Slavoj Zizek - First as Tragedy, Then as Farce RSA 2010-03-10 | Slavoj Zizek, one of the worlds most influential living philosophers, visits the RSA to discuss capitalism's flawed priorities.Watch the RSA Animate of this talk: http://youtu.be/hpAMbpQ8J7gFollow the RSA on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thersaorgLike the RSA on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thersaorg
Regenerative learning I Satish Kumar, Rachel Musson, Ben Rawlence I RSA REPLAY RSA 2023-03-10 | Are our current systems of education equipping our young people with the future-proof capabilities and mindsets they need to lead flourishing lives on a flourishing planet in the century ahead?The dominant global educational system was designed to meet the needs of the Industrial Age - an age of mass production and consumption which has brought us to today's multifaceted ecological, economic and social tipping points.There is now growing awareness that we need to learn a new way of living and working in harmony with each other, as well as the natural world - and that needs to start at the earliest stages of education, and continue across the life-course.Fortunately, we don't need to reinvent the wheel - there are beacons of light across the educational establishment that signal other ways of learning - imaginative and learner-led experiential and holistic systems that can help us towards developing truly regenerative cultures and economies, rooted in the care and nurture of both people and planet.Satish Kumar, a guiding spirit of internationally respected ecological and educational movements for change for over 50 years, is joined by panel of innovative educators at the RSA to discuss powerful new ways in which we can begin to make real progress, through education, towards a more resilient, rebalanced and regenerative world for all.Speakers: Satish Kumar, co-founder and visiting Fellow, Schumacher College; Rachel Musson, founder, Thoughtbox Education; Ben Rawlence, founder and CEO, Black Mountains College #RSAregenerativeBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/udI9xDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEventsLike RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
The psychology behind successful groups I RSA REPLAY RSA 2023-03-09 | A good team needs a diverse group of people and the different views that they bring. A good team needs a considerate leader that can encourage cooperation and create a resilient environment where people can operate at their best. A good team should be built on strong social bonds that hold tight even when their only point of contact is a phone or a computer.But how does this work and how can psychology help us better understand how human groups function?Join leading experts from the worlds of evolutionary psychology and business management, Tracey Camilleri, Samantha Rockey and Robin Dunbar as they talk us through the ‘social brain’. They will explore what these ideas can teach us about the relationships between human groups and how to create great, high-performing teams.#RSAsocialbrainBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
Small inventions that changed the world I Roma Agrawal I RSA REPLAY RSA 2023-03-02 | Modern technology can seem mind-bogglingly complex. But beneath the surface, it can be beautifully simple.Nails, springs, wheels, magnets and string - these individual wonders have built our modern world. Each component has a long history and is the result of many iterations and refinements. Together, they have enabled humanity to see the invisible, build the spectacular and communicate across vast distances. Join award-winning engineer and broadcaster Roma Agrawal as she deconstructs our most complex feats of engineering into seven fundamental inventions that have changed our lives - and our societies - in dramatic ways.#RSAinventionsBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
Peace and justice I Oleksandra Matviichuk I RSA REPLAY RSA 2023-02-27 | In her acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize in December 2022, Oleksandra Matviichuk reminded the world that we ‘don’t have to be Ukrainians to support Ukraine. It is enough just to be humans.’At the RSA, in partnership with the Ukrainian Institute London, Oleksandra Matviichuk will reflect on her work as head of the Center for Civil Liberties, an organisation that has promoted the protection of human rights and has worked tirelessly to document war crimes and human rights violations perpetrated in Russia’s war against Ukraine.Join us to explore how new alliances for the defence of human rights and the restoration of justice can serve as the basis of peace in Ukraine and the world.This event is in partnership with the Ukrainian Institute London.#RSApeaceBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
How much does Britain cost? I Paul Johnson I RSA REPLAY RSA 2023-02-23 | It costs £1 trillion to run the UK’s economy. Where does the money come from and how is it spent?Government decisions determine the welfare of the poor and elderly, the state of our health service, the shape of the education system and much more. This spending power is funded by layers of taxes that touch all corners of our income, savings, and spending habits. Look closely at taxation and you’ll find winners, losers and a system that is sorely in need of reform.Join Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, for this systemic examination of how the government collects and spends the money needed to run the economy. Paul will follow the money to see where it comes from, who it goes to, how that’s changed in recent years and what reforms are needed to meet new, costly challenges that lie on the horizon.#RSAeconomyBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
