Technology
The Stories We Tell About AI
Narratives are an essential prerequisite to social change. Current narratives on AI and work only serve to increase tech companies’ power and undermine workers’ rights.
Security Innovations that address privacy and civil liberties in the 21st century
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Proactive Mapping to Manage Disaster
The ESA Hub is spearheading an anticipatory-response model of disaster management in Zimbabwe to protect people from climate-related destruction.
Technology
A Historical Model for AI Regulation and Collaboration
What the Human Genome Project can teach us about channeling a revolutionary technology for public benefit—and why nuclear weapons are a counter-productive analogy.
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Retire ‘Foreign Assistance’
Development aid is not a handout but a catalyst for partnership in global stability.
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The Challenges Facing Humanitarian Aid Groups Right Now
What’s the impact of recent funding cuts to humanitarian aid? How are organizations reorganizing their critical work with vulnerable communities? Bob Kitchen of the International Rescue Committee and Harriet Carvalho of DAFGiving360 join SSIR editor Barbara Wheeler-Bride to discuss the Trump administration’s unprecedented cuts to foreign aid and how donors can respond. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360
What Will It Take to Reimagine Security?
The polycrisis requires seeding new forms of holistic problem-solving across multiple systems.
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21st-Century Democracy: Building a Transnational Innovation Ecosystem
Defending and strengthening democracy requires local, national, and transnational solutions. This essay series, sponsored by Keseb, shares strategies and perspectives from leading democracy champions in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States.
Generative AI Is All About the Money
What the social innovation community needs to understand about Silicon Valley’s current hype cycle.
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Roundtable on Shared Value
Executives from 10 major corporations discuss the innovative ways that they are putting societal issues at the core of their companies’ strategy and operations.
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Invading the Darkness of Child Sex Trafficking
How Shared Hope International uses digital tools and meaningful grassroots experiences to activate support.
The Power of Mental Health to Break Cycles of Violence and Promote Peace
Mental health is an essential intervention to address violence and trauma at the individual, interpersonal, and systemic levels.
Ukrainian Civil Society Needs Your Support — And Also Your Trust
Since the first days of the war, Ukrainians have responded with the expertise, creativity, and flexibility necessary to meet the needs of their neighbors rapidly and efficiently.
The Urgent Need to Reimagine Data Consent
Data is a powerful tool in addressing contemporary challenges, but current consent models don’t go far enough to align with community expectations and protect vulnerable populations.