Call for Proposals: ERNOP Conference 2027

United in Diversity – Collaborative Futures for Philanthropy

1–2 July 2027 | Campus Biotech, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Submission deadline: 14 February 2027

Join the 13th International Research Conference of the European Research Network on Philanthropy, hosted by the Geneva Centre for Philanthropy.

We invite researchers and philanthropy professionals to submit individual contributions and panel proposals that advance our understanding of philanthropy and its role in society.

Submit an individual contribution | Propose a panel

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United in diversity: exploring collaborative futures

How can philanthropy contribute to challenges that extend across organisations, sectors and borders? What makes collaboration possible when participants bring different priorities, resources and understandings of the public good?

The 2027 conference explores how diversity shapes cooperation in philanthropy. We welcome contributions examining trust, power, inclusion and legitimacy, alongside the opportunities and tensions arising from technological change and ambitions for system change.

Geneva provides a setting closely connected to international cooperation, humanitarian action and diplomacy. The conference will bring academic and practitioner perspectives together to examine these questions and develop new directions for research.

Topics and perspectives

Contributions may address the conference theme or the wider field of philanthropy research. Relevant areas include giving and volunteering; fundraising; foundations and their governance; corporate, family and community philanthropy; cross-border giving; public policy and regulation; democracy and ethics; impact and evaluation; and research methods.

We welcome perspectives from different disciplines, geographical contexts and stages of research.

Individual contributions

Three types of contribution are welcome:

• Research articles: Empirical, theoretical or methodological work, including completed studies and work in progress.

• Practice papers: Critical reflections on experiences, innovations and lessons from philanthropic practice.

• Policy reviews: Analysis of policy, regulatory or institutional developments affecting philanthropy.

Prepare an abstract of approximately 2,500 characters, including spaces, punctuation and the title, but excluding authors, affiliations and keywords. There is no prescribed structure; outlining the questions, methods, data and findings is encouraged.

The submission form also requests up to five keywords and key references, with a separate limit of 1,000 characters for references.

Submit your abstract

Panel proposals

Use the panel submission form to provide a title, participant details, keywords and a description of your proposed panel.

The panel description may contain up to 7,500 characters, with a separate allowance of 1,500 characters for key references. The first contributor is responsible for ensuring that the listed participants attend the conference.

Submit your panel proposal

Key dates

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