Social Innovation: The Social Ideas Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Social Ideas podcast shares the impact of social innovation, its necessity and its capacity to challenge the status quo. Throughout this series, highly committed change makers in business, civil society, policy and academia will talk about their work, their ideas and their motivation to strive towards to a more equitable and sustainable world.The Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, acts as a platform for research and engagement with social innovators, academia and policy in UK and across the world.
In this episode we meet 2025 Social Innovation Prize Winner Charlie Fraser, founder of TERN (The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network).
Since 2016, TERN has been supporting people in the UK to launch businesses. We learn about some of the challenges facing those who have fled their countries to escape violence, persecution and natural disasters, and need to rebuild their lives from scratch. Charlie explains how entrepreneurship can benefit refugees and their communities.
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In this episode we meet Matt Pierri, 2025 Social Innovation Prize Winner and founder of Sociability.
Sociability is a mobile app and online platform which provides detailed accessibility information for venues across the UK, helping people with disabilities to travel confidently.
Matt shares his journey since starting Sociability as a student project in 2019. We learn about the importance of accessibility information for those who need it, and about the 'purple pound': why it makes good business sense for venues to be accessible and to signal clearly.
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In this episode we meet Sol Escobar, founder of 'Give Your Best' and 2025 Social Innovation Prize Winner.
Give Your Best is the UK's first circular platform where people can donate clothes online, and marginalised women and children can shop entirely for free, with the dignity of choice.
We learn about the problems of clothing poverty and fashion waste, and about Sol's journey as a social entrepreneur, supported by Cambridge Social Ventures.
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In this episode, we meet Abdirahim Hassan, one of our 2025 Social Innovation Prize winners, and learn about his Community Interest Company, Coffee Afrik.
Coffee Afrik makes culturally sensitive public health projects, rooted in care, love and liberation, and inspired by radical philosophy. We learn about regenerative governance, and why the community programming approaches of the Black Panther party are relevant in London today.
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In this episode, we hear from Daryl Chambers, founder of InPower Academy CIC. InPower Academy work in in crime impacted areas to transform young people’s lives through martial arts training.
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In this episode, we talk to Rachel Mostyn and Camilla Rigby. Rachel and Camilla are co-founders of Women’s Work Lab, a Community Interest Company which supports the careers of women and single parents in the South West of England.
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In this episode, we talk to JR Josephs, founder of Sirlute. As a charitable organisation, Sirlute provide creative learning and mentoring for children and young people in London.
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In this episode we hear from Izzy Obeng, co-founder of Foundervine. Foundervine’s mission is to remove social and economic barriers to entrepreneurship for women and are racially-minoritised individuals. Collaborating with global partners, they help emerging companies reach their potential. Since 2017 they have supported over 1,200 helping them raise tens of millions in capital, creating over 600 jobs.
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In this episode of The Social Innovation Podcast, Lisa Stepanovic shares the benefits and power of winning the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize.
Lisa is the Founder and CEO of the multi award winning, Social Ark, which enables 16–30-year-olds from East London communities to develop social businesses that draw from their lived experiences.
This year, Lisa is a judge for the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize, which she won in 2021.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, social entrepreneur Will Britton shares why he created the AutonoMe app and how winning The Cambridge Social Innovation Prize helped develop his social enterprise further.
The AutonoMe app helps people learn new skills through step-by-step videos and helps them self-evaluate their needs. It’s already operating in seven local authorities in South West England, and Will’s ambition to make this a mainstream part of social care nationally.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, graduate of the Masters in Social Innovation Programme and social innovator, Nora Wilhelm shares her journey to becoming an activist.
She discusses her work within the world of systems design and systems change and shares why she thinks others should apply for the Masters in Social Innovation.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast we hear from Christine Kinnear, Founder and CEO of With Insight Education.
With Insight Education is a charity that mentors Black-heritage pupils to help them successfully apply to top universities and progress into professional careers.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, we hear from CEO and Founder of Noise solution, Simon Glenister.
Simon shares how the social enterprise uses music mentoring to work with young people who’re dealing with challenging.
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In this episode, we hear from Aoise Keogan-Nooshabadi, Co-founder and the COO of Supply Change.
Supply Change is a social enterprise platform, which allows buyers to find social environmental suppliers based on location, trade, and social impact, enabling the procurement of everything from food and drink to marketing, cleaning, road signage, flooring, energy and more.
Aoise is one of this year's winners of the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize, which is awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at the University of Cambridge.
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In this episode, we hear from Poku Osei, the founder and CEO of Babbasa. The social enterprise was created to tackle the challenges of youth unemployment and educational underachievement in Bristol’s ethnically diverse inner city communities.
Poku is one of this year's winners of the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize is awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at the University of Cambridge.
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On 5 July 2023, the National Health Service - one of the UK's greatest social innovations - turned 75.
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Dr Hinnah Rafiq shares why she founded Generation Medics.
The social enterprise works with young people to help them both find and achieve careers in the NHS.
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Congratulations to Zakia Moulaoui, who is one of five winners of this year’s Cambridge Social Innovation Prize.
Listen to The Social Ideas Podcast: no longer invisible to learn more about Zakia’s social enterprise, Invisible Cities.
Zakia trains people who’ve experienced homelessness to become walking tour guides to share their knowledge and personal experiences of the city they have lived in.
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In this short episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, we introduce you to this year's winners of the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize winners.
Throughout the coming days, we'll be sharing longer interviews with the winners.
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In The Social Ideas Podcast: incubating a social enterprise, Ellie Finch shares how the computer game Minecraft inspired how she delivers counselling for young people, parents, and parent carers.
