Restoring Communal Lands
Sustainable pine resin producer Ejido Verde uses an adaptive reforestation model to replenish supply and meet demand.
Social Issues - Articles
Sharing to Save the Planet
Civic science platform ISeeChange mobilizes communities to take action on climate change.
Preventing the Next Pandemic
Governments, academia, civil society, philanthropists, and the private sector must jointly take five priority actions to stop the global spread of disease.
The Promise of Outcomes Funds
Efforts at improving global education too often fail to have the desired impact. Outcomes funds can help shift funders and policy makers toward the most effective approaches.
The Great Disrupter of Disadvantage
Education stops intergenerational transmission of disadvantages, Danish administrative data shows.
The Unintended Impact of Diversity Awards
Targeted scholarships may draw underrepresented groups away from more lucrative funding.
Review
Justice Without Violence
Arguing that police reform is impossible, Derecka Purnell charts an alternative path to building safer communities and a more just world.
Review
Getting to Zero
Authors Michael Lenox and Rebecca Duff call for disruptive innovations and radical reconfiguration of industries to decarbonize the planet by 2050.
SSIR Online, Winter 2022 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about impact accounting, intersectional storytelling, NGO endgames, universal basic income in South Korea, and a social enterprise supporting coffee growers in Central America.
A Perilous Crossing
The tens of thousands of Haitians who have migrated through Central and South America since 2010 have captured the attention of the media, immigration officials, and human rights advocates.