Research summaries

Doing culturally inclusive design in a social innovation lab

This research explores how a social innovation lab adapted its work to support interactions with a refugee community.

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Fee or Free

Should charities charge beneficiaries fees for services?

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Building communities and partnerships for social innovation in the global south

The importance of providing dedicated spaces for community participation in the absence of local models of best practice.

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Collaboration in a crisis

Cross-sector collaboration is the subject of much scholarship, but how does it work in a pandemic?

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Why fundraisers tolerate sexual harassment from donors

Power imbalance and organisational culture create the conditions for sexual harassment.

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How do homeless people make sense of interventions designed to help them?

Relationships are a crucial pathway out of homelessness.

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Managing cross-sector partnership in unfamiliar contexts: a case study of Angkor Hospital for Children

Cross-sector collaboration to reduce neonatal mortality in Cambodia.

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How social enterprises scale technology to the bottom of the pyramid in emerging markets: a case study of Simprints

Scaling tech enterprise to improve access to healthcare in the Global South.

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Transformative organisational identification: changing lives by employing the socially stigmatised

What is needed to create a working environment that nurtures vulnerable and marginalised employees?

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Trust as capital

Finding crowd-based funding for SMEs in Kenya.

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The art of the pivot

The art of the pivot: managing relationships with stakeholders when changing direction.

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The need for a bespoke model

The need for a bespoke model of organisational change.

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Managing mission and money in social enterprises

Managing mission and money in social enterprises: a prospect theory perspective.

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‘Slow Prototyping’ for Systemic Change

‘Slow Prototyping’ for Systemic Change: take a slower approach to innovation for systemic change.

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Narrative strategies as a tool

Narrative strategies as a tool for non-profits to achieve legitimacy.

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Corporate Social Incubation

Corporate Social Innovation: Balancing growth and impact.

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Necessary discomfort of postcolonial narratives

Necessary discomfort of postcolonial narratives: discomfort can be a catalyst for learning and reconciliation.

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Staying afloat while rocking the boat

Staying afloat while rocking the boat: transforming power dynamics in a refugee camp.

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