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Supercharging Network Intelligence
How network organizations can use AI to better understand and support their members in real time.
Build the Market First, Then Fund Innovation
Scaling proven solutions to the early childhood skills gap requires building a market for parenting interventions.
Why SSIR Is Changing Our Paywall
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SSIR Online, Spring 2026 Issue
What SSIR readers are saying about articles on innovation in trying times, data and social justice, and impact investing.
Welcome to the Era of Relational Intelligence
As AI begins to transform education, work, and social life, we need to focus on developing and expanding capacities essential for human flourishing.
The Academic Costs of Social Apps
Excessive screen time, largely spent on gaming apps, is contagious and lowers students' grades and post-graduate income, a Chinese study reveals.
Building a Solidarity Ecosystem for AI
How cooperatives, public institutions, and social movements can come together to intentionally build a practical, community-owned alternative to extractive AI systems.
Scale That Lasts
A framework for moving from government partnership to country ownership
The Low-Cost AI Illusion
What the next economic phase of artificial intelligence means for public interest work and how organizations can protect equity, access, and themselves.