While many social change initiatives are laudable, the obsession with measuring their direct impact is distracting us from understanding, and changing, the bigger picture: the systems in which they are embedded.

Countless social movements are currently simmering below the radar. They are locally rooted and globally connected in translocal networks, creating new practices and ideas for tackling economic, ecological and social challenges.

With the Russian presidential elections coming up in 2018, this article discusses the impact of the democratic revolutions that swept the region on Russia’s political regime and civil society.

Ukraine’s massive Euromaidan protests culminated in the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovych. But what is left of the movement today?

How can we explain the rise and subsequent fall of Greece’s anti-austerity movement? A brief reflection on a period of mass mobilization, political change and social solidarity.

On 26 June we presented the colourful outcome of our latest project Activism, artivism and beyond: Inspiring initiatives of civic power.