Publications
>> List of all publications (English and German) of the Maecenata Foundation as of August 2025
>> Recent Publications (English Only) as of August 2025
The Anti-NGO Narrative: The attempt to delegitimise civil society
Civil society organisations (CSOs) are increasingly facing allegations and delegitimising attributions. The new publication The Anti-NGO Narrative by Dr. Siri Hummel (Maecenata Institute) and Dr. […]
Policy Paper: Agitating Against the State with Taxpayers’ Money?
Observatorium 83 | June 2025 | Rupert Graf Strachwitz sheds light on the accusations against civil society organisations and their funding.
Protest and Support – The Dual role of Israel’s Civil Society in 2023
Opusculum 191 | 28.05.2024 | The paper takes a look at various organisations that were active in the protests to preserve democracy and examines their involvement in humanitarian aid on the basis of interviews.
Rotary in Ukraine – Findings of an Accompanying Research Project
Opusculum 190 | 21.05.2024 | The surveys show that a large number of Rotary clubs operated independently of centrally collected funds and carried out many projects and initiatives
Civil Society is Here to Stay! A Report on the Shrinking Civic Space Project (2019-2023)
Opusculum 186 | 01.03.2024 | New report on the research and policy project conducted by the Maecenata Institute from 2019 to 2023
Observatorium 69 – Report on the ECSO-Symposium: The Civic Space in Europe – Shrinking, Growing, Enhancing?
Observatorium 69 I 22.08.2023 I Florian Faltenbacher, Flavia Gerner I Report on the ECSO-Symposium: The Civic Space in Europe – Shrinking, Growing, Enhancing?Observatorium 68 – Civil society in Hungary at a turning point?
Observatorium 68 I 14.08.2023 I Melanie Hien I Civil society in Hungary at a turning point? Challenges for organizations >> PDF Download Civil society in […]
Contested Civic Spaces: A European Perspective
Maecenata Schriften | Band 22 | 2023 For some years, we have observed a broad public discussion over the shrinking civic space. While the focus […]
China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its Impact on Human Rights Compliance: Report on a workshop held in Berlin on 16 May 2022
Europe Bottom Up Nr. 28 | 23.09.2022 I Viktoria Kaffanke and Dr. Udo Steinbach I This report was written and published following the workshop organised […]
