Author: Benjamin Gidron

Benjamin Gidron is a Professor of Social Enterprises and the Head of the Research Authority, The College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS) and Professor Emeritus at the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management in Ben Gurion University of the Negev. He pioneered the study of the Third (Nonprofit) Sector in Israel and was the Founder-President of the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) 1992-96. Anna Domaradzka is a sociologist, Assistant Professor and Associate Director for Research at Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw. Her main research interests concern the issues of civil society organizations, social movements and local activism in urban context. She specializes in intersectional and international comparative research in the areas of urban studies and gender sociology, works in several international projects concerning urban development, civil society and welfare state issues. At the moment her main research focus is on neighborhood associations, “right to the city” movement and social entrepreneurship in comparative perspective. Since 2015 she’s involved in the creation of the Warsaw Development Strategy 2030 as an expert on social issues.