The Impact Economy
The impact economy is a rapidly evolving field where private capital, enterprise, and philanthropy are intentionally directed toward solving social and environmental challenges.
The Impact Economy Project, based at the Marshall Institute at the London School of Economics, is LSE’s response to this growing movement. Led by Kieron Boyle, CEO of 100x Impact and LSE’s first Professor in Practice for the Impact Economy, the project serves as a platform, bringing together academics, policymakers, and practitioners to co-design solutions and shape systems.
Market and mission: building the commercial capacity of social enterprises and community business
Latest news from the Impact Economy
Antony Bugg-Levine appointed visiting fellow at the Marshall Institute
Within the Impact Economy Project, he will lead new thinking on capital market shaping, focused on how mainstream capital markets can be redesigned so that more capital flows, reliably and at scale, to solutions that improve lives and protect the planet.
Mobilising the Impact Economy as Partners in National Renewal
Final report of the Social Impact Investment Advisory Group Executive Summary
Government announces Better Futures Fund
The world's largest fund of its kind will support vulnerable children and families across the country.
The UK's role in advancing global public benefit
After attending NPC’s Beacon Philanthropy & Impact Forum, Amelia Bradley, Deputy Director of the Marshall Institute, reflects on whether the UK can position itself as a hub for international philanthropy, and what role it should play in advancing meaningful global public benefit.
Designing the Impact Economy
The Marshall Institute launches “Designing the Impact Economy”, a new research series co-developed with Luke Fletcher, Practitioner in Residence at the Marshall Institute.
Why we need the impact economy
Reflecting on the New Philanthropy Capital report, Kieron Boyle, Co-Director of the Marshall Institute, highlights a broader question about how we understand progress as a society.
Stronger Together: What the Impact Economy Policy Labs Are Teaching Us
Dominic Llewellyn, CEO of AchieveGood, argues that in a time when our challenges are shared, our solutions can be shared too and highlights how the Impact Economy Policy Labs model this ideal.
LSE Research on the Impact Economy
The evolving role of philanthropy in global financial hubs
Marshall Institute research project investigating how philanthropy supports economic growth and social impact across five major global financial hubs
Expectations for the real-world impact of sustainable investing are unrealistic
Together with two colleagues, Dirk Jenter surveyed 509 equity portfolio managers on how much firms’ environmental and social performance feature in their investment decisions.
Upcoming LSE events on the Impact Economy
Impact Economy affiliated faculty
Programmes related to the Impact Economy
Executive MSc Social Business and Entrepreneurship
Develop the skills to become a socially conscious leader. Gain practical experience on a social entrepreneurship project.
MSc Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Stand out with this LSE degree, offering a robust foundation of theoretical knowledge and practical experience with a real-world social enterprise.
Master of Public Administration
Gain the analytical skills and practical experience to address real-world policy challenges.