Ellie is the founder of Ellie Finch Counselling and Consultancy and is in the process of developing training for counsellors so they too can use Minecraft and other games in their counselling sessions.
Ellie also talks about her experiences on Cambridge Social Ventures’ year-long incubator programme has helped her to progress her social enterprise.
The incubator helps all sorts of social ventures to get started and grow through the next six to 12 months of their journey.
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In this episode The Social Ideas Podcast, Ellie Finch shares how the computer game, Minecraft, has inspired how she delivers counselling for young people, parents, and parent carers.
Ellie is the founder of Ellie Finch Counselling and Consultancy, and is in the process of developing training for counsellors so they too can use Minecraft and other games in their counselling sessions.
Ellie signed up for Cambridge Social Ventures Social Ventures Weekend, which is for anyone with an ambition to set up or grow a business that makes a positive social or environmental impact.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast we hear from Ariana Alexander-Sefre, the Founder and Co-CEO of wellbeing music app, SPOKE; and Chris Hope, Founder of the 100 Coffee Movement.
Ariana is a recent graduate of the Masters in Social Innovation and Chris is currently researching and writing his dissertation for the programme.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a concerted effort to further dismantle the taboos surrounding mental health and to make access to wellbeing apps, classes, and course easier and more affordable for all.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, four graduates of the Masters in Social Innovation talk about why they chose the programme, what they got out of it, and how what they've learnt has impacted their socially innovative work.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Dr Lilia Giugni discusses her book, The Threat: How Digital Capitalism is Sexist – And How to Resist.
She explains what digital capitalism is and the damage it is causing women around the globe.
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The Social Ideas Podcast: education and relationships in the social innovation space
Jerry Ong, Va Yang, and Chris Hope join us for another episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, in which they talk about the possible tensions between Western university education and the practical delivery of social innovation.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, we hear from three people who have been involved with our Masters in Social Innovation.
Jerry Ong and Va Yang are graduates of our programme, whilst Chris Hope will soon submit his research dissertation!
The three social innovators discuss the complexity of relationships in the social innovation space.
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The £10,000 awards are made annually to extraordinary founder-CEOs of scale-up social enterprises to support their growth as leaders. Mentoring from experts at Cambridge Judge Business School and support from an expanding community of social innovators at Trinity Hall will help them to develop the skills, resources and networks they need to create more impact from their work.
In this short episode, Nicole Helwig (Executive Director of the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation) shares the importance of the prize and why you should apply.
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Professor Bill DeMarco, Colonel, USAF (ret), serves as the Chief of Innovation Development for Air University in, Alabama.
With around 500 students on site and thousands more who complete AUiX’s online programmes, the university works to deliver – amongst many other skills - leadership and innovation.
In The Social Ideas Podcast: the flight path of social innovation, Bill shares the work he and others are doing to bring social innovation to the USAF.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Baroness Glenys Thornton, talks to us about her work as a social innovator and as a Member of the House of Lords.
Baroness Thornton has recently become a Fellow for the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, and she is also a judge for this year’s Cambridge Social Innovation Prize, for which we’re now taking applications.
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Last year, Anne Bailey, was one of four winners of the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize.
Anne is the Founder and CEO of Form the Future, and throughout the podcast she shares how winning the prize is helping her to form her own future.
Applications for the 2022 Cambridge Social Innovation Prize are now being accepted: the prize is awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
The £10,000 awards are made annually to extraordinary founder-CEOs of scale-up social enterprises to support their growth as leaders. Mentoring from experts at Cambridge Judge Business School and support from an expanding community of social innovators at Trinity Hall will help them to develop the skills, resources and networks they need to create more impact from their work.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast we hear from Nicole Helwig and Mark Goodson, both of whom are involved with Cambridge Social Ventures.
The team at CSV deliver programmes which designed for people who want to drive their businesses forward creating real, scaleable, lasting social or environmental change.
If you are a founder of a social venture and would like learn how you can move your venture forward, click on the link to find out more about CSV's Incubator programme and the Social Venture Weekend - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-ventures/
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In The Social Ideas Podcast: the both/and paradox, Professor Wendy Smith draws on over 25 years of research to argue that our typical either/or approaches to tensions can lead be limiting at best and detrimental at worst. She introduces the scholarship on both/and thinking as an alternative approach to enable more creative and sustainable outcomes.
Professor Smith is the founder and faculty advisor of the Lerner’s Women’s Leadership Initiative at the University of Delaware. She is also a Research Fellow with the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
Wendy is co-author of the book, Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, business advisor, Leonore Lord-Patterson share how she works with social ventures.
Leonore's varied career and business expertise is used to great effect as a business advisor for Cambridge Social Ventures.
Cambridge Social Ventures supports a range of businesses that have positive social and environmental impacts.
Through their 12-month incubator programme, the team at CSV provides expert business advice, training, and networking … enabling social entrepreneurs to grow their businesses to the next level.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, MSt in Social Innovation graduate Flóra Raffai discusses the challenges she faced when she started as a Chief Executive Officer of a small charity.
Flora has taken the lessons she's learnt and written a book called Chief Everything Officer: a field guide for small organisation leaders.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Dr Noa Gafni discusses why you should consider age, class, and lived experience when developing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies for your organisation.
Noa is the Executive Director of the Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation.
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Congratulations to the 2022 Cambridge Social Innovation Prize winners, awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
The £10,000 awards are made annually to extraordinary founder-CEOs of scale-up social enterprises to support their growth as leaders. Mentoring from experts at Cambridge Judge Business School and support from an expanding community of social innovators at Trinity Hall will help the winners to develop the skills, resources and networks they need to create more impact from their work.
