Andy Williamson
Biographic Data
| ID | 265343 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andy Williamson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andy |
| FAMILY NAME | Williamson |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queensland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2462-709X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Voluntas Virtual Issue: Philanthropy
Mapping categories of philanthropy in Australian public schooling
Global narratives of educational philanthropy tend to emphasise the significant influence donors have in shaping public school policy and practice. In Australia, however, tax laws work to narrow the possibilities for philanthropy to exert influence over public schooling. Indeed, public schools (unlike private schools and Higher Education institutions) are unable to receive ‘direct’ philanthropic income, yet they can benefit from philanthropically…
Similar or Different? Downward Accountability Across Civil Society Organisational Forms
This research explores accountability to beneficiaries within Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). Conceptualised as “downward”, this direction of accountability is of increasing research interest, given that beneficiaries are impacted by the mission of a CSO. However, the concept of downward accountability is used almost unanimously across CSO forms which cover a diverse array of organisational qualities, structures, missions, and people. This su…
Performance measurement, evaluation and accountability in public philanthropic foundations
Philanthropic foundations routinely evaluate and measure the performance of nonprofit organisations to which they distribute funds, as well as the programmes that are funded. Another aspect of philanthropic foundations’ evaluation processes, which receives comparatively little attention within academic or practitioner literature, concerns evaluations of grant applications. While the focus of philanthropic evaluation literature is mainly on ‘how e…
Playing piggy(bank) in the middle: Philanthropic foundations’ roles as intermediaries
Philanthropic foundations are often described as ‘intermediaries’ yet the term is neither defined nor de‐constructed. This short paper identifies and briefly discusses 14 dimensions of the intermediary roles played by foundations, and groups them into four major themes: bringing parties together, capacity development and relationship building, temporal bridging, and sector‐level or institutional intermediation
Mapping the field of public ancillary funds
This study analyses and profiles public ancillary funds (PubAFs), charitable trusts that act as intermediaries between public donors and approved nonprofit beneficiary organisations. PubAFs are an important part of Australia's philanthropic landscape given their public benefit purpose, yet little is known about this sector's characteristics and identities. This paper examines PubAFs, analysing online databases and reports and PubAF websites (wher…
Agenda-setting and Public Policy in Private Foundations
This paper examines advocacy, agenda-setting and the public policy focus of private philanthropic foundations in Australia. While concerns have been raised regarding advocacy and public policy influence of foundations in countries such as the U.S., less is understood on this issue in other contexts. Interviews were conducted with 11 managers and trustees of 10 Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs) in late 2014. Analysis of publicly available data on the…
Ties That Bind: Public Foundations in Dyadic Partnerships
Public Ancillary Funds (PubAFs) are grantmaking philanthropic foundations, largely held to be independent. However, some PubAFs exist in significant and exclusive relationships (dyadic partnerships) with a dominant stakeholder involving shared values, strategy, resources, and goals. This paper examines the benefits and challenges for PubAFs of being in a dyadic partnership and how this relationship affects their identity, accountability, and inde…
Publicness and the Identity of Public Foundations
This article investigates understandings of publicness in the context of public foundations in Australia by examining how perceptions of publicness inform and influence the practice and conduct of those grantmaking foundations. As part of a broader study on perceptions of accountability and identity in Australian foundations, the article provides empirical evidence from interviews with managers and trustees from a diverse group of public foundati…
Foundations in Australia: Dimensions for International Comparison
Australia lacks a dedicated legal structure for foundations, and public data on its philanthropic sector are sparse. There is no public registry of foundations as opposed to charities generally, and the information held by the revenue office on foundation activity is generally unavailable. Available data are presented and show that Australian foundations are experiencing a phase of slow but steady growth in both numbers and size, punctuated by an…
Why Be Accountable? Exploring Voluntary Accountability of Australian Private Ancillary Funds
The aim of this paper is to consider why Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs), endowed philanthropic foundations with no public reporting requirements, engage in accountability in its various forms. This exploratory, qualitative study reports on perspectives on accountability from 10 semi‐structured interviews with PAF managers and/or trustees from three Australian states. Through the lens of March and Olsen's (2011) logics of action and Karsten's (201…
Grantmaking in a Disorderly World: The Limits of Rationalism
This article reflects on the real world relevance of rational approaches to grantmaking. The characteristics and environment of foundation work are outlined, then both traditional and newer funding practices are analysed. Unpacking implicit assumptions of a rational approach, eight costs to foundations and their grantees are identified. The final sections of the paper consider what grantmaking for a complex and disorderly world might encompass. I…
