Read about how a new approach to social innovation scales effective solutions, how positive externalities can be harnessed for social good, how social capital can be rebuilt in our communities, how philanthropy can help center equity in science, and other topics in the Fall 2021 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review.
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A new approach to tackling social problems orchestrates the participation of multiple stakeholders in the process from generating ideas to scaling solutions.
Economists have obsessed over the question of negative externalities, but market arrangements can also generate positive externalities. We should consider how to harness them for public good.
Systems change efforts that focus on boosting social capital and collective efficacy through building relationships within communities show promise. But do we have the patience to wait for them to work?
It’s time for science philanthropy and communication to cocreate a new era of partnership with communities of color.
Open-access to this article made possible by the Rita Allen Foundation.
Last spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic magnified the United States’ racial and class inequities, Teach for America endeavored to put philanthropic power in younger, more racially diverse hands.
Climate Risk Labs (CRL), one of the emerging nonprofits tackling the climate crisis, aims to accelerate climate science research and build partnerships that utilize CRL’s data sets to shape future clean energy solutions.
Nonprofit start-up Ameelio allows people outside of prisons to send their incarcerated friends and relatives postcards, letters, and photos—for free.
New Constellations works with communities to imagine new and better futures, starting with the renewal of Barrow-in-Furness in Great Britain.
Inclusive-design organizations are working to ensure that disabled kids are no longer prevented from playing with their peers.
The Nashulai Maasai Conservancy is taking back Kenya’s land for Indigenous people.
India’s first and largest waste-picker cooperative has inspired community-wide recycling and sustainable living.
Stanford University’s Rural Education Action Program has established a one-of-a-kind research collaborative among Chinese, US, and European universities to improve the lot of rural Chinese families. Its success shows the potential of applying scientific methods to development and forging global partnerships for social impact.
The new public management model of governance has failed. But an emerging collaborative and democratic approach shows promise.
Research does no good if its insights are irrelevant or not applied. Ensuring that evidence influences policy requires developing the right ecosystem and levers for accountability.
We created the Democracy Frontlines Fund to enable experienced anti-racist organizers to do their crucial work. They taught us how to do philanthropy better.
Misperception of men’s private beliefs about gender bias can undermine their willingness to speak up against it.
Activists use moral analogies with rogue industries and states to stigmatize fossil fuels.
The hacktivist collective built a framework to encourage and guide participation without direct oversight.
Partnerships between nonprofit service providers and government agencies to address homelessness are more effective when the former play a leading role.
In Power to the Public, Tara Dawson McGuinness and Hana Schank make the case for renovating government and policymaking with 21st-century digital technology.
Ten Global Cities features a range of interventions that can, through dedicated collaboration, provide solutions to homelessness.
Nonprofits, governments, and businesses around the world have changed how they operate to overcome the impact of COVID-19. The social sector should continue to build on that creativity in the wake of the pandemic.
Links to all of SSIR's online-only articles published the past three months, with editors' notes about standout pieces on racism, the social economy, grassroots movements, global development, and the climate crisis.
Residential schools were part of a nationwide assimilationist program for First Nations children in Canada. Today, communities are coming to terms with that past.
