Today, I have three guests who will be discussing their work in social innovation and social entrepreneurship.

Dr. Gokul Mandayam:  Dr. Gokul Mandayam, is a macro practice faculty member in the MSW Program at the Rhode Island College School of Social Work. Prior to that he worked with the University at Buffalo School of Social Work (UBSSW) and was affiliated with the school’s interdisciplinary social innovation and social entrepreneurship initiative. 

Dr. Marissa Kaloga:  Dr. Marissa Kaloga is the Hynds Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the University of Auckland Business School's award winning Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in au·tee·uh·row·uh, New Zealand. She holds an MSW and PhD in Social Work from the Ohio State University College of Social Work. 

Ian Williams:  I am a doctoral student in the Ph.D. Program in Social Welfare at The CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. My research investigates how organizations adopt, integrate, and decide on technologies and other innovations - and how this affects caring fields such as social work. 

They are here representing the Social Work Innovation Network, and you will hear more about each one of them and the Social Work Innovation Network.


Resources from Guests

From Dr. Gokul Mandayam:  
Book:  'Design Social Change: Take Action, Work Towards Equity and Challenge the Status Quo' 'Annapurna Pariwar' organization found by Dr. Medha Samant 
Interview with Dr. Medha Samant

From Dr. Marissa Kaloga:
Spotify link: Hildegard Von Bingen 
New Yorker Article about her life
Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Hynds Fellows: 
Junctures

From Ian Williams:
SWIN’s LinkedIn page
SWIN Interest Form
EMES International Research Network’s summer program in Trento
The call for proposals for the special issue for the journal Human Service Organizations: Governance, Leadership, Management. 
David Graeber quote: “The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.”
Graeber, D. 2015. “Dead zones of the imagination: An essay on structural stupidity” The utopia of rules: On technology, stupidity, and the secret joys of bureaucracy. Melville House.