
Susan Phillips
| Phone: | 613-520-2600 x 2633 |
| Email: | susan_phillips@carleton.ca |
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Susan Phillips joined the School in 1988 and has been Director since 2005.Ìý Her research focuses on the evolving relationship between government and civil society – in policy development, service delivery and promotion of citizenship.Ìý In particular, her work concentrates on comparative analysis of the policy, regulatory and financing frameworks that enable (or constrain) the work of civil society organizations and philanthropy, and the implications for public management. With colleagues at the Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy (CGAP), Cass Business School, City University London, she is currently co-editing theÌý,the first international handbook on philanthropy (to be published in 2013).Ìý With CGAP colleagues, she is also in the early stages of a multi-year study of place-based philanthropy, examining the community leadership roles played by community foundations.
Susan related areas of research focus on women in leadership in the public and nonprofit sectors,Ìý policy and program evaluation, and regulation as a policy instrument.ÌýBeginning her academic career in geography and urban planning, she also maintains an interest in urban governance.
Dr. Phillips is a Research Fellow of theÌý, and is centrally involved with theÌý(RGI) and theÌý. She is a board member of theÌý, a member of the Policy Advisory Boards ofÌýÌý andÌý, andÌý Past Fellow of the Wellesley Institute and the Canada School of Public Service.