Posts by Roshan Paul

Commentary What is Social Entrepreneurship in Peacebuilding?

At Ashoka we’ve been exploring how we can best contribute to the peacebuilding field, we’ve spoken with a broad spectrum of Ashoka Fellows, other innovators and practitioners, academic institutions, and donors. One of the key questions that arise from these conversations is: What does innovation in peacebuilding look like? Or, how can social entrepreneurship help reduce violence? Read more >>>

Merging Insight on Conflict and Ashoka Peace

After 18 months of blogging at the intersection of peace and social innovation, and leading a field-wide initiative on this subject, Ashoka Peace is excited to announce a new partnership with Peace Direct and its Insight on Conflict initiative. We, at the Ashoka Peace blog, have merged with Insight on Conflict and hope that you will keep reading about this critical subject at the new address and new avatar. Read more >>>

Commentary Peace as a pre-requisite for development

In this article, Roshan Paul and Sarah Jefferson discuss the stories of two classic social entrepreneurs – Jerry White and Neichute Duolo – who came up with new solutions for problems of violent conflict, and through those stories, they begin to elicit the principles and patterns that are driving innovation in the peacebuilding field. Read more >>>