State capacity and the green revolution we need I RSA REPLAY RSA 2023-02-21 | How can governments take the lead in creating the new economic systems we need to secure flourishing futures for people, place and planet?Bringing Professor Mariana Mazzucato, a world-leading economist heralded as one of the ‘25 leaders shaping the future of capitalism’ (WIRED), together with Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados and one of TIME’s 100 most influential world leaders, this event offers a unique opportunity to hear two global trailblazers discuss what it means for governments to lead a just green transition.They will discuss the need for state leadership to align economic growth and climate goals, the importance of building state capacity to lead instead of over-relying on the consulting industry – drawing on Professor Mazzucato’s forthcoming book, The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies – and their new collaboration on a green industrial strategy for Barbados. Together they will question how governments can reclaim leadership and drive innovation and growth in the face of economic and climate insecurity.Chaired by Justin Rowlatt, BBC climate editor and introduced by Dr Joanna Choukeir, director design and innovation at the RSA.This event is held in association with the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)The UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) aims to develop a new framework for creating, nurturing and evaluating public value in order to achieve economic growth that is more innovation-led, inclusive and sustainable.We intend this framework to inform the debate about the direction of economic growth and the use of mission-oriented policies to confront social and technological problems. Our work will feed into innovation and industrial policy, financial reform, institutional change, and sustainable development.A key pillar of IIPP's research is its understanding of markets as outcomes of the interactions between different actors. In this context, public policy should not be seen as simply fixing market failures but also as actively shaping and co-creating markets. Re-focusing and designing public organisations around mission-led, public-purpose aims will help tackle the grand challenges facing the 21st century.IIPP is housed in The Bartlett, a leading global Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London (UCL), with its radical thinking about space, design and sustainability. Social Media: @IIPP_UCL#RSAleadershipBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
The North will rise again I Alex Niven I RSA EVENT RSA 2023-02-17 | How can the North recapture the sense of dynamism and futurism that once made it one of the most forward-looking places in the world?Across society, politics and culture, the North has a distinct sense of regional identity. With roots in its time as Britain’s nineteenth-century industrial heartlands, Northern identity was once defined by a sense of innovation and future-focused thinking. However, the deindustrialisation and austerity of the past few decades have clouded that sense of achievement and led the North to become one of the most impoverished regions in the UK.Join Alex Niven, leading voice on Northern identity and culture, as he takes a fresh look at the roots and future of the North-South divide. Here with Zoe Billingham of IPPR North, Alex will explore the historical events and political decisions that have shaped Northern identity while setting out a vision for how the region can unlock a more rebalanced future of promise and potential.#RSAthenorth Become an RSA Events sponsor: @Donate to The RSA: @ Follow RSA Events on Instagram: @nts/Follow the RSA on Twitter: @ts Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: @Join our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
Towards a more inclusive education I RSA REPLAY RSA 2023-02-09 | 20 years on from the repeal of Section 28, what has been achieved in LGBTQI+ inclusive education and what can we learn from the educators, artists and changemakers that made progress possible?2023 sees the 20th anniversary of the repeal of Section 28, the UK legislation that banned the ‘promotion’ of homosexuality, stopping schools from discussing same-sex relationships and depriving generations of young people from an inclusive education.To celebrate this anniversary and LGBT+ history month’s 2023 theme of ‘Behind the lens’, the RSA welcomes a panel to discuss what can be learned from successful movements for inclusive education in the UK in the past twenty years, exploring what has been achieved and how, and, specifically, what role the arts played, and continues to play, in telling LGBTQI+ stories and fighting for human rights.Join Georgia Oakley, director of the upcoming Bafta-nominated film Blue Jean, author and academic Paul Baker, National Teaching Fellow Catherine Lee and deputy headteacher Bennie Kara for a timely look at how far we’ve come in building a truly inclusive education, alongside their visions and hopes for the future.BLUE JEAN | Official Trailer | Altitude Filmsyoutube.com/watch?v=mGGRNmIU7fcPretended: Schools and Section 28: Historical, Cultural and Personal Perspectivesfoyles.co.uk/witem/education/pretended-schools-and-section-28-histo,catherine-lee-9781915261694Outrageous!: The Story of Section 28 and Britain's Battle for LGBT Educationfoyles.co.uk/witem/education/outrageous-the-story-of-section-28,paul-baker-9781789145618#RSAinclusiveeducationBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