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, we hear from winner Katie Buckingham – founder and CEO of Altruist Enterprises - about her work to achieve 'parity of esteem' between mental and physical health.
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Congratulations to the 2022 Cambridge Social Innovation Prize winners, awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
The £10,000 awards are made annually to extraordinary founder-CEOs of scale-up social enterprises to support their growth as leaders. Mentoring from experts at Cambridge Judge Business School and support from an expanding community of social innovators at Trinity Hall will help the winners to develop the skills, resources and networks they need to create more impact from their work.
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, we hear from winner Anne Bailey – founder of Form the Future - about her work with young people progressing from education into rewarding careers.
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Congratulations to the 2022 Cambridge Social Innovation Prize winners, awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
The £10,000 awards are made annually to extraordinary founder-CEOs of scale-up social enterprises to support their growth as leaders. Mentoring from experts at Cambridge Judge Business School and support from an expanding community of social innovators at Trinity Hall will help the winners to develop the skills, resources and networks they need to create more impact from their work.
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, we hear from winner Alice Williams – founder of Luminary Bakery - about her work to empower the UK's most disadvantaged women.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, founder and CEO of Aurat Raaj, Saba Khalid shares her mission to educate, entertain, and empower the girls and women of Pakistan.
Aurat Raaj is a social enterprise which educates girls about health, hygiene, and safety through the use of interactive and engaging technology.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Terry McDonald shares how St Vincent De Paul in Eugene, Oregon USA, creates social impact within its community.
For more than 60 years, St Vincent De Paul, has provided social services to the city of Eugene; and through its waste-based businesses, the non-profit corporation has generated revenue which it uses to provide resources for individuals, children, and families who are living in poverty or are homeless.
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In this episode of Th Social Ideas Podcast, we hear from Gunta Anca, the General Secretary of the European Disability Forum.
2.7 million of the Ukrainian population are people with disabilities and currently the vast majority of them are not able to leave the country. And with the bombing of built up areas increasing, many cannot access safety – even basic shelters.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Dr Neil Stott and Professor Paul Tracey share why you should apply to study the Masters in Social Innovation at the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, Cambridge Judge Business.
It's a two-year, part-time programme, which blends learning via our digital learning environment and four week-long residentials in Cambridge.
Listen to the podcast, and then click to apply - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/mst-social-innovation/applying/
The deadline for applications is the 31 March 2022.
In The Social Ideas Podcast: the neo-colonialism of COVID-19, Dr Ingrid Katz shares why her tweet celebrating the work of South African researchers also criticised the ‘them vs us’ attitude to medical research conducted outside of countries deemed more affluent.
With AIDS, COVID-19 and the inevitability of a future pandemic, Dr Katz discusses the urgent need for a global approach to the provision of healthcare.
Dr Katz is the Associate Faculty Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute and an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Masters in Social Innovation graduate, Richard Akerele talks about how he hopes his Black Leadership conference (2022) can encourage diversity in boardrooms across the UK.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, we hear from Asrif Yusoff, graduate of the Masters in Social Innovation talks about his journey from bored engineering undergraduate to determined PhD student.
Asrif's educational journey has taken him around the world, and brought him to Cambridge to complete the Master's in Social Innovation. His learning is helping him to guide others to discover the joy of lifelong learning.
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Applications for the 2022 Cambridge Social Innovation Prize are now being accepted: the prize is awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
In The Social Ideas Podcast: Cambridge Social Innovation Prize – Lisa Stepanovic, Lisa shares how the £10,000 prize has enabled her to focus on the further development of Social Ark, a social enterprise incubator that supports and trains young people in East London to set up their own businesses.
The £10,000 awards are made annually to extraordinary founder-CEOs of scale-up social enterprises to support their growth as leaders. Mentoring from experts at Cambridge Judge Business School and support from an expanding community of social innovators at Trinity Hall will help them to develop the skills, resources and networks they need to create more impact from their work.
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Applications for the 2022 Cambridge Social Innovation Prize are now being accepted: the prize is awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
In The Social Ideas Podcast: Cambridge Social Innovation Prize - Sashy Nathan,
Sashy shares how the £10,000 prize has enabled him to focus on the further development of Commons Legal, a criminal defence law firm with social justice as its mission.
The £10,000 awards are made annually to extraordinary founder-CEOs of scale-up social enterprises to support their growth as leaders. Mentoring from experts at Cambridge Judge Business School and support from an expanding community of social innovators at Trinity Hall will help them to develop the skills, resources and networks they need to create more impact from their work.
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Applications for the 2022 Cambridge Social Innovation Prize are now being accepted: the prize is awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
In The Social Ideas Podcast: Cambridge Social Innovation Prize - Kim Griffin,
Kim shares how the £10,000 prize has enabled her to focus on the development of her social enterprise, the services she provides, and the future of a PhD and involvement in policy making.
The £10,000 awards are made annually to extraordinary founder-CEOs of scale-up social enterprises to support their growth as leaders. Mentoring from experts at Cambridge Judge Business School and support from an expanding community of social innovators at Trinity Hall will help them to develop the skills, resources and networks they need to create more impact from their work.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Masters in Social Innovation graduate, Eunice Baguma-Ball, explains why she founded the Africa Technology Business Network. She explores why social innovation and social enterprises should be organised according to place and community.
