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Chris Cornforth wrote to all VSSN members:- Dear VSSN member, My name is Chris Cornforth and I wanted to introduce myself as the new Chair of the VSSN Steering Group and tell you about some recent changes and developments at VSSN. Changes to the Steering Group Following last year”s elections there have been a number […]

Angela Ellis Paine writes:- Due to the exciting developments that have taken place in the Network this year, there are plenty of opportunities for you to engage in supporting our work. The imminent launch of Voluntary Sector Review (VSR) has in particular opened up new areas for involvement. This year we will be running two […]

7-8 September 2009, University of Warwick Colin Rochester reflects on this year’s research conference and writes:- The sixth Researching the Voluntary Sector Conference jointly organised by NCVO and VSSN took place at Warwick University on 7 and 8 September. The 2009 event continued to demonstrate the upward momentum in size and quality experienced in recent […]

Voluntary Sector Review, the new journal of VSSN, now has 16 members on its International Editorial Advisory Board. They are: Helmut Anheier – UCLA, USARene Bekkers – VU University Amsterdam, The NetherlandsCarlo Borzaga – University of Trento, Italy Jacques Defourny – University of Liege, BelgiumAlnoor Ebrahim – Harvard Business School, USAWendy Earles – James Cook […]

The new online version of the VSSN Members Research Directory is now available. It gives members direct access to an online profile page which shows information they provide about their organisation, role, events, research interests, etc. The directory is available to the public as a showcase of members’ work, although only paid-up members will be […]

VSSN’s new membership terms for both individual members and organisations are published live on this web site today via the ‘Join’ page in the light of the recent news about the new Journal. At the same time a fresh statement of the benefits of membership has been published, to remind readers of the existing ways […]

VSSN”s aging 20th century web site is moving onwards and upwards into the web 2.0 era (wrote Nick Plant and Véronique Jochum). Our present site is ancient, in technology terms – five years old! On 19 July 2004 we announced “Beta test version of Web site in soft launch”. Things have not stood still since […]

The popular ‘Who”s who’ guide to VSSN”s members online is being phased out. At the same time VSSN”s membership directory, previously paper-based, is being modernised. Coming soon in place of both is VSSN”s new online members directory. This will give you direct access to an online profile page showing your institution, position, research interests etc. […]

Submissions are now invited for the following three sections of the journal: Academic articles (7-8000 words): These may cover research and analysis of any part of the voluntary sector – or the third sector and civil society more generally. Articles may include scholarly inquiry, research findings and applied analysis of relevance to practitioners and decision-makers. […]

VSSN and The Policy Press are delighted to announce the launch of an important new journal in 2010. There will be three issues per annum, in March, July and November. Voluntary Sector Review is the first UK-based, peer-reviewed journal to focus on third sector research, policy and practice. It will be an invaluable cutting-edge resource […]