Professor Kristy Muir

Media Release: Paying what it takes: report warns many funders failing to cover not-for-profits’ actual costs

Australian charities are being hamstrung by a lack of funding for their core operational needs, severely affecting their ability to ...

Media Release: Innovative leadership program now open to for-purpose CEOs in Victoria and Tasmania

Applications for the second cohort of the five-year Social Impact Leadership Australia (SILA) Program have launched today, with the aim ...

Reflections on the past five years

These are strange times. All organisations should go through evolution, renewal, and refresh, and ensure they are always fit for ...

Media Release: New research reveals continued strain for charities and social services after a “profoundly hard year”

The Centre for Social Impact have today released the report from Wave 2 of their national Pulse of the For-Purpose ...

Statement from Kristy Muir

Statement from CEO, Professor Kristy Muir – August 6, 2021 As CEO of CSI, I’m really proud to have led ...

CSI announces leadership changes

Leadership changes at CSI: Professor Kristy Muir, CEO of CSI, announces her move to the Paul Ramsay Foundation  Muir to ...

Media Release: CSI announce the first cohort of leaders selected to drive and amplify positive social change

Today, the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) officially announces the first of five Social Impact Leadership Australia (SILA) program cohorts ...

CSI responds to the 2021 Federal Budget

The Centre for Social Impact's response to the 2021 Federal Budget discusses how the key changes presented are likely to ...

Is weathering the storm enough? Is this the society we aspire to?

The Centre for Social Impact's CEO, Professor Kristy Muir, reflects on the 2021 Federal Budget. There was a lot of ...

Media Release: Many charities left financially vulnerable and unable to meet community demands following end of JobKeeper, new research finds

A new report by Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) finds that despite Australia’s promising ...

Why leadership development is an investment in us, our organisations and the world we want to help create

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” I grew up thinking I was terrible ...

At what cost do we let our charities shut their doors?

A few short weeks ago, I said goodbye to a beautiful soul and friend. I was with many others, including ...

Media Release: CSI welcomes Emeritus Professor Colleen Hayward AM to the CSI Board

The Centre for Social Impact is excited to announce the addition of Emeritus Professor Colleen Hayward AM to its Board. ...

Mozzies, ticks and parasites: A 2020 resilience wrap

2020 has been a year like no other. It’s unlike any that many of us have experienced in our lifetimes ...

Media Release: New report on the health, social and economic shocks of 2020 to help for-purpose sector build back better

The Centre for Social Impact (CSI) has today launched a detailed report of the impacts of the challenges faced in ...

impact2020 webinar series

Over six weeks during April, May and June 2020 more than 5,000 people attended one or more of CSI's 35 ...

Addressing social issue areas in the context of COVID-19

The Centre for Social Impact is producing a series of fact sheets to address specific social issue areas in the ...

Media Release: CSI secures Zurich and the Z Zurich Foundation to support research into mental health and wellbeing in a post-COVID environment

The Centre for Social Impact today announced a new research project to explore and analyse the state of mental health ...

Ten COVID leadership lessons

Our CEO, Professor Kristy Muir, has put together her ten COVID leadership lessons. Watch the video below to hear Kristy's ...

Media Release: New report calls for urgent reforms to support charities

A new report launched today by Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) calls for reforms ...

COVID-19 update from our CEO

You may have seen recent news that UNSW Sydney is the latest university to announce job losses as part of ...

Investing in our social fabric or paying the price of social dislocation?

Why we need to save Australian charities to win the war on COVID-19 By Professor Kristy Muir and Dr Ioana ...

Media Release: Charities must connect with their communities to survive

Sector leaders have stressed that charities and not-for-profits must engage with their local communities to improve viability and growth following ...

The value of charity and charities

How do we ensure our charities' survival, contribution and rebuild in the wake of COVID-19? CEO Update - May 2020 ...

What ought one do?

COVID-19: A quandary of ethical decision making Like many people, my husband and I have started shopping for five of ...

COVID-19: Engaging our leadership, our humanity, our values

CEO Update: March 2020 It’s early in the morning. I sit on my deck, barefooted typing away. The bird song ...

Charities: Is trust in surplus or deficit?

CEO Update: February 2020 This weekend Australians and internationals opened their hearts and their wallets again during the Fire Aid ...

CEO Update: January 2020

LEADERSHIP IN A SUSTAINED CRISIS “The task of leading during a sustained crisis - whether you are the CEO of ...

CEO Update: September 2019

When we are arguing about whether or not the “inequality” narrative is misleading, it detracts from us talking about the ...

Media Release: Australia retains global Social Progress Index rank in 2019 despite fall in ‘Foundations for Wellbeing’

Australia has been ranked 12th in the world on social progress for the second year in a row but has ...

CEO Update: August 2019

By CSI Research Fellow Chris Hartley, and CEO Professor Kristy Muir Letting go and holding on: Homelessness Week 2019  It's ...

CEO Update - June 2019

Omniscience is the enemy of social progress I recently had the privilege of being a teacher, panellist and participant as ...

Media Release: Groundbreaking report reveals level of Indigenous financial exclusion

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders fall into two groups – one suffering the most financial stress in Australia, another starting ...

Policy Spotlight: Housing and Employment

As we go to the election, health, climate, infrastructure, community services, and other social and economic issues important policy areas ...

CEO Update - May 2019

Vale Bob Hawke I grew up with Hawkey. I was just six years old when he got elected Prime Minister ...

CEO Update - March 2019

Horror and Hope “The horror. The horror.” I couldn’t help but think of this quote from Joseph Conrad’s The Heart ...

CEO Update - February 2019

Temper your sense of justice? “Temper your sense of justice” has become one of the better-known phrases out of the ...

Media Release: Uniting and CSI Swinburne join forces to strengthen community services

The Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne University of Technology (CSI Swinburne) and Uniting Vic.Tas are launching a new research ...

CEO Update - November 2018

10 Lessons for 10 Years from CEO, Professor Kristy Muir As we draw to the end of our 10th birthday ...

CEO Update - October 2018

Power, privilege and public good I’ve been thinking a lot lately about power. Who has it, who doesn’t; who knows ...

CEO Update - August 2018

Photo from CSI's ten-year anniversary event. L-R Peter Shergold, Stella Avramopoulos, David Gonski, Amanda Young, Kristy Muir. Credit: Lucy Leonardi ...

CEO Update - June 2018

Marshmallows, leadership and moral courage I read an article this week about the marshmallow test - you know, the one ...

CEO UPDATE - April 2018

Lest we forget our veterans who are homeless Some years ago, I interviewed James*, a Second World War veteran who ...

Media Release: CSI Announces founding CEO Professor Peter Shergold AC as incoming Board Chair

The Centre for Social Impact is pleased to announce incoming Board Chair as Professor Peter Shergold, AC, and the appointment ...

CEO Update - February 2018

Advocacy matters. When I was a teenager, I used to do respite care for families with children who had disabilities. ...

Media Release: Australian charity revenue jumps to $142.8 billion

Australian charities have reported $142.8 billion in annual revenue in the last year, according to new research launched today in ...

CSI launches new strategy

The Centre for Social Impact is excited to announce its new strategic vision and intent: Catalysing social change for a ...

CEO Update - October 2017

What if poverty is a choice? It is national anti-poverty week in Australia, so it’s a good time to ask ...

CEO Update - September 2017

I’ve had a really interesting week that has left me pondering a question: Do we value an inclusive society in ...

CEO Update - August 2017

Could social impact investment be the disrupter needed for affordable housing and homelessness in Australia? It's the last days of ...

CEO Update - July 2017

Many of you may not know this about me, but I began my academic life as a social historian. I’ve ...

Financial Inclusion Action Plan sees banks and utilities sign up, says AFR

The Australian Financial Review writes about the Financial Inclusion Action Plan. "The big four banks and some of Australia's biggest ...

CEO Update - June 2017

The Social Impact Festival: Shifting perceptions. Shaping the future. Home, place, and land. These locations and concepts mean different things ...

CSI Responds to the recent news that the contract of ACNC Commissioner Susan Pascoe AM will not be renewed

 Like many social sector organisations, we were surprised to learn on Thursday that the contract of Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits ...

CEO Update - May 2017

Fairness, security, opportunity? Reflections on the Federal Government Budget 2017 In his 2017 budget speech Treasurer Scott Morrison explained that ...

CEO Update - April 2017

A Giving Australia When I was a child my parents taught me to give. There wasn't a lot of disposable ...

CEO Update - March 2017

Almost every day, I have conversations with people who play different and vital roles in the social purpose ecosystem, and ...

CEO Update - February 2017

As I reflect on the start to the year as far as politics and policies go, I’m steadfast in my ...

Social Enterprise Development and Investment Funds Evaluation Report launched

The evaluation report of the Social Enterprise Development and Investment Funds (SEDIF) evaluation report has been published today, presenting the ...

Collective action on financial inclusion can generate an annual $2.9 billion in GDP

Leaders from government, business, education and the community sectors have come together to announce collective action to improve financial inclusion ...

CSI Announces Professor Kristy Muir as new Chief Executive

The Centre for Social Impact (CSI) today announced that former Research Director Professor Kristy Muir will take the helm as ...

Professor Kristy Muir speaking on women and financial resilience

The Centre for Social Impact's Research Director, Professor Kristy Muir, will be speaking at the Resilient Women event presented by ...

Media release: two million Australians under severe financial stress

The Centre for Social Impact (CSI) has released a report today that - in an Australian first - defines 'financial ...

CSI Research Director in TEDx line up

The Centre for Social Impact's national Research Director, Professor Kristy Muir, will take to the stage and screen at TEDxUNSW on Saturday ...

CEO Update - August 2016

There's been a lot of attention recently given to financial modelling - an 'investment approach' - driving government funding of ...

CSI CEO & Research Director in Third Sector Expo line up

CSI's Dr Andrew Young, CEO, and Professor Kristy Muir, Research Director, form part of an impressive line up at the ...

CSI has developed a program designed to stimulate inclusive economic growth

This morning marked the launch of the Financial Inclusion Action Plan (FIAP) program, developed in partnership by Good Shepherd Microfinance, ...

Professor Kristy Muir at Generosity Forum

CSI's Director of Research (Social Outcomes), Professor Kristy Muir, will be presenting at The Generosity Forum in Melbourne. Presenting part ...

Media release: Young Indigenous Australians challenged by mainstream economy

First Nations Foundation have announced a significant first step in their investigation into the life journey of Indigenous Australians with ...

Podcast: Kristy Muir "Can Market Forces Stimulate Social Change?"

CEO Update - July 2015

Homelessness. What’s our plan?  by Andrew Young & Kristy Muir  On a cold, wet mid-June night, I participated in the ...

Payday lending trap requires a credit supply rethink

This article originally appeared in The Conversation. Payday lending is booming in Australia. The industry has around one million customers ...

CSI Launches "The Compass" at Think Outcomes Conference

The Centre for Social Impact has launched the first in a series of guidebooks on different facets of social impact ...