Giving Thought

In episode 45, we chat to Beth Breeze- Director of the Centre for Philanthropy at the University of Kent- about studying and teaching philanthropy as an academic discipline. Including: -Why is it important for philanthropy to be seen as a subject of academic study? -What does a philanthropy researcher actually do? -Does philanthropy suffer from being cross-disciplinary, so that it doesn’t fit neatly into traditional academic siloes? -How can the academic study of philanthropy effectively influence practice and policymaking? -Why is teaching philanthropy important? What is the profile of a typical student, and what do they learn? -Why has the fundraising side of the philanthropy equation been so overlooked? -What makes a good fundraiser? -Does the UK need more professionalised major donor fundraising if we are to drive more philanthropy? -Do the current critiques of philanthropy in the US ring true in the UK? Is there a danger that they will exacerbate a negative perception of philanthropy? -Is “Philanthropy”