7th Annual ARNOVA-Asia Conference
The Roles of Nonprofit Organizations for Sustainable Civil Society
July 7-8, 2023 - Japan Standard Time JST ┃ Convened Virtually
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Thanks for joining us!
We were pleased to welcome you to the 2023 ARNOVA Asia Conference, which was held virtually from Japan on July 7-8, 2023.
ARNOVA is a U.S.-based, international association that connects scholars, educators, and practice leaders to strengthen the field of nonprofit and philanthropic research to improve civil society and human life. ARNOVA is a neutral, open forum committed to strengthening the research about and helping shape better practice in these realms.
Call for Papers: 2023 ARNOVA-Asia Special Issue
of Nonprofit Policy Forum
The journal Nonprofit Policy Forum invites papers for a special issue dedicated to the theme of the 2023 ARNOVA-Asia conference.
ARNOVA-Asia 2023 Opening Plenary
"Building an Asian Nonprofit Research Community for Sustainable Civil Society"
10:00-12:00 JST(UTC+9) | July 7, 2023
ARNOVA-Asia 2023 Closing Plenary
"Towards a New Comparative Civil Society Project in Asia"
19:00-20:30 JST (UTC+9) | July 8, 2023
Theme
The 2023 ARNOVA Asia Conference theme is “The Roles of Nonprofit Organizations for Sustainable Civil Society” which looks into the challenges and exploring of nonprofit organizations to seek advanced collaborations with governments and corporations as well as gaining voluntary actions and philanthropy. In particular, we welcome empirical and theoretical studies addressing the following three broad issues: civic engagement, partnerships in public service delivery, and nonprofit sustainability in post-disaster recovery. In addition, we are experiencing new and difficult situations, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as more disasters striking and economies facing volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA). These changes facing the nonprofit field increase the need to expand our research paradigm and employ more inclusive strategies that comprehensively cover behaviors and organizations outside our traditional scope.

We invite conference submissions from academic researchers, practitioners, and emerging scholars that address this conference theme. Topics to be discussed cover a wide range of issues related to nonprofit, charity, philanthropy, and social economy, including, but not limited to:
- Giving & Volunteering
- Corporate Philanthropy
- Policy Advocacy and Civic Engagement
- Nonprofit Governance and Management
- Human and Financial Resource Management of Nonprofit Organizations
- Collaborations & Partnerships within and across Sectors
- Social Enterprises and entrepreneurs
- Nonprofit Innovation & Impact
- New Technologies, Big Data, Digitalization, and Civil Society
- Disaster Mitigation, Recovery, and Management
- COVID-19 and Civil Society
- Beyond Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Other Related Significant Topics
Academic Committee members
*Listed in alphabetical order of last names.

Khaldoun AbouAssi
American University

Michal Almog-Bar
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Ling Han
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Bok Gyo Jeong
Kean University

Sabithulla Khan
California Lutheran University

Mirae Kim
George Mason University

Sung-Ju Kim
North Carolina State University

Rikio Kimura
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)

Sungdae Lim
Sam Houston State University

Helen Liu
National Taiwan University

Alisa Moldavanova
University of Delaware

Yuko Nishide
Tohoku University

Tamaki Onishi
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Takafumi Tanaka
Tokyo Gakugei University

Li Yang
Beijing Normal University
Advisory Board

Wolfgang Bielefeld
Indiana University

Dwight Burlingame
Indiana University

Chao Guo
University of Pennsylvania

Shariq Siddiqui
Indiana University

Mark Sidel
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Naoto Yamauchi
Osaka University and Japan Institute for Public Policy Studies
Important Dates
- Deadline for proposal submission (no more than 500 words):
March 31, 2023- Extended April 17th, 2023
- Registration open: April 1, 2023
- Notification of acceptance:
May 1, 2023- Between May 19 or earlier
- Registration for presenters (to include the program): May 20, 2023
- Program publication: June 1, 2023
- Deadline for full paper: June 20, 2023
- Conference: July 7-8, 2023 - Japan Standard Time JST
- Note: The conference will be held in Japan Standard Time (JST)
- For any inquiries regarding the program, please contact arnovaasia2023@gmail.com.
- For inquiries about the submission process please contact conference@arnova.org
Host Organizations & Conveners

Yu ISHIDA
Professor, School of Human Welfare Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University

Aya OKADA
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University
Local Host Committee Members
Arata Kojima, Arizona State University
Ebe Daigo, University of Tsukuba
Hidehiro Yamamoto, University of Tsukuba
Katsunori Sato, Kagawa University
Keiko Yokoyama, Kansai University
Li Yanyan, Komazawa University
Megumi Kojima, Ritsumeikan University
Sae Okura, University of Tsukuba
Takako Nakajima, Osaka University of Commerce
Takayuki Yoshioka, Okayama University
Tamaki Onishi, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Registration
Rates | Regular Rates |
Members & Non-members | |
Regular | $100 |
Students | $50 |