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Asia Pacific Centre for Social Investment & Philanthropy


What does the centre do?

The Asia Pacific Centre for Social Investment & Philanthropy (APCSIP) is committed to advancing the understanding and practice of social investment throughout the Asia Pacific through the delivery of ethical, innovative and vibrant graduate and executive educational programs, and world-class research in social investment and philanthropy.

 

 

 

 

Message from the Director

APCSIP was established almost ten years ago to offer graduate education in grantmaking, philanthropy and social investment. From that pioneering initiative, APCSIP has developed a research program in its core strengths of social investment and philanthropy.

This focus on research facilitates a complementary relationship between the teaching and knowledge generation programs of the Centre. It also ensures that the contributions we make in our core research specialities are of value to our partners in the Centre for Social Impact.

Research

APCSIP is presently addressing two principal research themes:

1. High Net Worth Philanthropy and Social Investment Current and completed projects include:

  • Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy in Australia
  • Entrepreneurialism and Philanthropy
  • China's Emerging Philanthropic Environment
  • Geographies of High Net Worth Philanthropy in the Asia-Pacific

2. Giving behaviours and strategies of individuals, trusts and foundations

Current and completed projects include:

  • Inheritance and Charitable Giving in Australia
  • US Foundations and Public-Private Partnerships in Health and Agriculture
  • Diaspora Philanthropy
  • Access to Capital among Non-profits and Social Enterprises
  • A Case Study of Social Innovation in LotteryWest
  • Philanthropic Grants to Environmental Non-Governmental Organisations

APCSIP undertakes program and foundation-wide evaluations on behalf of private and family trusts; corporate foundations; non-profits and social enterprises, and public sector agencies.

APCSIP also provides executive training, technical assistance and capacity building to public and private sector organisations.

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Publications

C Baker and M Moran 'Entrepreneurialism and Philanthropy' Refereed Paper for the 8th AGSE International Research Exchange, Swinburne University of Technology, 1-4 February 2011.

M Moran 'From Modernisation to Augmented Neoliberalism: Private Foundations and Agricultural Development Policy' Presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, Montreal, 17 March 2011.

M Moran 'Private Foundations and Global Health Partnerships: Philanthropists and 'Partnership Brokerage' in Owain Williams and Simon Rushton (eds) Partnerships and foundations in global health governance (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) 123-142.

N Brackertz and M Moran 'Barriers to innovation and investment in the social economy: retrofitting for environmental sustainability in Australian community housing' Third Sector Review, 16 (2) 2010 49-72.

S Supski 'Lotterywest Lotteries Houses: a case study in social innovation' Third Sector Review, 16 (2) 2010 73-92.

C Baker in collaboration with R James III 'The dichotomous effect of housing wealth on bequest giving and current giving in the U.S. and Australia' Conference Paper delivered to the annual conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA); Nov. 2010, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

M Moran 'Conduits for capital? Intermediaries and the capital-access problem' Paper Presented at the Biannual Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research Network Conference, University of Technology Sydney, 15-16 November 2010.

C Baker 'Advisers' perspectives on charitable giving from private estates in Australia' Refereed Paper for the Biannual Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research Network Conference, University of Technology Sydney, 15-16 November 2010.

M Moran 'Private foundations and public-private partnerships: philanthropy, collaboration and private influence in global governance' Paper presented at the Australian Political Science Association Annual Conference, the University of Melbourne, 27 September 2010.

N Brackertz and M Moran 'Mapping Australia's social investment landscape – challenges and opportunities' Paper Presented at the 9th International Conference for the International Society for Third Sector Research, Istanbul, July 7-10 2010.

M Moran 'The private foundations of global health partnerships' Paper Presented at the International Studies Association Annual Convention, New Orleans Hilton Riverside, 17 February 2010.

M Moran 'New developments in philanthropy: how private foundations are changing international development' in International Trade Forum Issue 4, 2009. 26-27.

M Moran 'Philanthropic foundations and global health partnership formation: the Rockefeller Foundation and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative' in Sandra Maclean et al (eds) Health for some: the political economy of global health governance (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) 118-129.

M Moran New foundations, the 'new' philanthropy and sectoral blending in international development cooperation' Refereed Paper for the Australian Political Science Association Conference, 28-30 September 2009, Macquarie University, Sydney.

Education (Research by Higher Degree)

Education (Research by Higher Degree)

We offer:

  • One of the world's first Masters programs in social investment and philanthorpy
  • Higher degree research supervision
  • Executive workshops – ranging from family philanthorpy to how to improve philanthropy and social investment in the indigenous communities
  • Public lectures
  • Active collaboration with universities and practioners internationally, including the USA and China

Staff

Dr Michael Liffman, Director
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/business/staff/directory/mliffman.html

Dr Christopher Baker, Post Doctoral Research Fellow
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/business/staff/directory/cbaker.html

Dr Michael Moran, Researcher
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/business/staff/directory/mmoran.html

Ms Rikki Andrews, Sessional Lecturer
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/business/staff/directory/randrews.html

Ms Helen Imber, Coordinator, Marketing and Communications
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/business/staff/directory/himber.html

Key Contact

Dr Michael Liffman
Ph +61 3 9214 4405
Fax +61 3 9819 5349
Mobile 0419 354 984
Room 501B, 5th Floor, 60 William Street, Hawthorn
mliffman@swin.edu.au


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