Partner Universities

The University of Western Australia became a partner of CSI during 2009. UWA joined the founding partners of the University of New South Wales (UNSW), the University of Melbourne and Swinburne University of Technology. CSI (WA) has now been established in the business school at UWA, providing a national focus for CSI activities and harnessing UWA's expertise in the areas of business ethics and sustainability.

CSI is a collaboration of the business schools of the universities: the Australian School of Business at UNSW, Melbourne Business School, Swinburne Faculty of Business and Enterprise and UWA Business School. The business schools are assisted by CSI's activities to deliver socially responsible management education, encouraging students to lift their gaze and widen their vision. CSI benefits from the distinctive perspectives and contributions of the four business school partners.

CSI is contributing to a joint chair in each business school. On their appointment, these professors will join CSI's executive team to help drive the collaboration and the expansion of CSI.

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Peter Shergold

Melbourne Business School 

Swinburne University

University of Western Australia

University of New South Wales

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"The Australian School of Business is very proud to be associated with the Centre for Social Impact. CSI is providing much-needed business education for people working in the not-for-profit sector.
It has conducted valuable research in the third sector, which has shed light on important issues such as the impact of the global financial crisis on NFP's. CSI has raised awareness of social enterprises and social entrepreneurship and is inspiring a new generation of social entrepreneurs in Australia."

Alec Cameron
Dean
Australian School of Business
UNSW

"2009 was a year of much thinking and activity around ‘social impact' matters at Melbourne Business School (MBS) and we were delighted with developments and collaboration with our Centre for Social Impact partners.
The appointment of Professor Ian Williamson as the Helen Macpherson Chair for Social Impact at MBS, has added significant capacity and strength to our ability to undertake research, teaching and community service through both the MBS centre and the CSI partnership. Many others in our faculty are also active and vitally interested in teaching and research in areas which support the CSI mission and vision"

Jennifer George
Dean
Melbourne Business School
University of Melbourne

"The Asia-Pacific Centre for Social Investment and Philanthropy regards its participation in the CSI partnership as an outstanding way of extending both the content and the reach of our work in promoting the many and growing ways private resources can contribute to public good."

Mike Donnelly
Dean
Faculty of Business and Enterprise
Swinburne University of Technology

"We are delighted to be establishing The Centre for Social Impact here at UWA and look forward to creating the forum for meaningful engagement between the corporate, community and government sectors which will strengthen Western Australia's capacity to share the benefits of prosperity."

Tracey Horton
Dean
UWA Business School
University of Western Australia