SSIR Online, Spring 2025 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about co-leadership, democracy, multigenerational living, Gen Z, and global development’s power dynamics.
Human Rights Innovative policies and programs that advance the rights of individuals and communities
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Court AI
A new AI-powered technology is expediting India’s notoriously dilatory legal system.
Mobilizing Youth in the Philippines
The artist-activist collective DAKILA is organizing young people to push for their own political agenda.
Anticipatory Humanitarian Aid
Mercy Corps leverages satellite data and AI to preemptively send emergency relief to people ahead of natural disasters.
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From Uprooted to Uplifted: The Movement to Restore Indigenous Land Rights
Indigenous and local community-centered solutions to deforestation are among the most effective and enduring strategies for mitigating climate change. Social innovators in these communities pioneered a new playbook for getting the world to take notice.
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The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The Curb-Cut Effect
Laws and programs designed to benefit vulnerable groups, such as the disabled or people of color, often end up benefiting all of society.
What the Heck Does ‘Equity’ Mean?
A clear definition of equity would seem paramount to galvanizing philanthropy into action around this increasingly used term—but the field is only beginning to explore what it really means.
The Racism of the ‘Hard-to-Find’ Qualified Black Candidate Trope
Stereotypes and racial bias in hiring and promotion are damaging at personal, career, and organizational levels.
Web3 and the Trap of ‘For Good’
Because decentralization doesn’t necessarily mean redistributing power, Web3 must make values integral to the architecture.