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Joseph
Rowntree Foundation:
The primary non-governmental research body in the UK, with a long
history of promoting the voluntary sector through evidence based
research
Economic
& Social Research Council (ESRC): Is the UK's
leading government research funding and training agency addressing
economic and social concerns.
Scottish
Centre for Research on Social Justice (SCRJ):
The role of SCRSJ is to promote better understanding of, and more
informed debate about, the nature of social justice in Scotland,
particularly in relation to public policy.
John
Hopkins University Department for Policy Studies:
The Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project is a systematic
effort to analyse the scope, structure, financing, and role of the
private non-profit sector in a cross-section of countries around
the world in order to improve knowledge and enrich our theoretical
understanding of this sector, and to provide a sounder basis for
both public and private action towards it.
University
of Essex:
One of the key partners in developing academic relationships with
the non-academic sector. The University of Essex is also home to
the ESRC Data Archive
University
of Glasgow: The Centre for Cultural Policy Research
(CCPR) at the University of Glasgow is a leading institution in
cultural policy research in Scotland. Based in arts and humanities,
but working collaboratively across the disciplines, CCPR has developed
of a critical and self-reflexive research culture that contributes
to the development of the discipline in the UK and beyond. With
the creative arts in Scotland as its point of departure, CCPR also
plays a leading role in developing cultural policy through the provision
of rigorous, independent and high quality applied research and commentary.
ResearchWeb.org:
Provides a sound knowledge base on social work and social care practice
and policy. It contains information and research that is up to date,
concise but thorough, and selected with practice in mind.
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