The Social Ideas podcast shares the impact of social innovation, its necessity and its capacity to challenge the status quo. … Read more
Rebuilding community through social innovation: a PLACE model
For centuries, residents of Fogo Island, Newfoundland relied on codfish as their primary economic resource. In 1992, the Canadian government announced a moratorium on cod fishing in the North Atlantic Ocean in an effort to replenish the dwindling stocks. The moratorium, however, created a catastrophe of unemployment, forcing many Fogo Islanders who relied on this… Read more
Critical friends on researching crime and crime fighting – podcast
The Amongst Critical Friends podcast series is a place for critical reflection. In this edition, we discuss the work of three academics who research organised crime and crime fighting. We ask business management professor Roberto Vona, gender equality expert Dr Lilia Giugni and police researcher Laura Gutierrez how they gain more understanding of organised crime and in which ways… Read more
Men and #MeToo – podcast
This podcast discusses ways in which men and boys can contribute to the struggle towards a more gender equal world in the wake of #MeToo. At the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, we invite change makers in business, civil society, policy and academia to talk about their work, their ideas and their motivation to strive towards to… Read more
Rap therapy for London youth
Rapper Bhishma Asare has set up Rap Therapy, a social venture which teaches young people to be creative and positively express themselves through rap. In this blog, he explains how Rap Therapy started, how it helps youth in South London and the challenges he faces in increasing the initiative’s impact. With a significant rise of… Read more
Critical friends on rebuilding trust – podcast
This podcast series is a place for critical reflection. We invite change makers in business, civil society, policy and academia to the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation to talk about their work, their ideas and their motivation to strive towards to a more just and sustainable world. Critical friends As good intentions alone are not… Read more
Rebuilding trust in business and technology
In this opinion piece, Fellow of Social Innovation Noa Gafni shares her view on the global decline in trust and how to rebuild this. Trust in the system has decreased in recent years, stimulated by the rise of exponential technologies. Radical transparency has exposed rising inequality and corruption. Social media feeds have been fuelling the… Read more
Fostering inclusive economic growth in Africa
This blog explores how business can drive inclusive growth in Africa by highlighting the key insights of the Business in Africa Conference organised at the Cambridge Judge Business School. Africa is a growth story. The continent is home to six of the world’s fastest-growing economies [1] and contains a vast range of untapped resources, from natural… Read more
How you enter social enterprise matters
In many aspects of life where we come from influences where we go next. This also applies to social entrepreneurs: how they transition into social enterprise can play a big role. This blog explores how different starting points matter for the development of social enterprises. Together with Professor Paul Tracey and Reader Neil Stott from… Read more
Social intrapreneurship – doing good from the inside out
An interview with Asrif Yusoff, the head of business venture management at a leading energy company and a part-time student at the Cambridge Judge Business School, on leading social innovation within a corporation. You hold an MBA from Imperial College, a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University, and you are currently pursuing a… Read more