Social Innovation: The Social Ideas Podcast

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...

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 Mich...

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 Mich...

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...

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...

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 t...

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.  Follow the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation on: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter YouTube

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 understan...

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 o...

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 an...

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...

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. Follow the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation on: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Twitter YouTube

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 dissertati...

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. Follow the Cambridge Centre for Soc...

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. S...

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 c...

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...

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:...

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 char...

https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-research/centres/social-innovation/ 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 Interna...