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Innovating for a Healthy Context
Improving the effectiveness of development innovations
Education Transformation Against All Odds
A grassroots movement to revitalize public education in Lebanon has shown promising results—and enabled schools to play a critical role in the violent crisis of recent months.
Need a Lift? 13 Stories That Inspired Us in 2024
Innovation stories on social connection, empowering youth, and revitalizing green spaces offer some year-end inspiration.
Top 2024 Stories From SSIR’s Global Editions
Stories selected by the editors of Stanford Social Innovation Review’s global editions and why they chose to share them with their local audiences.
Books for Social Innovators!
A literary gift guide from SSIR
Localization Through Leadership
In a sea of “why,” some notes on “how.”
The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2024
Healing trauma in systems; a critique of strategic philanthropy; nonprofit growth revisited; AI-powered nonprofits; communication in a new era; and more.
Transforming Workplace Culture to Attract Gen Z to the Public Sector
To address government workforce shortages, the public sector must apply an outcomes-driven model to its culture and change the workplace to meet Gen Z where they are.
Funding the Grassroots of Environmental Justice
The Environmental Justice Resourcing Collective was created to fund work led by and for communities most impacted by environmental racism, climate change, and unjust systems. Four years later, what lessons can funders draw from our experiences supporting frontline communities?