Read about how we can reenvision high tech to serve society, how health-care providers should adopt a more holistic approach to treating patients, how smarter real estate design can improve the well-being of residents, how nonprofits can garner the trust of communities in which they work, and other topics in the Fall 2023 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review.
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Although digital technology and society are increasingly and inextricably linked, digital technology must develop in service of society. We must first define the type of society we want and then determine how best to use technology’s potential to realize it. | Open access to this article is made possible by the Omidyar Network.
Low trust and dissatisfaction plague the health-care industry. To improve the patient experience and boost health-equity outcomes, health-care organizations and providers should adopt a more holistic approach to health-care delivery.
By employing health situation analysis, developers can create real estate projects that generate new value by rooting community well-being in place. | Open access to this article is made possible by Biositu, LLC and Goulston Storrs.
Nonprofits seeking to improve communities face the hard work of building trust. Success requires prioritizing the people you work with and proceeding patiently.
OutcomesX aspires to level the playing field for nonprofits seeking funding.
Chariot aims to simplify donor-advised-fund giving online to a 15-second process.
The UN refugee agency is implementing a mobile-wallet system to provide cash assistance to refugees in Jordan.
AI is helping to locate land mines to speed their removal.
Life Project 4 Youth Alliance promotes the personal development and professional advancement of impoverished youth.
The National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites is establishing a nationwide trail to commemorate women’s history.
The German energy think tank Agora Energiewende is developing energy- and climate-policy proposals toward decarbonization.
The Citizens Foundation is transforming how education is delivered in Pakistan, with remarkable outcomes for the country’s underprivileged children.
Climate change threatens everyone’s mission. Here’s how you can identify your own role in the fight.
The emerging discipline of public interest communications offers solutions to our deeply polarized and divided world. | Open access to this article is made possible by the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications.
Charities can find better ways to communicate their spending priorities than a myopic focus on administrative costs displayed in simplistic pie charts.
A collaboration between Nike and the Tucker Center taught us about how to keep girls in sports and how to get more from cross-sector partnerships.
Employees are more likely to use their employers to engage in activism when the potential for garnering attention is high and the risk low.
Appeals for donations should be strategic about framing the request in terms of “need” or “want.”
Classrooms shape students’ ideas of merit differently, depending on their social class.
Google search trends worldwide suggest that human rights will continue to resonate with resistance movements in the Global South.
Social entrepreneur Sascha Haselmayer argues for slowness as the most effective method for creating lasting social change.
In Recoding America, Barack Obama’s former deputy chief technology officer argues that the success of government policies requires better implementation of digital services for the public.
The digital system should serve the public interest, with much more intentional governance of technology in its broadest terms, including culture, norms, mindsets, institutions, ethics, and participation.
A collection of standout pieces published online about mental health, impact investing, climate funding, capacity building, and better people and culture practices.
Female monks remain unrecognized by officials, yet are fighting for inclusion through their practice.
