Innovation stories on collaborating for greater impact, protecting and preserving history, affordable housing, an inspiring ...

A look at the issues and articles that resonated most with SSIR’s local language edition readers in 2025.

While it may be tempting to ask whether a system has changed, it is a question that makes no inherent sense. Systems are ...

A collection of some of Stanford Social Innovation Review's most popular book reviews and excerpts published in 2025: Advancing Peace: Ending Urban Gun Violence Through the Power of Redemptive Love, ...

It’s clear that public discourse in the United States today is dominated by extremes, whether we’re talking about climate change or refugee policy. Many different factors are contributing to the sense ...

The election of right-wing firebrand Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil's president last year shocked the world as yet another populist politician tapped into a nation's deep-seated divisions and the public's ...

Civic Engagement The Emerging Field of Political Innovation Civil society has attended to social problems for decades while intentionally refraining from overt engagement with politics. But a new ...

News headlines such as “Half of homes have phones but no toilets,” and the diligent efforts of the government of India and nonprofits to provide toilets to the 48 percent of Indians who don’t have one ...

An excerpt from Evaluative Inquiry for Systemic Change on embedding value into evaluation ...

An excerpt from Evaluative Inquiry for Systemic Change on embedding value into evaluation ...

Active capital is fundamental to scaling worker ownership, but the right approach to making a shift depends on company size.