Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE190100792

Funded Activity Summary

Restoring public trust in charities: reforming governance and enforcement. This project aims to undertake a comprehensive and comparative investigation of governance and enforcement in the charitable sector in Australia. Public trust in the charitable sector has been damaged by governance failures, particularly in religious contexts, exacerbated by the sector’s complex and incoherent governance system. As yet, there has been limited academic consideration or empirical analysis of the effectiveness of the governance and regulatory framework of the sector or concrete reform proposals. This project aims to undertake comparative analysis and empirical research of these aspects, and to develop proposals for effective law and policy reform. This is expected to strengthen and maximise the sector’s capacity to contribute to the social and economic life in Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-06-2019

End Date: 31-08-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $401,980.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Commercial and Contract Law | Corporations and Associations Law | Law | Equity and Trusts Law

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Justice and the Law not elsewhere classified | Law, Politics and Community Services not elsewhere classified | Law Reform |

Other Keywords

Commercial and Contract Law | Corporations and Associations Law | Equity and Trusts Law | Justice and the Law not elsewhere classified | Law | Law Reform | Law, Politics and Community Services not elsewhere classified

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