Chasing the Digital Wave: International Perspectives on the Growth of Online Campaigning
In this series of articles we present new insight into the drivers, quality, and impact of web campaigning up to date by reflecting on the uptake, maturity, and impact of internet campaigning in elections around the world. Specifically, we use the contributions to address four key topics that have been addressed by the web campaigns literature since its origins. First, diffusion and how widespread web campaigning has become; second, the issue of …
Using mixed methods to discover emergent patterns of local eDemocracy
The Internet Election that Wasn't
It was Twitter wot won it.’ Or was it? As Andy Williamson reports, new media was not the political game changer many commentators had predicted. Twitter, Facebook, blogs: 2010 was supposed to be Britain's first ‘internet election’, but, in the end, it was the televised leaders' debates that really captured the public imagination. As Andy Williamson reports, new media played an important part in the campaigns but was not the game changer many comm…
Revitalising Politics From the Ground Up: The Role of Digital Media in Promoting Citizen‐led Democratic Renewal
This paper presents a view of a changing landscape of both society and politics. First of all it will briefly situate current practices and methods of political engagement and representation within a recent historical framework. It will describe factors that are at work in relation to politics, the media and civil society and then situate these within a broader societal shift from citizen to consumer. Following this the paper will identify some k…
The Effect of Digital Media on MPs' Communication with Constituents
The internet has created opportunities to restructure communication between MPs and constituents and has led to an increase in opportunity and, in some cases, motivation for MPs to communicate online. This paper reports the findings of a survey of 168 MPs and a subsequent focus group of MPs and parliamentary staff. The research shows that email has become a ubiquitous tool of choice for most MPs and it is clearly perceived as a valuable tool for …
Extending the learning space: Dialogue and reflection in the virtual coffee shop
Discussion boards are often seen as an extension of the traditional classroom however it is our contention that the true potential of this medium for adult learners in a postgraduate setting lies in extending the learni ng space in new and different ways. Adopting the concept of the virtual sphere as a 'third space', one that is less formal than the established academic world, enables us to see the discussion board not as a teaching tool but as a…
Impact of the Internet on the politics of Cuba
In this paper, I examine the dramatic growth of the Internet and look at how this new communication paradigm has presented the government of Cuba with an opportunity to overcome the hegemony of the Western media and promote its own views on the world stage. I will also look at how the Internet is being used to promote Cuba as an upmarket tourist destination, tourism now being Cuba's most valuable source of foreign currency and, therefore, critica…
The Effect of Digital Media on MPs' Communication with Constituents
The internet has created opportunities to restructure communication between MPs and constituents and has led to an increase in opportunity and, in some cases, motivation for MPs to communicate online. This paper reports the findings of a survey of 168 MPs and a subsequent focus group of MPs and parliamentary staff. The research shows that email has become a ubiquitous tool of choice for most MPs and it is clearly perceived as a valuable tool for …
Chasing the Digital Wave: International Perspectives on the Growth of Online Campaigning
In this series of articles we present new insight into the drivers, quality, and impact of web campaigning up to date by reflecting on the uptake, maturity, and impact of internet campaigning in elections around the world. Specifically, we use the contributions to address four key topics that have been addressed by the web campaigns literature since its origins. First, diffusion and how widespread web campaigning has become; second, the issue of …
Grantmaking in a Disorderly World: The Limits of Rationalism
This article reflects on the real world relevance of rational approaches to grantmaking. The characteristics and environment of foundation work are outlined, then both traditional and newer funding practices are analysed. Unpacking implicit assumptions of a rational approach, eight costs to foundations and their grantees are identified. The final sections of the paper consider what grantmaking for a complex and disorderly world might encompass. I…
Mapping categories of philanthropy in Australian public schooling
Global narratives of educational philanthropy tend to emphasise the significant influence donors have in shaping public school policy and practice. In Australia, however, tax laws work to narrow the possibilities for philanthropy to exert influence over public schooling. Indeed, public schools (unlike private schools and Higher Education institutions) are unable to receive ‘direct’ philanthropic income, yet they can benefit from philanthropically…
Foundations in Australia: Dimensions for International Comparison
Australia lacks a dedicated legal structure for foundations, and public data on its philanthropic sector are sparse. There is no public registry of foundations as opposed to charities generally, and the information held by the revenue office on foundation activity is generally unavailable. Available data are presented and show that Australian foundations are experiencing a phase of slow but steady growth in both numbers and size, punctuated by an…
Similar or Different? Downward Accountability Across Civil Society Organisational Forms