How to make better decisions I Ed Smith I RSA REPLAY RSA 2023-02-02 | How do you identify and nurture people with potential? How do you turn a bunch of talented individuals into a cohesive team? Where does decision-making science end and judgement begin? As a former Chief Selector of the England cricket team, Ed Smith has developed a unique framework for identifying and maximising talent, spotting team weaknesses, and communicating ideas that lead to stronger leadership, clearer judgements and, ultimately, improved performance.At the RSA, he joins chief executive Andy Haldane to share insights from the very top flights of professional sport, arts and business, and to argue that putting the human back into decision-making is essential to navigating a fast-changing and increasingly data-reliant world, whatever the field.#RSAdecisionsBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
A new economic paradigm for people and planet I RSA REPLAY RSA 2023-01-30 | Is it time to fundamentally rethink economics - its theoretical foundations, activities and processes; its purpose and goals? How should we reimagine and redesign our economic models to better reflect and serve human needs and wants, and the flourishing of all life on our one planet?It is often said that the world faces challenges that are complex and systemic. But in fact, the world is a complex, interconnected “system of systems”. These complexities and interconnectivities amplify the global challenges facing us, whether economic, social or environmental. They also mean that a deep understanding of the behaviour of these systems is critical to solving these problems for the long-term.Leading evolutionary theorist David Sloan Wilson and influential economist Dennis Snower have long advocated for an improved understanding of economics as a complex system.Across a recent series of major articles, they argue for a paradigm shift away from the orthodox, neoclassical model of economics, which focuses on individual challenges to be tackled through decisions by individual decision-makers and views ‘externalities’ as a phenomenon to be ‘corrected’ through government intervention, in favour of a new multilevel paradigm, based on insights from evolutionary science. This is a model that takes proper account of the complexity of our social natures and relations, and the centrality of collective challenges in our lives – challenges that can only be effectively tackled through a carefully orchestrated, context-specific combination of social, political and institutional mechanisms.Though such a paradigm shift has long proved elusive, Snower and Sloan Wilson argue that is an achievable goal, and one that’s more necessary now than ever before, at a time of economic and ecological crisis, when new narratives and new modes of cooperation will be critical to building successful multilateral alliances for innovation and change. Join them at the RSA to explore how to put the multi-level paradigm to work, to ensure that economics becomes a truly purposeful discipline, reimagined and redesigned to support the pursuit of wellbeing in thriving societies on a thriving planet, now and in the future.#RSAeconomicsBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
Inside stories of 21st–century diplomacy I Baroness Catherine Ashton I RSA REPLAY RSA 2023-01-26 | So much of modern-day diplomacy still takes place behind closed doors and away from the cameras. But what does this vital role really look like in today’s world and what does it take to do it well? From 2009 to 2014, Baroness Catherine Ashton was the EU’s first High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. She faced the challenge of representing the views and values of 28 nations during one of the most turbulent periods in living memory. From Russia’s invasion of Crimea to the Iran nuclear negotiations, she faced the challenge of solving immediate problems while constantly asking ‘and then what’ and keeping long-term solution building at the heart of these conversations. Here with the British diplomat Sir Robert Cooper, Catherine takes us inside the world of modern diplomacy, sharing the realities of long negotiations, hard-won triumphs, and conversations with far-reaching impact. While reflecting on the broader work and operations of the EU and Britain’s historic role in that, Catherine will also offer crucial insight into the political situation across Europe today.#RSAdiplomacyBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
The transformative power of everyday wonder I Dacher Keltner I RSA REPLAY RSA 2023-01-19 | How can we uncover everyday wonder as a vital force within our lives? Awe is a complex and mysterious emotion. Summoned by the extraordinary, it can be inspired by the divine, the beauty of nature or the force of human achievement. Awe stimulates curiosity and allows us to see the deep patterns in life. It can boost our mood, social connections and improve our life satisfaction. Yet in our modern world, we have become awe deprived. Our culture has become more materialistic and less connected to others. We spend more time on our phones and less time outdoors. In an inspiring conversation at the RSA, Dacher Keltner, the foremost expert on the science of emotions will explore ways that we can all find more wonder in our lives. To show how awe can transform our minds, bodies, and social connections for the better, Dacher will draw on cutting-edge research and deeply moving personal stories from people all over the world. #RSAWonderBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
