Kirsten Robinson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6467464 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirsten Robinson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirsten |
| FAMILY NAME | Robinson |
| SIGNATURE | ROBINSON K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
What is Geography? Perceptions of first year undergraduates in South Africa
Disciplines such as Geography are well placed to respond to the changing needs of society and the effective application of geographical knowledge to real-world problems. This project surveyed first year Geography undergraduates’ understanding of “What is Geography?”, both before and after an exercise in which geographic topics were identified within recent newspapers. The survey instrument employed was an anonymous, self-administered questionnair…
Five Configurations for Scaling Up Social Innovation
Why do so many social innovations fail to have a broad impact? Successful social entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations often “scale out” innovative solutions to local problems in order to affect more communities or numbers of individuals. When faced with institutional barriers, they are motivated to “scale up” their efforts to challenge the broader institutional rules that created the problem. In doing so, they must reorient their own and the…
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Five Configurations for Scaling Up Social Innovation
Why do so many social innovations fail to have a broad impact? Successful social entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations often “scale out” innovative solutions to local problems in order to affect more communities or numbers of individuals. When faced with institutional barriers, they are motivated to “scale up” their efforts to challenge the broader institutional rules that created the problem. In doing so, they must reorient their own and the…
What is Geography? Perceptions of first year undergraduates in South Africa
Disciplines such as Geography are well placed to respond to the changing needs of society and the effective application of geographical knowledge to real-world problems. This project surveyed first year Geography undergraduates’ understanding of “What is Geography?”, both before and after an exercise in which geographic topics were identified within recent newspapers. The survey instrument employed was an anonymous, self-administered questionnair…
Social science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Affect (linguistics) (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Community Development and Social Impact (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work) · Development geography (1 work) · Discipline (1 work)