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We bring together researchers and practitioners to generate insights on how to lead, organise, finance, measure, and scale impact. We incorporate these insights into learning programmes for entrepreneurial leaders at Oxford and worldwide.

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The Climate Changemaker Playbook

More than ever before, people understand that climate change and biodiversity loss threaten the places, people, and things we love. And they care – deeply. But change isn’t happening at the speed and scale required, leading to feelings of powerlessness and despair. Wider systemic changes seem too slow, and our individual contributions feel too insignificant. And yet, things are shifting, because our individual contributions do matter. How can we rapidly increase the number of people closing the gap between caring and acting so those shifts accelerate?

The Climate Changemaker Playbook is a collection of strategies and tactics for how to move people from caring, which so many do, to acting. With a foreword by Christiana Figueres and case studies of five leading social entrepreneurs who have been activating others around the world, this playbook is for anyone who has wondered how they get the people around them to act.

This playbook is a collaboration between the Skoll Centre and Ashoka.

Topic: Research

Timeline: 2024

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Educational opportunities

There are many opportunities to engage with our educational programmes and research initiatives, including:

The Skoll Scholarship - A fully funded scholarship for social innovators to pursue an MBA at the University of Oxford.
Map the System - A systems thinking programme for university students worldwide.
Impact Lab - An impact leadership programme for Oxford postgraduate students.

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By connecting the researchers, practitioners, and learners at the heart of our work, we create opportunities to bridge theory and practice, profit and purpose, local communities and global organisations – and drive social impact within and beyond business.

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