Inclusive innovation: A new model for change I RSA REPLAY RSA 2023-01-12 | Innovation offers potential: to cure diseases, to better connect people, and to make the way we live and work more efficient and enjoyable. We all know that innovation, invention, and change are essential to economic and social development. But innovation can also fuel inequality, decimate livelihoods, harm mental health and destroy the planet. How can we uplift the benefits of innovation while reducing its potential harms?How can we uplift the benefits of innovation while reducing its potential harms?The answer: Inclusive Innovation. Join the authors of a ground-breaking new study to learn just what Inclusive Innovation is and how incredible changemakers around the globe are making it the centre of their practice.An essential event for any entrepreneurs, business leaders and workers looking to innovate and do business in a more ethical, regenerative, and inclusive way.To learn more visit http://inclusiveinnovation.io#RSAinnovationBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
RSA Events 2022 - Year in review RSA 2022-12-19 | Where did 2022 go?Catch up on our year in review for a snapshot of just a few of the spellbinding speakers, captivating conversations, and astonishing ideas we were lucky to host this year.All RSA public events are available to watch for free on our YouTube channel. If you hear a concept that catches your curiosity, watch it in full right here! Or explore our exciting archive of past events in your own time.Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
Stories against the dark | RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-12-19 | When the dark comes rising, who will hold it back? This December, BBC World Service launches a major new audio dramatisation of Susan Cooper’s classic family novel The Dark Is Rising. Commissioned by Simon Pitts for BBC World Service, co-produced by Complicité and Catherine Bailey Productions, and adapted by writer Robert Macfarlane and actor/director Simon McBurney, the story - set in the depths of winter - follows young Will Stanton on an epic quest to drive back the rising forces of darkness. In an extra special midwinter event at the RSA, Simon and Robert will discuss their collaboration in conversation with broadcaster Nikki Bedi.Together, they’ll reflect on the work’s powerful and sharply resonant themes of elemental crisis, fate, free will, trial and resistance. What lessons does it hold for our age of conflict and climate emergency? And what is the purpose of storytelling when the dark times draw near? The Dark is Rising will be available as an immersive podcast best experienced on headphones. Available in 12 daily episodes on BBC World Service from 20th December, there’s a special early podcast preview on 19th December on BBC Sounds and other podcast platforms. The series will also be broadcast on Radio 4 from 26th December. Find out more: www.bbcworldservice.com/darkisrising #TheDarkIsRisingBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/udI9xDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEventsLike RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficialJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
2022 Bicentenary Medal Event I Janine Benyus I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-12-16 | Biologist, author and innovation consultant Janine Benyus receives the 2022 RSA Bicentenary Medal for “outstanding contribution to regenerative design”. Janine Benyus is a pioneer and champion of biomimicry – innovation inspired by nature. An educator and adviser to industry and innovators worldwide, she encourages designers to approach each new challenge with the question: “what would nature do?” As she accepts the 2022 RSA Bicentenary Medal award, at a time when existing economic and social systems are ripe for re-design, Janine urges us to look to nature’s genius - evolved and adapted through 3.8 billion years of R&D - for the solutions that will help guide us to more resilient, rebalanced and regenerative futures, for people, place and planet. Find out more about the RSA Bicentenary Medal - thersa.org/about/bicentenary-medal and the RSA Design for Life mission thersa.org/globalassets/_foundation/new-site-blocks-and-images/approach/rsa_design-for-life-paper.pdf#RSABicentenaryBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
100 years of British broadcasting I David Hendy I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-12-15 | In its 100 years on air, the BBC has witnessed huge cultural change, reported on major political moments, and evolved alongside a digital revolution. Its broadcasting has acted as a mirror to British culture, politics and society and it has become a true national treasure.BBC programming has also shaped domestic routines and united people in their homes and across great distances – especially at Christmas. From the royal address to iconic Christmas specials, BBC broadcasting has become a central part of the British Christmas experience.At the RSA, broadcast historian, David Hendy, looks back on a hundred years of the BBC’s cultural impact, moral mission, and social significance. With Christmas celebrations on the horizon, we will also explore how BBC TV and radio have become such fixtures of the festive season and what this can reveal about the power of broadcasting to bring people together.#RSABBC100If you enjoy the conversation, David’s book is out now. You can get 20% off at Foyles using the code FOYLESRSA20 at checkout. Here is the link to the paperback: foyles.co.uk/witem/history-politics/the-bbc-a-peoples-history,david-hendy-9781781255261 Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