Eunice also shares why she applied for the Masters in Social Innovation and how it gave her a new perspective on how to solve the challenge of bringing more African women to the world of tech.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, researcher Kriti Sharma from the organisation, Human Rights Watch, discusses what life has been like for Disabled women in Afghanistan and what it could be now the Taliban have taken over.
Kriti's work includes investigating and documenting human rights violations against Disabled people around the world.
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“Disability Is Not Weakness”; Discrimination and Barriers Facing Women and Girls with Disabilities in Afghanistan.
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Elham Youssefian from the International Disability Alliance talks about the fears the Disabled women and girls of Afghanistan will be facing now the Taliban have taken over the country.
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In the fourth episode of The Social Innovation Think Tank, we discuss about 'Incubation in Isolation: supporting social entrepreneurs during a pandemic', shedding light on the impacts of the pandemic on social entrepreneurs in not only the UK but also Canada.
Our guests are Dr Belinda Bell from Cambridge Social Ventures, Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation and Nicole Helwig from Centre for Social Enterprise, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Dr Michelle Darlington chats to Andy Currie about his work and research in the field of Agroforestry and how the farming industry could be harnessing the power of trees to mitigate the challenges of climate change.
Andy is a graduate of the MSt in Social Innovation and co-author of Farming with Trees: Reforming U.S. Farm Policy to Expand Agroforestry and Mitigate Climate Change.
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Congratulations to the 2021 Cambridge Social Innovation Prize winners, awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
The £10,000 awards are made annually to extraordinary founder-CEOs of scale-up social enterprises to support their growth as leaders. Mentoring from experts at Cambridge Judge Business School and support from an expanding community of social innovators at Trinity Hall will help them to develop the skills, resources and networks they need to create more impact from their work.
In The Social Ideas Podcast: the social ark of East London, winner Lisa Stepanovic, the founder and CEO of the social enterprise, Social Ark, shares why she is supporting and training young people in East London to set up their own businesses.
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Congratulations to the 2021 Cambridge Social Innovation Prize winners, awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
The £10,000 awards are made annually to extraordinary founder-CEOs of scale-up social enterprises to support their growth as leaders. Mentoring from experts at Cambridge Judge Business School and support from an expanding community of social innovators at Trinity Hall will help them to develop the skills, resources and networks they need to create more impact from their work.
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast: the social justice of criminal justice, we hear from winner Sashy Nathan, who is a solicitor and one of the directors of Commons Legal, a social enterprise criminal law firm in London.
Sashy discusses what motivated him and his co-founders to create a social enterprise law firm with social justice at the heart of its work.
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Congratulations to the 2021 Cambridge Social Innovation Prize winners, awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
The £10,000 awards are made annually to extraordinary founder-CEOs of scale-up social enterprises to support their growth as leaders. Mentoring from experts at Cambridge Judge Business School and support from an expanding community of social innovators at Trinity Hall will help them to develop the skills, resources and networks they need to create more impact from their work.
In The Social Ideas Podcast: the affordability of Occupational Therapy, we hear from winner Kim Griffin. She shares how her experience as an Occupational Therapist motivated her to develop and deliver an affordable online Occupational Therapy resource for parents and educators of children with additional needs.
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On Monday 19 July, we’ll be announcing the winners of the 2021 Cambridge Social Innovation Prize, awarded by Trinity Hall and the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
The £10,000 awards are made annually to extraordinary founder-CEOs of scale-up social enterprises to support their growth as leaders. Mentoring from experts at Cambridge Judge Business School and support from an expanding community of social innovators at Trinity Hall will help them to develop the skills, resources and networks they need to create more impact from their work.
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast: Homes for Good, we hear from one of the 2019 winners of the prize.
Susan Aktemel is the CEO for Homes for Good, Scotland’s first social enterprise letting agency.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, we find out how social innovation practitioners are rising up to meet the challenges unique to South Africa.
Dr Solange Rosa is the Director of the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The centre is part of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Solange shares with us the work the centre is doing to prepare the South African social innovators of the future.
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In this episode, we hear how founder and CEO of LAT Bionics, Enzo Romero, is developing technology to provide cost effective prostheses for the more than 12,000 Peruvians who are missing an upper body limb.
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In the second episode of The Social Ideas Podcast: a moment in time, Richard Akerele discusses Bristol's link to slavery.
Richard is a graduate of the MSt in Social Innovation and the founder of the charity, East London Connect. The charity helps young people of ethnic heritage achieve their full educational and career potential. He is also a diversity consultant working across different industries to provide innovative and effective solutions to improve representation in organisations. Richard is currently a PhD Candidate at University of Bristol, School of Management. His research focuses on Black British history and Black entrepreneurship in the 18th Century.
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In the first episode of The Social Ideas Podcast: a moment in time, Richard Akerele discusses how a trip to the 'other side' of London inspired his MSt in Social Innovation research dissertation.
Richard is a graduate of the MSt in Social Innovation and the founder of the charity, East London Connect. The charity helps young people of ethnic heritage achieve their full educational and career potential. He is also a diversity consultant working across different industries to provide innovative and effective solutions to improve representation in organisations. Richard is currently a PhD Candidate at University of Bristol, School of Management. His research focuses on Black British history and Black entrepreneurship in the 18th Century.
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East London Connect
Nathalia Grisard founded GNGR Bees to take a step towards countering the unsustainable practices of the fashion industry.
In The Social Ideas Podcast: Passion and Purpose Before Profit, Nathalia shares the challenges she has overcome to create activewear made from a variety of waste items.
She also discusses why her social enterprise’s purpose does not match those of bigger companies within the fashion industry and how she is forging her own path.
