Academic Excellence Fit for Social Purpose

Welcome to the Centre for Social Impact (CSI), a unique partnership between Business Schools of the University of New South Wales, the University of Melbourne and Swinburne University of Technology.

CSI has a profoundly important mission: to educate tomorrow’s social entrepreneurs and strengthen today’s social enterprises. Through top class teaching and world class research, we aim to put Australia among the world’s best at delivering community benefit and generating social innovation. We will bring together Australia’s not-for-profit, philanthropic, business and government sectors in a collaborative effort to help build passionate, high performing and sustainable social ventures. At the same time we will encourage and support businesses to turn good intentions into best practice through social investment.

Collaboration is the key to our success. If you would like to get involved in the Centre's work in any capacity, please don't hesitate to contact me at csi@unsw.edu.au

Peter Shergold
The Macquarie Group Foundation Chair, Centre for Social Impact

"(This is) a Centre which can bring together research, teaching and cross-sector partnerships to create positive social impact at the intersections between government, business and community life. I am confident that the Centre will be a great source of answers and of practical initiative."

The Hon Julia Gillard MP
Deputy Prime Minister
28 February 2008