This research explores accountability to beneficiaries within Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). Conceptualised as “downward”, this direction of accountability is of increasing research interest, given that beneficiaries are impacted by the mission of a CSO. However, the concept of downward accountability is used almost unanimously across CSO forms which cover a diverse array of organisational qualities, structures, missions, and people. This su…
Playing piggy(bank) in the middle: Philanthropic foundations’ roles as intermediaries
Philanthropic foundations are often described as ‘intermediaries’ yet the term is neither defined nor de‐constructed. This short paper identifies and briefly discusses 14 dimensions of the intermediary roles played by foundations, and groups them into four major themes: bringing parties together, capacity development and relationship building, temporal bridging, and sector‐level or institutional intermediation
Agenda-setting and Public Policy in Private Foundations
This paper examines advocacy, agenda-setting and the public policy focus of private philanthropic foundations in Australia. While concerns have been raised regarding advocacy and public policy influence of foundations in countries such as the U.S., less is understood on this issue in other contexts. Interviews were conducted with 11 managers and trustees of 10 Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs) in late 2014. Analysis of publicly available data on the…
Publicness and the Identity of Public Foundations
This article investigates understandings of publicness in the context of public foundations in Australia by examining how perceptions of publicness inform and influence the practice and conduct of those grantmaking foundations. As part of a broader study on perceptions of accountability and identity in Australian foundations, the article provides empirical evidence from interviews with managers and trustees from a diverse group of public foundati…
The Internet Election that Wasn't
It was Twitter wot won it.’ Or was it? As Andy Williamson reports, new media was not the political game changer many commentators had predicted. Twitter, Facebook, blogs: 2010 was supposed to be Britain's first ‘internet election’, but, in the end, it was the televised leaders' debates that really captured the public imagination. As Andy Williamson reports, new media played an important part in the campaigns but was not the game changer many comm…
Revitalising Politics From the Ground Up: The Role of Digital Media in Promoting Citizen‐led Democratic Renewal
This paper presents a view of a changing landscape of both society and politics. First of all it will briefly situate current practices and methods of political engagement and representation within a recent historical framework. It will describe factors that are at work in relation to politics, the media and civil society and then situate these within a broader societal shift from citizen to consumer. Following this the paper will identify some k…
Impact of the Internet on the politics of Cuba
In this paper, I examine the dramatic growth of the Internet and look at how this new communication paradigm has presented the government of Cuba with an opportunity to overcome the hegemony of the Western media and promote its own views on the world stage. I will also look at how the Internet is being used to promote Cuba as an upmarket tourist destination, tourism now being Cuba's most valuable source of foreign currency and, therefore, critica…
Extending the learning space: Dialogue and reflection in the virtual coffee shop
Discussion boards are often seen as an extension of the traditional classroom however it is our contention that the true potential of this medium for adult learners in a postgraduate setting lies in extending the learni ng space in new and different ways. Adopting the concept of the virtual sphere as a 'third space', one that is less formal than the established academic world, enables us to see the discussion board not as a teaching tool but as a…
Revitalising Politics From the Ground Up: The Role of Digital Media in Promoting Citizen‐led Democratic Renewal
This paper presents a view of a changing landscape of both society and politics. First of all it will briefly situate current practices and methods of political engagement and representation within a recent historical framework. It will describe factors that are at work in relation to politics, the media and civil society and then situate these within a broader societal shift from citizen to consumer. Following this the paper will identify some k…
The Effect of Digital Media on MPs' Communication with Constituents
The internet has created opportunities to restructure communication between MPs and constituents and has led to an increase in opportunity and, in some cases, motivation for MPs to communicate online. This paper reports the findings of a survey of 168 MPs and a subsequent focus group of MPs and parliamentary staff. The research shows that email has become a ubiquitous tool of choice for most MPs and it is clearly perceived as a valuable tool for …
Using mixed methods to discover emergent patterns of local eDemocracy
The Internet Election that Wasn't
It was Twitter wot won it.’ Or was it? As Andy Williamson reports, new media was not the political game changer many commentators had predicted. Twitter, Facebook, blogs: 2010 was supposed to be Britain's first ‘internet election’, but, in the end, it was the televised leaders' debates that really captured the public imagination. As Andy Williamson reports, new media played an important part in the campaigns but was not the game changer many comm…
Chasing the Digital Wave: International Perspectives on the Growth of Online Campaigning
In this series of articles we present new insight into the drivers, quality, and impact of web campaigning up to date by reflecting on the uptake, maturity, and impact of internet campaigning in elections around the world. Specifically, we use the contributions to address four key topics that have been addressed by the web campaigns literature since its origins. First, diffusion and how widespread web campaigning has become; second, the issue of …
