Dr. Susan Phillips is Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and founder and director of its Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (MPNL) – Canada’s only graduate program in this field. She is also Editor-in-Chief of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, the leading international journal focusing on nonprofits, philanthropy and civil society.

Susan’s research focuses on place-based philanthropy and public policy for nonprofits. She is co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Philanthropy, and is currently leading a study team exploring the question: ‘what makes some charities and nonprofits more resilient than others?’ Her work in advancing research in nonprofit studies and public management has been recognized by distinguished service awards from the Canadian research associations in both of these fields.

Awards and distinctions

• Research and Career Service Recognition, Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (CAPPA), 2019.
• Distinguished Service Award for Contribution And Leadership in Research And Practice, Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER-ARES), 2016.
• Potter Foundation Visiting Fellow, Queensland University of Technology, Australian Centre for Nonprofit Studies, Brisbane, 2016
• Impact Award, Carleton University for ‘outstanding contributions that entail mobilizing one’s teaching, research, and administrative skills to play a notable role in building on institutional strengths and connections to make a difference, 2015
• Visiting Fellow, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
• International Research Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) Award for Best Paper published in Voluntas in 2013
• Elected, Visiting Fellow, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, 2010-2011, 2012
• Visiting Fellow, Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy, Cass Business School, City University London, 2010-2011