Social Impact Insights
GitHub Social Impact articles, research and multimedia appearances.
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Articles written by the Social Impact team and guest contributors. Click on a topic to sort.
Moving The MERL Center to its New Home
Skills-Based Volunteering case study - Open Source in the Social Sector for the United Nations Workshop
Commission on the Status of Women, 2023 GitHub event recaps
Apply now to our Open Source Community Manager Program to support DPGs!
Social Impact, Tech for Social Good at CSW 2023
How Tech for Social Good supported the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2022
GitHub Gives 2022: Creating positive, lasting contributions in our communities
Tech for Social Good 2022 Recap
Social Impact at GitHub Universe 2022
Skills-Based Volunteering case study - Digital Development Compass with the United Nations Development Programme
Now available! Spanish and Arabic versions of our OSS report.
GitHub at the 77th United Nations General Assembly
Volunteer on digital public goods for Hacktoberfest 2022!
Apply now for GitHub Universe 2022 micro-mentoring
Read our new research report on Open Source Software in India, Kenya, Egypt and Mexico
Social Impact, Tech for Social Good at UNGA77
Skills-Based Volunteering case study - Security rapid risk assessments with the Norwegian Refugee Council
Employee Community Engagement through Volunteer Month 2022
External: Tech industry is uniquely placed to make the world a better place
External: Exclusion begets Exclusion!
Skills-Based Volunteering case study - Accessibility and technical documentation with Greenpeace
Tech for Social Good is hiring two contractors
The second MERL Center stipend application is now open
The World Health Organization is launching its Open Source Programme Office
GitHub Social Impact at MozFest 2022
Participate in our new research project on standardized GitHub metrics
How Tech for Social Good supported the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2021
Tech for Social Good, 2021 Recap
Employee Champions inspire colleagues to give back
Volunteering with Brazil’s Social Opportunity Institute
Guide to initiating a Skills-Based Volunteering Program
Social Impact at GitHub Universe 2021
Apply now for GitHub Universe 2021 micro-mentoring
Skills-Based Volunteering case study - Data visualization with Mobile Pathways
Dive into Skills-Based Volunteering’s Pilot Project with DHIS2
The MERL Center website is now live!
The Epidemiologist R Handbook, a new open source public health resource
Removing Barriers with Code Tenderloin
Participate in our research project on OSS in the social sector in low- and middle-income countries
GitHub Social Impact: How We're Driving Change with Social Sector Organizations
What are digital public goods and the DPGA?
How Tech for Social Good Supported the SDGs in 2020
Skills-Based Volunteering Program Design
The Collaboration Power of the MERL Center
External: Virtual Panel - How Open-Source is Helping to Change the World
Engaging employees through GitHub Gives 2020
The Social Sector is Contributing to the Broader OSS Ecosystem
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Open Source Software in the Social Sector
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Videos, podcasts and other external Social Impact team appearances.

Centering Women's Equity in Digital Technology
GitHub Tech for Social Good

Social Sector GitHub Guidance
GitHub Tech for Social Good

OSPOs in the UN System - a Spotlight on WHO
GitHub and WHO, UNGA77 side-event

GitHub & UNDP: Accelerating National Digital Transformation with the Digital Development Compass
GitHub and UNDP, UNGA77 side-event

Championing Open-Source in International Public Health: WHO and GitHub
Linux Foundation Public Health

Keynote: How to Combat Global Systems of Oppression in the Tech Industry
DrupalCon Portland 2022

OSS in India, Kenya, Egypt, and Mexico
MozFest 2022

How GitHub is Working Towards Making the World a Better Place
The Business of Vulnerability

Impact Evaluation: Centering Equity in Data Design
Corporate Impact Leaders Forum 2021: Lead with Equity

Building tech in the Humanitarian Sector
GitHub Universe 2021

OSS Research in India, Kenya, Egypt, and Mexico
GitHub Universe 2021

Technology as a Tool for Social Good
Agri-D Convention 2021

Preparing for the next generation of developer communities
2021 Microsoft Research Summit

From Open Software to Open Culture - Opportunities and challenges of open source to support the United Nation mandate
United Nations General Assembly 2021

How has covid-19 advanced stakeholder capitalism?
Technical.ly

The Case for OSPOs in Government and Academia
OpenForum Europe

How the WHO uses technology for early detection, verification and risk assessment of pandemics
GitHub Universe 2020

Open Source for Good: COVID-19 Responses
GitHub Satellite 2020

Opportunities and Barriers in Open Source in the Social Sector
ICT4D Podcast

Why Open Source is More Important Than Ever
Accelerate Good Global 2019

Social Sector and Open Source
GitHub Universe 2019

Open Source for Good: The People and Projects Driving Change
GitHub Universe 2018