Social Innovation Asia

In the 3rd Social Innovation Asia podcast, Michael Waitze and Daniel McFarlane are fortunate to converse with Stéphane Rousseau, who is the Director of International Field Immersion Courses at the School of Global Studies at Thammasat University. He brings an enormous wealth of experience to the conversation after decades of humanitarian, human rights, and civil society work across Asia and the Pacific. Over the years, his work has presented many ethical and moral challenges. It is not the uplifting work many people think it is, Stéphane suggests. The people you could not help or the people left behind are the ones that stay in your memory. Without referencing social innovation specifically, Stéphane provides multiple examples of how people and organisations have subverted structures of power and created innovative approaches to address pressing social problems. Listening to Stéphane, it is evident social innovation is nothing new. It just has a new label and a fresh look. Stéphane discusses how in the ear