Pamala Wiepking

Pamala Wiepking is an Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University's Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and holds the Stead Family Chair in International Philanthropy. She is also the inaugural Professor of Societal Significance of Charity Lotteries at VU Amsterdam's Center for Philanthropic Studies. Her research spans cross-national explanations of philanthropy, with a focus on charitable giving, grantmaking, and prosocial behavior.

• Ph.D. in Philanthropic Studies (2008, VU Amsterdam)
• M.Sc. in Sociology (2002, Utrecht University)

Research interests include global philanthropy, cross-national comparative analysis, social norms in charitable behavior, and funding dynamics. Her work has been published in journals like Social Forces, Voluntas, and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, with notable co-edited works such as The Palgrave Handbook of Global Philanthropy.

Recent publications examine unrestricted funding effects, generosity during crises, and computational methods in nonprofit research. She has received multiple awards, including the 2017 UMD SPP Do Good Institute-ARNOVA Award and the 2016 ARNOVA Virginia A. Hodgkinson Prize.

• 2017 UMD SPP Do Good Institute-ARNOVA Award for Global Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership
• 2016 Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Book Prize
• 2016 Academy of Management Emerald Best International Symposium Award
• 2016 Association of Fundraising Professionals Emerging Scholar Award

She has secured grants totaling over €310,000 from institutions like the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and Erasmus University. A founding member of the European Research Network on Philanthropy (ERNOP), she emphasizes the importance of creating more generous societies through academic and practical contributions.