Author Archives: roshanjpaul

From Climate Policy to Climate Talent

Posted on December 27, 2025 by roshanjpaul

Along with social entrepreneur and educator Kamal Kapadia, I make the case in the Stanford Social Innovation Review that climate philanthropy has neglected to invest in developing the talent needed to make all other climate interventions possible. And how that … Continue reading →

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So you want to write a book?

Posted on July 5, 2025 by roshanjpaul

From choosing the right publishing model to building credibility, impact, and community through your work, here are 10 lessons on writing a social sector book, co-authored with a good friend, Anne Miltenburg and published in the India Development Review. Read … Continue reading →

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My Podcast Interviews

Posted on January 6, 2025 by roshanjpaul

Over the years, I’ve been privileged to be invited as a guest on several podcasts. Here’s a selection of them, for your listening pleasure:

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Building Leadership and Social Impact Skills in Students

Posted on July 1, 2023 by roshanjpaul

I was honored to be featured in my friend Paula Cordeiro’s blog, Global Ed Leadership, on how educators can do more to build leadership skills in students and how to encourage them more towards careers in social impact. Read the … Continue reading →

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My Stanford Social Innovation Review series

Posted on December 30, 2022 by roshanjpaul

I’ve collaborated with the Stanford Social Innovation Review to write a series of articles about our work in social innovation education. Here is the list of articles I wrote or co-wrote as part of the series, in chronological order. In July 2017, … Continue reading →

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The 9 Best Books I Read in 2022

Posted on December 30, 2022 by roshanjpaul

Unlike recent years, I didn’t get to read as much this year as going back into full-time work and some other major life milestones kept me pretty busy. I still got through 28 books in 2022, roughly 50-50 fiction and … Continue reading →

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Greening the Grassroots: Re-thinking African Conservation Funding

Posted on October 30, 2022 by roshanjpaul

In the spring and summer of 2022, I worked with a wonderful organization called Maliasili to explore how we can improve the flow of funding to African-led organizations working on biodiversity conservation and natural resource management, two areas of work that have always … Continue reading →

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In Conversation with LinkedIn Influencer Madeline Mann, the ‘Self-Made Millennial’

Posted on April 10, 2022 by roshanjpaul

In my first experience of being interviewed by an ‘influencer’, I was delighted to join Madeline Mann on her popular vodcast, Self-Made Millennial. We really connected on the idea that you don’t have to sacrifice a good income in order … Continue reading →

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Book Discussion on Network Capital

Posted on March 8, 2022 by roshanjpaul

I was interviewed by Network Capital founder Utkarsh Amitabh for their large global community on the topics we wrote about in The New Reason to Work. Check out the conversation here.

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Essay in Next Billion

Posted on February 27, 2022 by roshanjpaul

Based on The New Reason to Work, the folks at Next Billion invited me to contribute an essay about the book’s core message. You can read the essay here.

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