Petra B
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Petra B
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Brunel University of London, CEPR and VSSN
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The most read articles published in Voluntary Sector Review in 2025 are available to read for free throughout February 2026.

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February 2, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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Voluntary Sector Review's Early View @brisunipress.bsky.social

Strategic adaptation in a cold funding climate: Third sector experiences of employment support funding and commissioning in the UK after Brexit

Authors: J Rose, J Payne, P Butler

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January 23, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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💫 Early View from Voluntary Sector Review, @brisunipress.bsky.social

Money, power and free lunches: examining foundation–non-profit power imbalances in the context of capacity-building programmes

Author: Katy Adams

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January 21, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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A behaviour change intervention to increase volunteer participation in charity

Authors: Daniel Guzmics, Elena Kalfova, Simeon Petrov, Tatyana Tomova, and Ivo Vlaev

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January 19, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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Did you know? @brisunipress.bsky.social and Policy Press offer free or low-cost journal access, including Voluntary Sector Review, for eligible universities & nonprofits via Research4Life (www.research4life.org)

More info: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/sub...

#VSR #Research4Life
January 16, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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🔔 We're hiring!

Vacancies at the Nuffield Foundation:
➡️ Project Manager, Inclusive Grant Making
➡️ Research Grants & Programmes Manager (Welfare)
➡️ Trustee

We're also looking for a Governing Board Member @nuffieldfjo.bsky.social.

For more info, visit: bit.ly/3NKJhlH
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Start your career at the Nuffield Foundation in research, programme management, communications and more. Search Nuffield Foundation job vacancies.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:46 AM
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📢 There’s still time to register for the VSSN New Researchers’ Online Session:

Tue 20 Jan 2026 | 12:00–13:00 GMT

This month: Jon Dean (Sheffield Hallam Uni) on researcher positionality & reflexivity + discussion, survey feedback, networking.

Sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/03bf38...
January 15, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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If you’ve ever attended #CIOFFC, you’ll know our volunteers are the heartbeat of the event.

Applications to volunteer for this year’s Convention are open until 30 January.

More info on the role, the benefits and how to apply can be found here: https://bit.ly/44zC2ms
#CIOFFC
January 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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I am hiring a 4y postdoc for my Leverhulme-funded project on the role of beliefs about what in/outgroup members believe/do about climate change in shaping pro-climate behaviours🌏

Start date: May 2026 at latest
Deadline: Feb 8

Please share it widely!

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Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Full-Time, Fixed-Term (48 months)Applications are invited for a 4-year, full-time Postdoctoral Research Assistant position in the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London. The successful candidate will join Dr. Hirotaka...
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January 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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📖 Great to see a new VSR @brisunipress.bsky.social article by VSSN trustee @caitlinmcmullin.bsky.social on refugee social integration and the role of voluntary organisations in creating meaningful connection and belonging beyond service delivery.

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January 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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📚 Read Voluntary Sector Review 16(3), @brisunipress.bsky.social, with articles on volunteering during COVID-19, non-profit worker wellbeing, care ethics & leadership, digital emotional labour, homelessness services and more.

Browse the issue: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
January 7, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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Reminder: the Voluntary Sector Review @brisunipress.bsky.social special issue on Evaluations for better philanthropy is open. If you’ve got an idea brewing, take a look at the Call for Papers and consider submitting.

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📢 Call for Papers – Special Issue of Voluntary Sector Review @brisunipress.bsky.social
Evaluations for better philanthropy

🗓️ Deadline: 17 Jan 2027

🔗 More info: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
January 5, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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We’ve just published our “VSSN in 2025” roundup, a short look back at key moments from the past year across events, new researchers activity, comms, Small Grants and more.

Read it here: www.vssn.org.uk/2026/01/05/v...

#VSSN #VoluntarySector #ResearchCommunity
January 5, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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📖 New open access research from VSR
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Relationships between supermarkets and food charities in reducing food insecurity: lessons learned by Kelli Kennedy and Carolyn Snell

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December 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Season’s greetings from VSSN!

Thank you for being part of our community this year, for joining events, sharing work, supporting others, and keeping connected.

Wishing you a restful break and a good start to 2026!

If you’d like a look back, our 2025 roundup is here: www.canva.com/design/DAG8U...
December 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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📢 #CallForPapers - 4th CEPR Workshop on Media, Technology, Politics, and Society
In-person at EIEF in Rome on 25-26 June.
Deadline: 31 January 2026
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#EconSky
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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📖 New open access research from VSR
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Exploring the dark side of NGO moral goodness: a conceptual framework on the NGO halo and its role in unethical behaviour by Isabel de Bruin Cardoso, Muel Kaptein, Lucas Meijs

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December 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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📢ReCIPE's Second Call for Compact Research Grants is now open! Apply before 6 January.
We’re looking for research proposals exploring the links between conflict and economic growth within ReCIPE research themes and in ReCIPE focus countries.
More information: cepr.org/second-call-...
#EconSky
December 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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📖 New open access research from VSR
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Collective co-production of health and care services: a systematic review of research from the United Kingdom, Germany and Norway by Håkon Solbu Trætteberg and Rune Ervik

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December 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Marching for equality – social identity model of collective action and psychological well-being perspective of collective action in LGBT+ community by Izabela Pawłowska

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November 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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📢 Call for Papers – Special Issue of Voluntary Sector Review @brisunipress.bsky.social
Evaluations for better philanthropy

🗓️ Deadline: 17 Jan 2027

🔗 More info: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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⏳ Two weeks left to apply for the VSSN Small Grants Scheme 2025!

Funding available for UK-based activities, from workshops and seminars to podcasts and creative outputs, that advance voluntary sector research and practice.

Deadline: 21 Nov 🗓️
🔗 www.vssn.org.uk/small-grants/
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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📢 The latest issue of Voluntary Sector Review @brisunipress.bsky.social is out now and it features research on:

🌀 Volunteer motivations
🌀 NGO roles in homelessness
🌀 Leadership & care ethics
🌀 Digital emotions
🌀 Corporate volunteering & more

Read: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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There's only 1 week left to submit your applications for Rising Stars! ⌛

We want to showcase the talent of those who joined the fundraising sector in the last 2 years and who will go on to play a big part in progressing our sector. 

More info: bit.ly/3MWlHin
 
#CIOFFC
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Join VSSN member Jane Cullingworth & the Disability and Youth Transitions team for an online workshop on 2 Dec!

Explore findings from the 3-year ESRC-funded study, with reflections on:

• Social participation
• Family life
• Social care
• Employment

Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/policy-imp...
Policy Implications of the Disability and Youth Transitions Project
Join us for an online workshop bringing to life the findings from the Disability and Youth Transitions Project
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November 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM