We are a global human services nonprofit that seeks to elevate the human experience by bringing researchers together to collaborate on reducing suffering, improving well-being, and enabling well-becoming.
What we do
Our Serving Humanity Logic
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ServCollab is creating a logic for serving humanity well.
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Our Serving Humanity Logic focuses on three human needs: reducing suffering, improving well-being, and enabling well-becoming.
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By articulating the principles and practices that guide service wisdom, we seek to transform service systems to better serve people and the planet.
ServCollab Research
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ServCollab has published more than 10 journal articles, two special issues in journals, and book chapters. ​​
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The articles form a coherent body of scholarship aimed at reducing suffering, improving well-being, and enabling well-becoming through research collaborations.
ServCollab Scholarships & Research Funding
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In 2025, ServCollab launched a new scholarship program to support PhD students conducting transformative service research.​​​
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ServCollab is raising funds to offer more scholarships for PhD students and to create collaborative research grants to work on humanity’s most urgent service challenges. ​​​
ServCollab Community & Collaborations
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ServCollab fosters community and collaboration by connecting service researchers, organizations, and citizens to address systemic human challenges. ​
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ServCollab enables dialogue and co-creation through ideation workshops and webinars, focusing on issues such as refugee services, service inclusion, and climate change. ​
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By promoting collaborative research, ServCollab seeks to build a global community dedicated to serving humanity through collaboration.
Our Research Themes
ServCollab has developed Seven Service Research Themes with the Journal of Services Marketing. These Themes – wellbeing, opportunity, resources, economics, institutions, the planet, and collaboration are a pioneering framework based on the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. They offer fresh opportunities for service research that addresses global challenges.
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Our Collaborators
Get Involved
Whether you are a researcher, practitioner, student, or citizen, you can help reduce human suffering, improve human well-being, and enable human well-becoming. Together, we can co-create wiser, more compassionate service systems.
Join ServCollab
By joining ServCollab, you help us serve humanity through collaboration.
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We seek to bring scholars, practitioners, and citizens together who are passionate about reducing suffering, improving well-being, and enabling well-becoming.
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ServCollab offers a place to connect, contribute, and co-create meaningful change.
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Join a global community dedicated to serving humanity by elevating the human experience.
Donate to ServCollab
ServCollab believes research should serve people. Your donations can help:
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Support PhD scholarships for emerging scholars committed to research that serves humanity.
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Fund collaborative research grants that advance our Service Research Themes.​
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Build a global research community dedicated to Serving Humanity Through Collaboration.
Donate today and become part of the serving humanity movement.
Get in Touch!
We would love to hear from you!
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Whether you have a question, a research idea, or thoughtful advice, your voice matters in our mission to serve humanity through collaboration.
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Reach out to connect, share, or explore how we can work together to reduce suffering, improve well-being, and enable well-becoming.