Articles on social change from the latest edition of SSIR
Read about the importance of billionaire philanthropists building institutions for the long haul; how the private sector can integrate refugees into the economy; why design thinking must factor in unspoken social conventions; how Ashesi University is developing the future leaders of Africa; and other topics in the Summer 2026 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review.
To solve problems that don't want to be solved, design for the unspoken social conventions that hold them in place.
As humanitarian aid agencies buckle under the collapse of financial support, the private sector must step in to invest in refugees and integrate them into the economy. We review three models of success and offer investment strategies. | This article is free to all readers thanks to sponsorship by the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.
The United States is living through a second Gilded Age. But unlike yesterday's magnates, today's billionaires prefer to write checks to existing organizations. They should instead build institutions that last.
Patrick Awuah launched Ashesi University as an institution of higher learning thoroughly shaped by social innovation. While it began by borrowing ideas, methods, and credibility from elsewhere, it has evolved into a uniquely Ghanaian enterprise that is a model for Africa and the world.
The Led By Foundation helps Indian Muslim women achieve their career goals in the face of discrimination.
An Indian state's initiative to establish women-run community libraries is giving rural students—especially girls—a safe space to study and access career guidance.
Successful advocacy requires not only increasing support on our issues, but inspiring people to believe that they can win. | This article is free to all readers thanks to sponsorship by BLIS Collective.
Although climate discourse has expressed increasing urgency over time, it has retained the same temporal outlooks for climate effects and action.
Two recent books explore the modern prominence of the global financial-inclusion agenda and argue about how it got there.
We all—editors, writers, and readers alike—are not just students or observers of the world around us but builders of its future.
What SSIR readers are saying about articles on artificial intelligence, charitable giving, and navigating organizational disagreement.
Inter-nursing home games in France happen regularly across the country thanks in part to financial support from the National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy, an arm of the country’s social-security system.