Why Be Accountable? Exploring Voluntary Accountability of Australian Private Ancillary Funds
The aim of this paper is to consider why Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs), endowed philanthropic foundations with no public reporting requirements, engage in accountability in its various forms. This exploratory, qualitative study reports on perspectives on accountability from 10 semi‐structured interviews with PAF managers and/or trustees from three Australian states. Through the lens of March and Olsen's (2011) logics of action and Karsten's (201…
Grantmaking in a Disorderly World: The Limits of Rationalism
This article reflects on the real world relevance of rational approaches to grantmaking. The characteristics and environment of foundation work are outlined, then both traditional and newer funding practices are analysed. Unpacking implicit assumptions of a rational approach, eight costs to foundations and their grantees are identified. The final sections of the paper consider what grantmaking for a complex and disorderly world might encompass. I…
Foundations in Australia: Dimensions for International Comparison
Australia lacks a dedicated legal structure for foundations, and public data on its philanthropic sector are sparse. There is no public registry of foundations as opposed to charities generally, and the information held by the revenue office on foundation activity is generally unavailable. Available data are presented and show that Australian foundations are experiencing a phase of slow but steady growth in both numbers and size, punctuated by an…
Publicness and the Identity of Public Foundations
This article investigates understandings of publicness in the context of public foundations in Australia by examining how perceptions of publicness inform and influence the practice and conduct of those grantmaking foundations. As part of a broader study on perceptions of accountability and identity in Australian foundations, the article provides empirical evidence from interviews with managers and trustees from a diverse group of public foundati…
Agenda-setting and Public Policy in Private Foundations
This paper examines advocacy, agenda-setting and the public policy focus of private philanthropic foundations in Australia. While concerns have been raised regarding advocacy and public policy influence of foundations in countries such as the U.S., less is understood on this issue in other contexts. Interviews were conducted with 11 managers and trustees of 10 Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs) in late 2014. Analysis of publicly available data on the…
Ties That Bind: Public Foundations in Dyadic Partnerships
Public Ancillary Funds (PubAFs) are grantmaking philanthropic foundations, largely held to be independent. However, some PubAFs exist in significant and exclusive relationships (dyadic partnerships) with a dominant stakeholder involving shared values, strategy, resources, and goals. This paper examines the benefits and challenges for PubAFs of being in a dyadic partnership and how this relationship affects their identity, accountability, and inde…
Performance measurement, evaluation and accountability in public philanthropic foundations
Philanthropic foundations routinely evaluate and measure the performance of nonprofit organisations to which they distribute funds, as well as the programmes that are funded. Another aspect of philanthropic foundations’ evaluation processes, which receives comparatively little attention within academic or practitioner literature, concerns evaluations of grant applications. While the focus of philanthropic evaluation literature is mainly on ‘how e…
Playing piggy(bank) in the middle: Philanthropic foundations’ roles as intermediaries
Philanthropic foundations are often described as ‘intermediaries’ yet the term is neither defined nor de‐constructed. This short paper identifies and briefly discusses 14 dimensions of the intermediary roles played by foundations, and groups them into four major themes: bringing parties together, capacity development and relationship building, temporal bridging, and sector‐level or institutional intermediation
Mapping the field of public ancillary funds
This study analyses and profiles public ancillary funds (PubAFs), charitable trusts that act as intermediaries between public donors and approved nonprofit beneficiary organisations. PubAFs are an important part of Australia's philanthropic landscape given their public benefit purpose, yet little is known about this sector's characteristics and identities. This paper examines PubAFs, analysing online databases and reports and PubAF websites (wher…
Similar or Different? Downward Accountability Across Civil Society Organisational Forms
This research explores accountability to beneficiaries within Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). Conceptualised as “downward”, this direction of accountability is of increasing research interest, given that beneficiaries are impacted by the mission of a CSO. However, the concept of downward accountability is used almost unanimously across CSO forms which cover a diverse array of organisational qualities, structures, missions, and people. This su…
Mapping categories of philanthropy in Australian public schooling
Global narratives of educational philanthropy tend to emphasise the significant influence donors have in shaping public school policy and practice. In Australia, however, tax laws work to narrow the possibilities for philanthropy to exert influence over public schooling. Indeed, public schools (unlike private schools and Higher Education institutions) are unable to receive ‘direct’ philanthropic income, yet they can benefit from philanthropically…
Voluntas Virtual Issue: Philanthropy
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