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Fundraising organisations safeguard against sexual harassment within their ranks, but what do they do when it’s a donor harassing a member of their team?
In The Social Ideas Podcast: the sexual harassment of fundraisers, Masters in Social Innovation alumna Jessica Rose, discusses her dissertation ‘Why fundraisers tolerate sexual harassment from donors’. She shares how her findings are beginning to influence charities, as they move to provide greater support for their fundraisers.
Read - Why fundraisers tolerate sexual harassment from donors
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Up to 8000 young people participate in Young Social Innovators Ireland. This educational programme helps teenagers to affect positive, practical change in their communities through the design and implementation of socially innovative projects.
In The Social Ideas Podcast: the future of social innovation is now, co-founder and CEO Rachel Collier shares why she believes working with young people is the key to positive change.
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Young Social Innovators Ireland
In the eighth episode of The Social Innovation Think Tank, Dr Neil Stott and Prof. Paul Tracey discuss ‘Ethical Capitalism’ with Dr Bronwen Everill, a Lecturer at Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge.
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In the seventh episode of The Social Innovation Think Tank, we discuss ‘Beyond Redemption? Social Purpose and the Business School’.
Dr Neil Stott and Prof. Paul Tracey will be discussing the connection between social purpose and the Business School, with Prof. Martin Parker from Bristol University.
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In the ninth episode of The Social Innovation Think Tank, we discuss ‘Thinking about global feminisms’.
Along with Dr Neil Stott and Professor Paul Tracey, our guests are Dr Lucy Delap from University of Cambridge, and Dr Lilia Giugni from Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Umra Omar shares how Safari Doctors delivers healthcare for marginalised communities in Kenya.
Umra is the founder and director of the socially innovative social enterprise, which works with, trains and supports young people and women to provide affordable healthcare in Lamu County.
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Safari Doctors
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, founder of Give Your Best, Sol Escobar discusses why she created the online clothing donation platform and how it is empowering women from many communities.
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Give Your Best
In the sixth episode of The Social Innovation Think Tank, we discuss ‘Reimagining Capitalism?’.
Along with Dr Neil Stott and Professor Paul Tracey, our guest is Professor Rebecca Henderson from Harvard University, who discuss the damage capitalism is causing society and the planet.
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In the fourth episode of The Social Innovation Think Tank, we discuss about 'Incubation in Isolation: supporting social entrepreneurs during a pandemic', shedding light on the impacts of the pandemic on social entrepreneurs in not only the UK but also Canada.
Our guests are Dr Belinda Bell from Cambridge Social Ventures, Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation and Nicole Helwig from Centre for Social Enterprise, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
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In the fifth episode of The Social Innovation Think Tank, we discuss ‘Indigenous Social Innovation’.
Along with Dr Neil Stott and Professor Paul Tracey, our guests are Dr Bettina Schneider from First Nations University of Canada, and Dr Ella Henry from Auckland University of Technology; and, both share their perspectives on Indigenous social innovation.
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In the third episode of The Social Innovation Think Tank, our guests discuss their new book 'African American Management History: Insights on Gaining a Cooperative Advantage', touching on issues such as racial and ethnic diversity in management.
Our guests are Dr Simone Phipps from School of Business at Middle Georgia State University and Dr Leon Prieto from Clayton State University.
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THE SOCIAL INNOVATION THINK TANK
The Social Innovation Think Tank series explores the power of social innovation in the modern world; sharing its necessity and capacity to challenge the status quo.
In this episode, Dr Neil Stott and Professor Paul Tracey, co-directors of the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, chat to graduates of the MSt in Social Innovation about their experiences on the programme and wherre it is leading them.
In the second episode of The Social Innovation Think Tank, our guests discuss social-symbolic work amid the current global issues, with the Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic, being the dominants.
Our guests, Professor Nelson Phillips from the Imperial College Business School and Professor Tom Lawrence from the Said Business School, are the co-authors of the recently published “Constructing Organizational Life – How Social-Symbolic Work Shapes Selves, Organizations, and Institutions”.
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THE SOCIAL INNOVATION THINK TANK
The Social Innovation Think Tank series explores the power of social innovation in the modern world; sharing its necessity and capacity to challenge the status quo.
In this episode, Dr Neil Stott and Professor Paul Tracey, co-directors of the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, chat to graduates of the MSt in Social Innovation about their experiences on the programme and wherre it is leading them.
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The Social Innovation Think Tank (YouTube)
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast Bill McHugh, MSt in Social Innovation graduate, shares his journey from probation officer to doctoral student at the Faculty of Education, at the University of Cambridge.
Bill's journey to the Cambridge Judge Business School began when he decided to see how he could challenge both himself and the environment he worked in.
During his time as a student and using his experience working in the UK's Ministry of Justice, Bill decided to focus his research on the anti-social innovation of social innovation.
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This episode of The Social Ideas Podcast features MSt in Social Innovation alumna, Jessica Rose. Jessica discusses how her work as a fundraiser for the charity and higher education sectors led her to study social innovation.
Jessica focused her final dissertation on the issues of sexual harassment fundraisers have to deal with. Her research and her desire to affect real, transformational change caused her to take on the challenge of a PhD.
How to apply for the MSt in Social Innovation - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/mst-social-innovation/applying/
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Nicole Helwig shares the importance of social enterprises in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Nicole is the manager for the Centre for Social Enterprise, for the Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Twenty-five years after a cod fishing moratorium was put in place, the towns built around the fisheries continue to suffer the economic impact.
The economic and cultural importance of social enterprises in this part of the world cannot be under-estimated.
