The Impact Room

The Impact Room is a new space to connect people and ideas that make a real difference to our world. Step inside to hear stories of success – and failure – from a host of global guests, all working to solve some of the world’s most intractable development challenges.

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Philanthropy and the last mile of disease elimination

Ellen Agler is CEO of the END Fund, a philanthropy-backed initiative working to bring an end to the five most common neglected tropical diseases. She joins the Impact Room to talk progress, pooled giving, and the decolonisation of global health.

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Rooting for change: solving the unemployment crisis

In this episode of the Impact Room, we meet the Arab women leaders charting a new course against unemployment – and delivering results.

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Coding in conflict: inside the tech hub empowering Gazan youth

Hear from Ryan Sturgill, the former director of Gaza Sky Geeks, on the realities of running a tech hub in an occupied territory and the power of learning not to take 'no' for an answer.

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Prize philanthropy: who are the real winners

Philanthropy-backed competitions involve big money, but do they also deliver results? Find out, in this episode of the Impact room.

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Breaking the chains of modern slavery

Are global efforts to end exploitation making progress, or are countries and campaigners failing in their fight? Three experts weigh in.

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Knowledge and power: who has it, and who owns it

Lisa Seitz Gruwell, chief advancement officer at the Wikimedia Foundation, talks knowledge sharing, fake news, and why Wikipedia has a bias problem.

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Unpacking the myth of the ‘good refugee’

In the politics of migration, refugees are either demonised as intruders or celebrated for their success. But how does this distinction of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ refugees shape public policies and perceptions? And what is the effect on those who are defined by it?

The Impact Room

Philanthropy and the last mile of disease elimination

Rooting for change: solving the unemployment crisis

Coding in conflict: inside the tech hub empowering Gazan youth

Prize philanthropy: who are the real winners

Breaking the chains of modern slavery

Knowledge and power: who has it, and who owns it

Unpacking the myth of the ‘good refugee’

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