Daniela Papi-Thornton

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Daniela is an educator and consultant based in Boulder, Colorado. Prior to this she was the Deputy Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship. She has spearheaded student programming initiatives at Saïd Business School including the Leading for Impact programme and has taught on MBA courses including the Entrepreneurship Project and a course on high-impact entrepreneurship. Daniela is a graduate of Saïd Business School's MBA programme and was a Skoll Scholarship recipient. Prior to coming to Oxford, she spent six years in Cambodia where she grew a youth leadership organization, PEPY, an educational travel company, PEPY Tours, and an advocacy organisation, Learning Service. Her report 'Tackling Heropreneurship' focuses on fuelling collective impact through an 'apprenticing with a problem' approach.


Articles by Daniela Papi-Thornton



January 31, 2024
लोककेंद्रित संस्था होण्याचे नऊ मार्ग
अंतर्गत प्रतीभेचे व्यवस्थापन ही सतत शिकण्याची आणि सुधारण्याची प्रक्रिया आहे. लोकांना अग्रस्थानी ठेवणारी संस्थात्मक संस्कृती तयार करण्यात मदत होइल अशा काही टिपा येथे दिल्या आहेत.
People standing in line getting their temperature checked by a person wearing a PPE kit-response to COVID-19 second wave

June 1, 2021
India’s COVID-19 response limited by strong urban and tech bias
India's response to the second wave of COVID-19 glosses over the lack of infrastructure and technology know-how in rural India.
A cartoon of a student writing the alphabets-nonprofit life_cartoon courtesy-Rachita Vora

May 31, 2021
This nonprofit life Ep 14 | Learning the alphabet
A cartoon series that captures the joys and travails of life in the development sector.
doctor and patient as part of COVID-19 response

May 27, 2021
What can we learn from Jharkhand’s COVID-19 response?
Jharkhand has taken additional COVID-19 response protocols to curb the surge. Here are some implementation challenges and suggestions on a way forward.
A person holding a vaccine bottle and syringe-picture courtesy-Flickr

May 25, 2021
India’s COVID-19 vaccine drive is excluding millions of citizens
The government's recently published guidelines for vaccinating vulnerable groups are inadequate, and risk excluding the very people they are meant to benefit.
group of people standing in front of a wall which has a slogan about social distancing painted on it-NGOs

May 24, 2021
What can nonprofits do to tackle COVID-19 in central India?
The window of opportunity to stop preventable deaths is narrow, but doable. Here are some steps that nonprofits can take to tackle rising COVID-19 cases in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Madhya Pradesh.
Image 11_ a person holding a clear packet of water_picture courtesy-Suraj Katra

May 19, 2021
Photo essay: What is the price of water in the city of Mumbai?
Poor water governance has cut off several residents from Mumbai's water system, making equal access to all a distant dream.
a migrant worker reading a booklet on bonded labour-migrant workers' rights

May 18, 2021
The issue is exploitation, not migration
Migrant workers' rights to wages, healthcare, and justice systems must be secured.
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