Research Project 2

RESEARCH PLATFORM: Humanitarian aid in Globalization – Global Philanthropy and Education in the Age of Knowledge Societies (Hosted by Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris).

The size, scope and impact of philanthropic organizations on development assistance have never been greater. In the United States, recent data indicates that revenues, expenditures, and assets in the sector are growing. International foundations are experiencing strong growth. Much more than an American phenomenon, efforts to document transnational trends in philanthropic, not-for-profit, and civil society-led initiatives reveal a burgeoning global model. This research platform aims to highlight the role of philanthropy in development aid through the relationship of international foundations with private and public universities, research institutes, cultural centers, schools and continuing education in the Global South. This research project is hosted by Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme in Paris.

Philanthropy in Education initiative

This initiative is organized and facilitated by NORRAG which has put together a global symposium series. The opening event took place in Geneva in November 2017, followed by a joint presention in Mexico City in March 2018, a symposium in Beijing in January 2018, and several events in South Africa and the UAE. This initiative led to the publication of a collective volume, Philanthropy in Education: Diverse Perspectives and Global Trends. The volume includes chapters from authors with diverse voices on the many ways in which philanthropic actors are engaging not only with local education sectors, in a variety of countries including Brazil, Peru, Nigeria, the USA and India, but also larger trends in the sector such as new approaches to finance, the role of global policy partnerships and expanded possibilities for corporate social responsibility through corporate foundations.

Fabrice Jaumont’s initial participation in this symposium series was made possible with the support of Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Publications in Progress

Rethinking the Relationship between Foundations and Universities on Africa’s Development Agenda. In N’Dri T. Assie-Lumumba (ed.) African Renaissance, Education, and Social Transformation: Endogenous Foundation, Historical Contingencies, and Purposeful Fusion for Africa’s Progress. (CODESRIA Publishing, n.d., accepted). With Teboho Moja.

Publications

Towards a Philanthropic Model for Francophone Africa’s Public Universities? The Case of Fondation Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar. NSI 04: New Philanthropy and the Disruption of Global Education (2020). With T. Moja (PDF)

Pandemic exposes need for new university funding strategy. University World News Africa (14/05/20)

China’s big donors are pitching in to deal with the new coronavirus – and not just in their own country (The Conversation, 3 avril 2020). Avec. C. Sellen.

China: el surgimiento de una nueva potencia filantrópica en tiempos de coronavirus (The Conversation, 14 mars 2020). Avec. C. Sellen.

China: rise of a new philanthropic power (The Conversation, 6 février 2020). Avec. C. Sellen.

La philanthropie chinoise à l’assaut de la maladie ? (The Conversation, 22 janvier 2020). Avec. C. Sellen. 

The Growth of Philanthropy in China: From Education to Philanthropy to Philanthropy for Education (NORRAG, 13 February 2019)

Collaboration in development between U.S. foundations and African universities in Ridge, N. & Terway, A. Philanthropy in Education: Diverse Perspectives and Global Trends (2019). With T. Moja. (Open Access)

(2019). A New Forum to Discuss Empirical Research on Philanthropy and
Education. Grant Report for Carnegie Corporation of New York. (PDF).

Jaumont, F. (2018). Partenaires inégaux : fondations américaines et universités en Afrique. Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme

Jaumont, F. (2016). The Dynamics of Collaboration between U.S. Philanthropic Foundations and African Universities in Alphin, Lavin, Stark, Hoker, Facilitating Higer Education Growth through Fundraising and Philanthropy, IGI Global.

Unequal Partners: American Foundations and Higher Education Development in Africa, 2016, Palgrave MacMillan (PDF)

Jaumont, Fabrice, and Jack Klempay. “Measuring the Influence of Language on Grant-Making by US Foundations in Africa”. Reconsidering Development 4, no. 1 (2015): 4. (PDF)

Strategic Philanthropy, Organizational Legitimacy, and the Development of Higher Education in Africa: The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (2000-2010). ProQuest 2014 (PDF)

L’influence des fondations américaines sur le développement des universités africaines (PDF)