Title
Visiting Professor
Hornstein Program in Jewish Professional Leadership
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Expertise
Nonprofit/Nongovernmental organizations management and policy, comparative studies
Profile
Professor Gidron is an expert in nonprofit/nongovernmental/third sector organizations management and policy. He has been studying these and related topics for the past 25 years, with a focus on Israel and in a comparative fashion. He has been the Founding President of the International Society for Third sector Research (ISTR) based at Johns Hopkins University - 1992-96. He serves often as a consultant to governments and universities abroad on issues pertaining to nonprofit management, policy, etc.
Degrees
University of Maryland, Ph.D.
University of Pittsburgh, M.S.W.
Hebrew University Jerusalem, B.A.
Awards and Honors
Award for Innovation in Third Sector Research - Ben Gurion University (2007)
The Virginia A. Hodgkinson Award for the book Mobilizing for Peace for Best Research Publication in Nonprofit Organizations and Philanthropy - Independent Sector, Washington, DC (2003)
Itzhak Rabin Award - Fulbright American-Israeli Educational Foundation (2000)
The David & Dorothy Schwartzman Chair in Community Development - Ben Gurion University (1995)
Courses Taught
| HS | 259f | Topics in Sustainable Development |