Author Archive:
Merrill Sovner
What is a pracademic? Insights from the 2024 ISTR conference
Pracademics are simultaneously practitioners and academics. Pracademics document, inform, and analyse practical work with the benefit academic research and theories and vice versa. Pracademics can translate academic theories into actionable findings, help program staff to …
A longer view from central and eastern Europe
Lessons from five pooled philanthropic funds hold clues for sustaining civil society in the years ahead In 2017, we launched an initiative to examine the legacy and impact of a series of philanthropic investments established …
How advancing human rights can – and can’t – support academic research
The International Human Rights Funders Group and Foundation Center recently published Advancing Human Rights: Update on Global Foundation Grantmaking, a report analyzing the who, what, where, and how of human rights philanthropy. The latest update …