dr. SA (Stephanie) Koolen - Maas

Biography

Stephanie is a parttime postdoctoral researcher at the Business-Society Management Department at RSM. She also works as a researcher and projectlead at the Centre of Philanthropic Studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Stephanie completed her PhD in 2020 at RSM. Her dissertation "In the Moment of Giving" centers on contemporary forms of giving, including both private and corporate philanthropy. She focused on topics such as trends in volunteerism and modern channels for corporate giving or corporate community involvement.

Research interests include (corporate) philanthropy, business-nonprofit relationships, (corporate) volunteering, corporate foundations, and nonprofit and volunteer management.

As an academic researcher, Stephanie taught several courses on both BSc. and MSc. level, including courses on nonprofit management, social entrepreneurship, qualitative research, and research in an international context (Shanghai; Cape Town). She also guides numerous BSc. and MSc. theses, and BSc. internships with a focus on (peripheral) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and beyond. She further worked on research projects on corporate foundations and volunteering, impact measurements, and a European funded research project on service-learning. She also served as an advisor for the Erasmus Consultancy Project in Colombia (2016-2017).