG Sozialberichterstattung
Annette Zimmer, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Westfalische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
 
Hungary
István Sebestény, Civitalis Association
Renáta Nagy, Central Statistical Office
 
India
Rajesh Tandon, Society for Participatory Research in Asia
S.S. Srivastava, Society for Participatory Research in Asia
 
Ireland
Freda Donoghue, National College of Ireland
 
Israel
Benjamin Gidron, Ben Gurion University, Israeli Center for Third-Sector Research
Hagai Katz, Ben Gurion University, Israeli Center for Third-Sector Research
 
Italy
Gian Paolo Barbetto, Istituto de Ricerca Sociale
 
Japan
Naoto Yamauchi, Osaka School of International Public Policy
 
Kenya
Karuti Kanyinga, University of Nairobi, Institute for Development Studies
Winnie Mitullah, University of Nairobi, Institute for Development Studies
 
Korea, Republic of 
Tae-kyu Park, Yonsei University
 
Lebanon
Hashem El Husseini, Lebanese University
 
Mexico
CEMEFI
Principal Investigator: Gustavo Verduzco, El Colegio de Mexico, A.C.
 
Morocco
Salama Saidi, RAWABIT
 
The Netherlands
Paul Dekker, Social and Cultural Planning Office
Bob Kuhry, Social and Cultural Planning Office
 
New Zealand
Diana Suggate, Ministry of Social Development
 
Norway
Hakon Lorentzen, Institutt for Samfunnsforkning
Karl Henrik Sivesind, Institutt for Samfunnsforkning
Per Selle, Norwegian Research Centre in Organization and Management
 
Pakistan
Hafiz Pasha, Social Policy Development Centre (SPDC)
Muhammad Asif Iqbal, Social Policy Development Centre (SPDC)
 
Peru
Felipe Portocarrero, Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico
Cynthia Sanborn, Centro de Investigación de la Universidad del Pacífico
 
The Philippines
Ledivina Cariño, University of the Philippines (Deceased)
 
Poland
Slawomir Nalecz, Nonprofit Organizations Research Unit, Polish Academy of Sciences
 
Portugal
Raquel Campos Franco, Universidade Católica
 
Romania
Carmen Epure, Civil Society Development Foundation
 
Russia
Oleg Kazakov, LINKS – Moscow
 
Slovakia
Helena Woleková, S.P.A.C.E. Foundation
 
South Africa
Mark Swilling, Graduate School of Public & Development Management, University of Witwatersrand
 
Spain
Jose Ignacio Ruiz Olabuenaga, CINDES
 
Sweden
Filip Wijkstrom, Stockholm School of Economics
 
Switzerland
Bernd Helmig, Universität Freiburg
Georg von Schnurbein, Universität Freiburg
Christoph Bärlocher, Universität Freiburg
 
Tanzania
Laurean Ndumbaro, University of Dar es Salaam
Amos Mhina, University of Dar es Salaam
 
Thailand
Amara Pongsapich, Chulalongkorn University
 
Turkey
Mustafa Özer, Department of Economics, Anadolu University
 
Uganda
John-Jean Barya, Centre for Basic Research
 
United Kingdom
Jeremy Kendall, Dept of Social Policy & Administration, London School of Economics & Political Science
Martin Knapp, Dept of Social Policy & Administration, London School of Economics & Political Science
Les Hems, Guidestar U.K.
 
United States
Lester M. Salamon, Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies
S. Wojciech Sokolowski, Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies