VSSN's journal is Voluntary Sector Review (VSR for short). It publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed, accessible papers on third sector research, policy and practice, book reviews and occasional review articles. It is an invaluable resource for all who undertake research on, or work in, the voluntary and community sector, the wider third sector, and civil society. Rigorous and stimulating, VSR is indispensable for everyone who values empirically-grounded, theoretically-informed and policy-relevant reviews of the sector.
VSR is published three times a year, in March, July and November. A subscription is part of VSSN's membership benefit package - see our Members section to join.
Governance
Voluntary Sector Review is published by The Policy Press (TPP). VSSN is grateful for TPP's support in launching and marketing VSR.
The governance structure is designed to provide VSSN members with an active role in the journal, not only by publishing their work in it but also by participating in the elections to the Editorial Management Board, as candidates and voters. Elections to the Editorial Management Board are held annually and the results announced at the VSSN Annual General Meeting each autumn.
Editorial Team
The Editorial team is directly responsible for the content of VSR:
- Editor: Peter Halfpenny (University of Manchester)
- Assistant Editor: Pete Alcock (University of Birmingham)
- Assistant Editor: Cathy Pharaoh (Cass Business School, City University)
- Practice Papers Editor: Colin Rochester (Birkbeck, University of London)
- Policy Reviews Editor: Julie Charlesworth (Open University Business School)
- Book Review Editor: Rob Macmillan (University of Birmingham)
Editorial Management Board
The Editorial Management Board is elected by VSSN members and is responsible for appointing and advising the Editorial Team, in consultation with TPP:
- Nick Acheson (University of Ulster)
- Pete Alcock (University of Birmingham)
- Margaret Harris (Institute for Voluntary Action Research)
- Gareth Morgan (University of Sheffield Hallam)
- Cathy Pharoah (Cass Business School, City University)
- Rob Macmillan (University of Birmingham)
International Editorial Advisory Board
The International Editorial Advisory Board is assembled by the Editorial Management Board and comprises major figures who advise on the development and direction of VSR:
- Helmut Anheier (University of California Los Angeles, USA)
- Rene Bekkers (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Carlo Borzaga (University of Trento, Italy)
- Jacques Defourny (University of Liege, Belgium)
- Alnoor Ebrahim (Harvard Business School, USA)
- Wendy Earles (James Cook University, Australia)
- Adalbert Evers (Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany)
- Ben Gidron (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
- Michael Hall (Imagine Canada)
- Ewa Leś (Warsaw University, Poland)
- Kym Madden (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
- Lucas Meijs (Erasmus University, The Netherlands)
- Marthes Nyssens (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
- Steven Rathgeb Smith (University of Washington, USA)
- Filip Wijkström (Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden)
- Annette Zimmer (University of Münster, Germany)
More information
In addition to the information available on this website see:
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