Global Editions

SSIR works with publishing partners in six countries to produce local language editions of SSIR that help foster social innovation, learning, and knowledge exchange worldwide. Each local language edition has its own unique character and approach to informing and inspiring innovators in the regions they cover.

SSIR Arabia

SSIR Arabia was introduced in 2020 by Majarra, a family-owned media business originally located in Syria but now based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The company also publishes Harvard Business Review, Popular Science, MIT Technology Review, and Fortune in Arabic, and has some of its own Arabic titles. SSIR Arabia is published online and includes translations of SSIR articles along with original articles for the Arabic-speaking community. It also publishes a weekly e-newsletter and has held one virtual event.

SSIR Brasil

SSIR Brasil was introduced in 2022 by a group of Brazilian philanthropists and journalists based in São Paulo. The initial offering is a website consisting of both translated and original articles for the Portuguese-speaking community. SSIR Brasil also publishes an e-newsletter and may produce a print magazine in the future.

SSIR China

SSIR China was introduced in 2017 by the Beijing-based Leping Social Entrepreneur Foundation. It started with a quarterly print publication of translated SSIR articles and now includes the same articles on WeChat, the main forum for exchanging articles in China, together with original articles. The foundation also produces those same articles on its website, and holds an annual conference on philanthropy and social innovation in Beijing, which is co-sponsored by SSIR.

SSIR En Español

SSIR En Español was introduced in 2021 by Tecnológico de Monterrey, located in Monterrey, Mexico. The first edition launched online with translations of SSIR articles, and the group plans to publish both translated and original articles for the Spanish-speaking community in print later in 2022. SSIR En Español also produces a monthly e-newsletter and has hosted one virtual event. The publication has an advisory board comprised of leading scholars and practitioners from the Spanish-speaking world, including Colombia, Chile, Spain, Peru, Mexico, and Argentina.

SSIR Japan

SSIR Japan was introduced in 2021 by Social Investment Partners, a venture philanthropy organization in Tokyo that invests in social enterprises. Its first offering was a print book anthology of translated SSIR articles that made it into the top-10 best-selling, Japanese-language books on Amazon. SSIR Japan launched its website in 2022 with translated and original articles, and plans to begin publishing a print magazine later in 2022. The publication has held several online events and produces a weekly e-newsletter titled “Monkey Radio.”

SSIR Korea

SSIR Korea was introduced in 2018 by Hanyang University, in Seoul. The group publishes a quarterly print magazine containing translated and original articles. The university has published some of the articles on a temporary website, but will launch a more robust website in 2022. SSIR Korea has also held an annual conference in Seoul since 2018, produced in partnership with SSIR.

Impact India

Almost six percent of the people who read SSIR online are based in India, constituting SSIR’s third-largest group of readers after the United States and Canada. To better serve these readers and to let the rest of the world know what is going on in India, SSIR launched Impact India in 2015, a section of the website dedicated to social innovation in India. In addition, SSIR — in partnership with the strategic philanthropy organization Dasra and The Bridgespan Group consulting firm — produced a print magazine called Impact India in the fall of 2015 and the spring of 2017.