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Dr Joana Nascimento discuss the meaning and purpose of social anthropology. And, in her new role as a Teaching Associate for the Masters in Social Innovation, Joana shares how she envisages social anthropology intersecting with social innovation.
Read Joana's blog -Worldviews, world-making and social innovation
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Once a Masters programme is completed knowing what to do next can be challenging. In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, our graduate, Imogen, shares what motivated her to apply for our programme in the first place and where her journey has taken her now.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, James Timpson, the Chief Executive of a service retailer in the UK, shares his philosophy on business and the importance of upside down management. One of the services provided by Timpson is key cutting, and James discusses the public's reaction to his company actively employing ex-offenders.
James also discusses the impact the pandemic has had on his business.
The Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/
The Social Ideas Podcast: shattering the concrete wall
In this episode, Dr Simone Phipps discusses the systemic racism Black women have to overcome to become valued business leaders.
Dr Simone Phipps is an Associate Professor of Management at Middle Georgia State University, in the US and a Fellow with the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
Her research focuses on Management History, with a special interest in gender and minority groups, exploring their contributions to the field of management.
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Masters in Social Innovation student Adriana Dhabha, discusses how predictive analytics could be used in her job as a Social Worker.
‘I believe that social care is the heartbeat of society, some people will say it’s economics, but I believe it is social care …’
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In this episode the chair of the Cambridge Refugee Support group shares what motivated her to work with refugees settled in Cambridge, UK.
Sol Escobar talks about her work and how attending a Cambridge Social Ventures weekend is inspiring her take on the challenge of encouraging companies to work more closely with refugees.
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Dr Mary Murphy, a Post Doc researcher with the Faculty of Education and a Research Associate at Lucy Cavendish College in Cambridge, discusses her work in South Africa, and how she harnessed the power of the humble earthworm.
For Mary, at the heart of her work are social justice and environmental sustainability, which she describes as the defining challenges of the 21st Century.
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, we hear from Ioana Belu, a student on our MSt in Social Innovation programme, and Dr Belinda Bell, the Programme Director for Cambridge Social Ventures.
They spent time last year working together to mentor young entrepreneurs from Gaza. The group of young people work with and are supported by a tech hub organisation called Gaza Sky Geeks.
Dr Mónica Moreno Figueroa is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Cambridge; she is also the Fellow of Social Sciences at Downing College. Mónica splits her time between the UK and Mexico, where she focuses her research and practice to develop strategies for the elimination of racism by publicising.
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Mónica discusses her work, its impact and her determination to end racism.
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Szczepan Orlowski from Animorph and Mark Goodson from Cambridge Social Ventures discuss how the workers' cooperative format is helping Szczepan and his colleagues at Animorph to deliver tech-based products and stay true to their ethos of sustainability and support for all.
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Animorph - https://animorph.coop/
“… [If] the children are happy, the family is happy, the parents are happy, and the whole society is happy.”Since 1950, Vietnam has celebrated International Children’s Day on the 1 June. Originally started in 1925, when representatives from various countries gathered in Geneva, Switzerland for the first “World Conference for the Well-being of Children”. The aim was, and continues to be, to raise awareness about child protection and welfare around the world.
In this mini episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Lan Quynh Le focuses on the future of the work by Plan International Vietnam to protect the children's wellbeing and their rights.
In less time than it will take you to drink a cup of coffee, this mini episode of The Social Ideas Podcast will help you decide whether or not you should apply for our Masters programme.
Eidi is a student on the MSt in Social Innovation, and it is a topic she is passionate about!
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In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, we hear from Szczepan Orlowski, the XR Developer for Animorph.
Animorph is a workers' co-operative, which uses augmented and virtual realities to develop solutions for current problems, and problems that have yet to be seen by the greater population.
Szczepan also discusses the issue of the unintended racism inherent in the design of items and software using augmented and virtual realities.
Find out more about the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/
Pivoting is an art, both in sports and business.
In the latest episode of The Social Ideas podcast, Professor Paul Tracey explains how a company that brought back the Polaroid camera, almost lost its loyal and fervent customer base because it tried to link its traditional camera with the digital production of photographs.
Read the summary of Paul’s research - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/think/research-summaries/the-art-of-the-pivot/
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Dr Lilia Giugni shares the value and the social importance of mutual aid groups.
Throughout the current global pandemic, it has become obvious that without the mobilisation of grass-roots organisations so many would be struggling and suffering.
Cambridgeshire in the UK is home to more than three hundred churches, the majority of which are hundreds of years old; and, in this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, we hear from the team involved with the REACH Ely project.
The three-year project aims to help communities make fuller use of their historic churches, going beyond a just being a place of worship and becoming a space for the wider community.
The Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation and the Diocese of Ely are working together to determine community values, needs and opportunities to ensure a win-win outcome for communities and sustainable future of historic church buildings.
You can find out more about the research here - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/reach-ely/case-studies/
During the mid-90s the Marsh Farm estate in Luton, Bedfordshire, UK, dealt with years of tension between police and disenfranchised youth, which eventually exploded into three nights of rioting.
More than twenty years later, the community after suffering through high unemployment rates and stark poverty is finally experiencing regeneration.
Glenn Jenkins is one of the Marsh Farm Community Organisation Facilitators and is often a guest speaker for the MSt in Social Innovation students. Glenn’s passion is his community.
Schools across the world have closed their doors and are now delivering lessons via the internet. It’s easy to assume that, in this day and age, everybody has access to Wi-Fi enabled equipment, but it simply isn’t true. There are too many children to count who don’t have a computer or laptop in order to continue their education at home.
