Christopher Dougherty
PhD Graduate and Instructor
Christopher Dougherty’s research focuses on the charitable sectors of Canada and the UK. Prior to his PhD, he worked and volunteered in the charitable sector for 14 years, completed a Master of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership (MPNL) at Carleton University, a Bachelor of Applied Nonprofit Studies at Mount Royal University, and is Certified in Volunteer Administration.
“His doctoral research at Carleton was supported in part by a Doctoral Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and by an Emerging Scholars Grant from the Canadian Research Data Centres Network (CRDCN). His dissertation proposal received an Honorable Mention for the The Lester M. Salamon Memorial Award for Promising PhD Proposal in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research from ARNOVA and an early draft of one chapter received the H. Woods Bowman Student Award from the Nonprofit Finance and Financial Management Section (NPFFM) of ARNOVA.
“Christopher’s research examines the relationships between charities and the groups that shape them through regulation, funding, and rhetoric. These groups include individual and institutional donors, groups of other charities (including self-regulation schemes), and governments. In particular, he is interested in how these groups use charities to say something about themselves and what is important to them. “After completing his PhD, he joined the University of St Andrews as a Visiting Scholar, funded by a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship