Research

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Spoke 1 - Individual and corporate giving

Based at Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, Spoke 1 focuses on the history and emergence of entrepreneurial philanthropy, taking an international perspective, and exploring its challenges and appeal for new generations of philanthropists.

Spoke 2 - Charity and Social Redistribution

Based in the Universities of Southampton and of Kent, Spoke 2 focuses on the relationship between charity and social redistribution.

With both qualitative and quantitative research strands, a cluster of 5 projects will look at:

• the relationship between charities’ expenditure and local need,
• the ethical frameworks which underpin decisions to donate,
• the connections between the many different people and institutions who give and those who receive.


Spoke 3 - Institutions of giving and philanthropy

Based at Cass Business School and the University of Edinburgh, the programme of research in Spoke 3 explores today’s institutional frameworks of funding and grantmaking, how change is introduced, and partnerships between state and charitable organisations to deliver joint outcomes.

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