Every day, we’re hearing the remarkable stories of individuals, community groups and companies that are stepping up to help take care of the people around them.
Cambs Youth Panel, based in Cambridge, England, is just one of the many groups who’ve chosen to act positively by raising funds to provide laptops to disadvantaged families.
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Tamzin Byrne, the Programme Manager for Cambridge Social Ventures, explains why social entrepreneurs are usually reluctant to invest in their own personal development, and reasons why such selflessness should be re-examined.
Cambridge Social Ventures - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-ventures/
The Cambridge Social Innovation Prize - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/cambridge-social-innovation-prize/
Multiple LGTBQ+ charities, social enterprises, and organisations have jumped in to support the LGBTQ+ community overcome these issues. Mermaids UK, is one of the country’s leading LGBTQ+ charities, and “has been supporting trans and gender-diverse children, young people, and their families since 1995”.
In this episode, Susie Green, CEO of Mermaids, shares why the LGBTQ+ History Month is of great importance to the whole society generally as well as the LGBTQ+ community particularly.
Find out more about the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/
Find out how to apply for our MSt in Social Innovation - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/teach/
Dr Michelle Fava is on a journey to discover how social innovation within education influences positive change, and creates accessibility for all.
In The Lesson Pt 1, Michelle interviews independent documentary filmaker, Elena Horn. Elena's documentary, The Lesson, charts the journey of four German schoolchildren who begin to learn about the Holocaust.
During Elena's interview with Michelle, we find out how German politics is impacting how educators are teaching the country's history.
Dr Michelle Fava is on a journey to discover how social innovation within education influences positive change, and creates accessibility for all.
In The Lesson Pt 1, Michelle interviews independent documentary filmaker, Elena Horn. Elena's documentary, The Lesson, charts the journey of four German schoolchildren who begin to learn about the Holocaust.
During Elena's interview with Michelle, we find out the impact right-wing politics is beginning to have in Germany today.
In this episode we hear from our new graduates!
Cohort Two have finally completed and passed the masters programme, and today they are celebrating in style.
We hear from some of the students about the journey they have taken, why they would recommend the programme to you, and what the future of social innovation means to them.
Read more here - https://socialinnovation.blog.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2020/01/25/in-their-hands-the-future-of-social-innovation/
If you walk into a room and can't see someone you can relate to you feel like the Other. Young students from Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds often feel this way, especially when it comes to think about their future in higher education.#
Richard Akerele is a student of the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation's Masters in Social Innovation; and, he is the founder and CEO of East London Connect, a charity which works with young BAME students to help them achieve the goal of being accepted to and attending the U K's elite universities.
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In this episode of The social Ideas Podcast, Dr Neil Stott and Professor Paul Tracey, share why you should apply to study the MSt in Social Innovation at the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, Cambridge Judge Business.
It's a two-year, part-time programme, which blends learning via our digital learning environment and four week-long residentials in Cambridge.
Listen to the podcast, and then click to apply - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/professional-practice/mst-social-innovation/applying/#item-1
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In the UK, October was first designated Black History month in 1987, with the desire and aim to commemorate the contribution, work, lives and identity of the UK's Black communities.
Earlier this year, Dr Leon Prieto was invited to be a guest lecturer for our MSt in Social Innovation students.
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Dr Neil Stott, co-director of the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, discusses social innovation and the military with retired United States Air Force Colonel, Professor Bill (also a Fellow of Social Innovation for CCSI) and Lt Col Brandie Jeffries for the Air University.
During the discussion, Neil suggests that militaries need a better understanding of social innovation for three key reasons: firstly, to better understand the challenges facing communities across the globe in the face of ‘wicked problems’ such as climate change. Secondly, to better understand the social purpose organizations they work with in crisis. And, finally, in avoiding conflict.
https://socialinnovation.blog.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2019/09/27/the-social-ideas-podcast-social-innovation-in-the-air/
In the second episode about stigma and its negative effects on identity, we turn our attention to the King's Arms Project, in Bedford, UK, a charity for homeless people. Simon Dwight is the CEO of the organisation and, in addition to his challenging and fulfilling job, he is also a student of our MSt in Social Innovation.
While doing research for his dissertation, Simon found that there are other forms of stigma to be challenged: the caution and distrust between homeless people, and their feelings towards the charities and organisations that aim to provide support for them.
Simon's research summary - https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/think/research-summaries/how-do-homeless-people-make-sense-of-interventions-designed-to-help-them/
In the first of two episodes about the negative and destructive effects stigma can have on an organisation, Professor Paul Tracey and Dr Neil Stott talk about the incident that led to the stigmatisation of Keystone; they also discuss what the leaders of the organisation did to both challenge and allay the distrust they faced from some of their staff and from the community.
Professor Paul Tracey and Dr Neil Stott are the founders and co-directors of the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
More than two million dollars has recently been awarded to the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The funding is to enable 40 projects across different faculties the opportunity to “solve the big problems”.
$124,239 of the funding is going to Dr John Schouten, the Canada Research Chair in Social Enterprise, in the Faculty of Business Administration: his project is entitled Cultural renewal in Newfoundland and Labrador: Lessons from Fishing for Success, a social enterprise in Petty Harbour, N.L. The Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation’s co-director, Dr Neil Stott, is one of the collaborators for both the funding bid and the project.
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Dr Belinda Bell and Mark Goodson talk about the challenges and successes of working with local social entrepreneurs. They discuss the aims of Cambridge Social Ventures, and the underlying need for these types of ventures within society.
