Last week, I had the pleasure of joining 140 participants from 29 countries at the European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP) conference at ESSEC Business School in Cergy, Paris. I also presented my research on the provision of university-based philanthropy education in Europe.

The ERNOP conference was the largest gathering of philanthropy researchers to date, with almost double the number of attendees than the previous gathering in 2013. This year, the conference focused on ‘connecting the dots’ between different disciplinary perspectives and approaches. It also had a stronger practice orientation including a dedicated session on the challenges and opportunities for scholar-practitioner collaboration. The signs from this conference are that interest in philanthropy continues to grow and that the seeds of dialogue between academic and practice communities have been firmly planted.The full programme is here

http://ernop.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2015-ERNOP-programme.pdf