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Shiemaa in front of a sunset

A tale of two Revolutions

by Shiemaa Ahmed

aerial view of Oxford city

An invitation: University of Oxford’s response to COVID-19

by Chris Blues and Mark Mann

LD enumerator interviewing TNF investee

Beyond microcredit: early evidence on microequity for the poor in Indonesia

by Muhammad Meki

three students standing around a tv screen with a student on a virtual call.

Creating opportunities through the power of language

by Macarena Hernandez de Obeso

hands on a table

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in Impact Investment

by Tara Sabre Collier and Chris Blues

Comic book style rendering of Piccadilly Circus in London, with usual billboard adverts replaced with 'RESET. Anti-racism +100%. Waste -41%. Carbon -46%. Inequality -26%.

Economic System: What?

by Laura Chavez-Varela and Jillian Gedeon

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Fighting for Fairness: Investing in Local Solutions

by Anupah Makoond

record keeping training

From Rwanda to Oxford

by Julie Greene

room full of people watching a Skoll Centre speaker

Rethinking Social Impact Competitions

by Julian Cottee and Chris Blues

"Get comforable being a human being. It's okay to feel things. It's ok to use those types of feelings to inform our decision making. We have to bring our human intuition to this work."- Edgar Villanueva

Shifting The Power Dynamics of Philanthropy

by Julie Greene

The Oxford skyline in the sun.

Three Learning Lessons from the Oxford MBA Experience