This is the second episode of The Social Ideas Podcast that focuses on social innovation in education.
After teaching Social Studies in Calgary for four years, Lisa Mallory wished to better understand the attitudes of Canadian teenagers towards Indigenous narratives. She knew they cared, but the existing curriculum was often met with disinterest, resistance and even anger. She used her dissertation research to better understand non-Indigenous Canadian students’ classroom experiences of learning about Indigenous perspectives.
The discussion is led by Dr Michelle Fava, the Head of Knowledge Transfer for the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, and Mark Andrews who is the Digital Learning Programme Manager at the Cambridge Judge Business School. They are joined by Lisa Mallory, a recent graduate from the MSt in Social Innovation (Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation).
This episode of The Social Ideas Podcast launches a new strand of our series, which features social innovation in education.
After teaching Social Studies in Calgary for four years, Lisa Mallory wished to better understand the attitudes of Canadian teenagers towards Indigenous narratives. She knew they cared, but the existing curriculum was often met with disinterest, resistance and even anger. She used her dissertation research to better understand non-Indigenous Canadian students’ classroom experiences of learning about Indigenous perspectives.
The discussion is led by Dr Michelle Fava, the Head of Knowledge Transfer for the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, and Mark Andrews who is the Digital Learning Programme Manager at the Cambridge Judge Business School. They are joined by Lisa Mallory, a recent graduate from the MSt in Social Innovation (Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation).
In this episode of The Social Ideas podcast, Professor Bill DeMarco (Col USAF, Ret) and Lt Col Brandie Jeffries, discuss their work for the department of leadership at the Air Command and Staff College in Montgomery, Alabama. They share share how they, through their roles in the US Air Force, are working to develop the military’s understanding social innovation.
https://socialinnovation.blog.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2019/06/17/the-social-ideas-podcast-slow-prototyping-for-systemic-change/
In this episode, MSt in Social Innovation graduate and Global Engagement Office at CERN, Claudia Marcelloni discusses the social innovation lab movement and how its progress inspired her.
Through her research, Claudia discovered the benefits of a slower pace, and how taking time can lead to discoveries that enable systemic change.
The Social Ideas podcast shares the impact of social innovation, its necessity and its capacity to challenge the status quo. Throughout this series, highly committed change makers in business, civil society, policy and academia will talk about their work, their ideas and their motivation to strive towards to a more equitable and sustainable world.
Read more about the graduation of the first MSt in Social innovation alumni for the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation.
https://socialinnovation.blog.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2019/05/23/not-dreaming-alone/
For millennia so many of our poor and vulnerable have been enslaved: and, despite living in the 21st century, the lives of millions of men, women, and children are owned by those seeking to make a fortune from the degradation of others.
According to the International Labour Organisation modern slavery includes forced labour, human trafficking, sexual exploitation, debt bondage and forced marriage:[1]
‘One in every four modern slavery victims are children. Children are found in every type of slavery from labour to sex trafficking to forced marriage. The youngest victim of forced marriage from the most recent ILO statistics was 9 years old’.
Rev Dr Carrie Pemberton Ford has spent the last 15 years raising awareness and bringing together the Cambridge Centre for Applied Research in Human Trafficking.
In this podcast Carrie discusses the work of the centre and the devastating effect of slavery on the rights of humans across the globe.
[1] https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@dgreports/@dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_575479.pdf
https://socialinnovation.blog.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2019/03/26/the-social-ideas-podcast-should-charities-charge-fees-for-services/
‘The day the world changed’ was Thursday 9 August 2007, according to Adam Applegarth, who was the chief executive of the bank, Northern Rock. Financial stability was shattered and what followed was a crisis that impacted every area of the globe.
Following the crisis, the charity sector experienced a significant fall in income but one area that bucked the trend was the ‘fees for services.’ Flora Raffai is the CEO of Cam Sight, a Cambridgeshire-based charity that provides support and services to people; and, she is a graduate of the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation’s MSt in Social Innovation. For her research dissertation, Flora decided to investigate the anecdotal evidence she had read about charities charging fees for their services.
In this episode of The Social Ideas Podcast, Flora discusses the answer to her question … Fee or free: Should charities charge beneficiaries fees for services?
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The Fourth Wave of Feminism: a digital revolution
For millennia the collective female voice has gathered strength clamouring to be heard over its oppression. In 1908 thousands of women took to the streets of New York protesting the inequality they dealt with in every aspect of their lives. A year later the first official International Women’s Day was declared an annual event.
Dr Lilia Giugni, a Research Associate at Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, and
co-founder and the CEO of the think tank consultancy of GenPol.
Dr Lilia Giugni is a scholar and activist who uses her academic research to affect change and policy. Through her roles as a Research Associate with the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, and a co-founder and the CEO of the think tank consultancy of GenPol, Lilia is an advocate for the mainstreaming of gender equality concerns, the prevention of gender-based violence, and the strategies of Southern Italian anti-mafia activists.
Since 1909 International Women’s Day is an occasion for events across the world to celebrate the achievements of women of every creed, colour and culture. The power of the day encompasses the collective strength and determination to overcome the barriers women continue to face. Over the last few years the emergence of the #MeToo movement, the use of terms such as Gender Pay Gap, and the assault on Reproductive Rights proves there is still much to be done.
Like a claxon heard through the darkness, the feminist movement of the 21st century heralds a fourth wave; a younger generation of feminists are harnessing the incisive power of the now ever present social media to carve their way to reach a gender balanced society. But like any public space that encourages spirited debate there is the inevitable and harmful backlash. Women in the public sphere deal with what is now being termed as digital violence.