Collections and calls for papers

The debate on civil society and authoritarianism has gained prominence in academic and policy circles. Worldwide, civil society organizations (CSOs) have reported a deterioration of the political climate, li...

At the 2022 ISTR 15th International Conference “Navigating in Turbulent Times: Perspectives and Contributions from the Third Sector” in Montreal, Canada, founding Voluntas editor Helmut Anheier summarized a ...

This virtual issue gathers a collection of articles adopting critical approaches published in Voluntas from 2001 to 2018 that attend specifically to nongovernmental (NGO) and civil society organizations’ (CS...

This Virtual Issue of Voluntas is about philanthropy. Philanthropy – or giving, gifting, generosity, and sharing – is a perennial and well-explored topic in Voluntas. The journal’s broad focus on the third s...

Research focusing on social enterprise has become a frequent and popular topic in nonprofit and civil society scholarship. This virtual issue presents a curated collection of landmark social enterprise artic...

The outgoing editors, Taco Brandsen and Ruth Simsa, have made a personal selection of papers they consider representative of the strength and diversity of Voluntas. These are now re-published in this virtual...