Visiting Professor
gidron@brandeis.edu
Heller
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781-736-3933
Expertise
Nonprofit/Nongovernmental organizations management and policy, comparative studies
Courses
- HS 259f - Topics in Sustainable Development
Profile
Professor Gidron is an expert in nonprofit/nongovernmental/third sector organizations management and policy. He has been studying these and related topics for the past 25 years, with a focus on Israel and in a comparative fashion. He has been the Founding President of the International Society for Third sector Research (ISTR) based at Johns Hopkins University - 1992-96. He serves often as a consultant to governments and universities abroad on issues pertaining to nonprofit management, policy, etc.
Degrees
University of Maryland
Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh
M.S.W.
Hebrew University Jerusalem
B.A.
Awards and Honors
- Award for Innovation in Third Sector Research - Ben Gurion University (2007)
- The Virginia A. Hodgkinson Award for the book Mobilizing for Peace for Best Research Publication in Nonprofit Organizations and Philanthropy - Independent Sector, Washington, DC (2003)
- Itzhak Rabin Award - Fulbright American-Israeli Educational Foundation (2000)
- The David & Dorothy Schwartzman Chair in Community Development - Ben Gurion University (1995)