Fall 2022

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Fall 2022

Volume 20, Number 4

Read about how we must manage a just and orderly transition away from fossil fuels, how social impact networks can prepare for and survive existential crises, how a collaborative of foundations and nonprofits helped to salvage the 2020 US Census, how Kobalt Music Group is using technology to pay musicians fairly and to challenge the major record labels’ oligopoly, and other topics in the Fall 2022 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review.

Features

Energy

Time to Put the Fossil-Fuel Industry Into Hospice

By Andrew J. Hoffman & Douglas M. Ely 19

If humanity is to survive the climate crisis, we must manage a just and orderly transition away from fossil fuels. The correct models for this resolution are triage, euthanasia, and hospice.

Open-access to this article made possible by University of Michigan.

Collaboration

How to Build More Resilient Networks

By Michelle Shumate & Katherine R. Cooper 1

Social impact networks inevitably face moments of existential crisis. But networks can prepare for them by asking the right questions.

Philanthropy & Funding

How Civil Society Saved the 2020 Census

By Arturo Vargas, Gary D. Bass & Karen K. Narasaki

A collaborative of foundations and nonprofits took action to mitigate the harms resulting from a series of unfortunate and nefarious events that jeopardized the accuracy of the latest census. Here’s how they did it—and how their lessons can now be used in service of the next decennial.

What’s Next

Human Rights

Lifesaving Telemedicine

By Noor Noman

Telemedicine allows people the lifesaving care that they need after the fall of Roe.

Food

Good Overfishing

By Kristine Wong

Good overfishing removes an invasive species from Mexico rivers and creates jobs.

Education

Reviving the Ancients

By Aisha Malik

Plato’s Academy Centre aims to make ancient philosophy accessible and easily digestible to the public.

Health

Cancer-Detecting Undergarments

By Valentine Benjamin

A new cancer-detecting smart bra raises awareness about breast cancer and breast health in sub-Saharan Africa.

Field Report

Social Enterprise

Franchising Entrepreneur Training

By Grainne Harrington 1

A social franchise offers business education and mentorship to help the world’s poorest workers maximize their earning potential.

Arts & Culture

Building a Culture of Belonging

By Kathryn Dickason

Mosaic America fosters intercultural awareness and respect through its artistic programming.

Technology

Obstetrics by App

By Valentine Benjamin

Pregnancy and maternity health-care apps educate expectant and new parents to improve health outcomes for mothers and children in Nigeria and beyond.

Case Study

Business

A Music Industry for Musicians

By Giana Eckhardt & Tom Wagner

Kobalt Music Group is challenging the dominance of the Big Three record labels by harnessing technology to pay musicians more, faster, and with greater transparency. But how far can it reform an industry built on the exploitation of its talent?

Viewpoint

Collaboration

Convening Effectiveness Matters

By Rasmus Heltberg & Jared Raynor

Before we rush back into large in-person gatherings, we should strategize about how we can make them more impactful.

Environment

Addressing the Climate and Care Crises

By James Morrissey, Sherilyn MacGregor & Seema Arora-Jonsson

In the fight against climate change, we must ensure that solutions do not unduly burden women and girls.

Measurement & Evaluation

A Theorem of Justice

By Chloe Cockburn

By adopting tools from Bayesian rationalist analysis, social justice philanthropy can become more ambitious and impactful.

Research

Business

The Dance Between B Corps and Incumbents

By Chana R. Schoenberger

Regular corporations and B Corps continue to fight for dominance over the corporate social responsibility label.

Philanthropy & Funding

Giving Time vs. Giving Money

By Chana R. Schoenberger

Charitable donors prefer to give time instead of money because they feel they have more control over their donated time.

Economic Development

The Impact of Cash for Infants

By Daniela Blei

Cash transfers to low-income, first-time parents can make an enormous difference to the long-term well-being of their children.

Impact Investing

Redefining the Corporate-Community Partnership

By Daniela Blei

When done right, corporate-community investment can be mutually beneficial for companies and communities.

Book Reviews

Review

Government

The Right to Intimate Privacy

Reviewed By Navneet Alang

The Fight for Privacy investigates how governments and businesses violate and profit from our personal lives online.

Review

Education

Cultivating, Seeding, and Planting a Better World

Reviewed By Mehr Tarar

Ruha Benjamin argues that the social change we seek begins within the individual.

Editor’s Note

Energy

Transitioning to a Green Economy

By Eric Nee 1

A successful transition away from fossil fuels will require strong and vocal civil society organizations and social movements, along with government and business, to make the changes that are necessary if we are to avoid the calamities of global warming.

SSIR Online

Technology

SSIR Online, Fall 2022 Issue

By SSIR Editors

A collection of standout pieces published online about supporting women’s leadership in STEM, preventing gun violence, creating safer roads, measuring impact, and narrative change.

Last Look

Health

Post-Roe Chaos

By Marcie Bianco

The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision shutters medical clinics, jeopardizing health-care access.

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