How colour changed our way of seeing | Riccardo Falcinelli I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-12-08 | Why does the Virgin Mary wear blue? Why do we associate black with mourning? What does green taste like? How does orange feel? How does colour define the world around us? We see colour everywhere we look. From the bright green of a soda can, the deep red of Valentine’s roses, to the green and black of power tools. But have you ever stopped to think why we associate certain colours with certain feelings, objects and flavours? We know that girls’ toys are often pink and boys’ are often blue, but why these colours? What is the social impact of these colour choices and who is making these choices for us? At the RSA, internationally renowned graphic designer Riccardo Falcinelli dives deep into the story of colour and how it has shaped the modern gaze, from the industrial revolution to the internet age.#RSAColour Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
Lockdown laws and the threats to our freedoms | Adam Wagner I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-12-01 | On 26 March 2020, a new law appeared that confined us to our homes. Passed under a state of emergency that was meant to be short but lasted 763 days, this law was one of over 100 lockdown laws that were never debated in parliament. Though certainly justified by the rapid spread of Covid-19, these laws increasingly confused the public and restricted our freedoms more than ever before.New laws like the Public Order Bill are bringing in limitations to free speech and our right to protest. Just like laws made during the state of emergency, this Bill has been criticised as a threat to our freedoms, human rights and democracy.Here at the RSA, one of the UK’s leading human rights barristers, Adam Wagner, will reflect on these laws and their impact on our human rights. Adam will explore how these laws are passed in parliament, understood by the public, enforced by the police, and why we should never take our rights for granted.#RSAfreedoms Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
How our social connections impact our economic mobility I Raj Chetty I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-11-24 | In an increasingly fragmented and unequal world, how can insights from social network data help to improve opportunity for everyone?Raj Chetty, professor of public economics at Harvard University will share the findings from research analysis of Meta data on the relationship between the social connections of individuals and economic mobility in the US. Research led by Harvard’s Opportunity Insights used large-scale privacy-protected social network datasets to study social capital in neighbourhoods, schools and colleges.Professor Chetty is joined by Lucy Makinson, head of policy at the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) to explore the findings in more detail.What are the key implications in this US data for other countries and regions? How can these findings be further developed, and policy recommendations suggested to help improve social connectivity and economic mobility? What interventions could be made to enable these actions – and do they extend to the services themselves?The UK leg of this work is being taken forward by a coalition of partners including the RSA, BIT and Neighbourly Lab.#RSAconnectBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
How to save democracy in a divided world | Anand Giridharadas I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-11-24 | What hope is there for persuasion in our age of political division?From Roe v Wade and Black Lives Matter to gun control and immigration, US politics in 2022 looks as partisan as ever, with debates framed in moralistic terms and parties focusing on mobilising the faithful rather than wooing the sceptical. People increasingly write one another off instead of seeking to win one another over. In this age of continued polarisation, democracy looks close to breaking point.But while it’s easy to fall into despair, there are grounds for hope, if we look close enough. Across America, there are those working round the clock to heal wounds, bridge divisions, change minds and create new political possibilities. Best-selling author Anand Giridharadas takes us to the frontline of this new battle, introducing us to the activists, politicians, educators and citizens striving to build more inclusive movements, and answer the urgent question: how can democracy be saved, and who is going to save it?#RSApersuaders Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
2022 RDI Address | Jo da Silva I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-11-18 | Resilient by DesignOur capacity to survive, adapt and flourish relies on designing a future that is concurrently sustainable and resilient. Whereas sustainability is accepted as a key tenet of good design, resilient design is still in its infancy seeking greater understanding and definition.Dame Jo da Silva RDI has earned global recognition as an engineer who has applied her knowledge and design expertise to improve safety, promote inclusivity, and enhance resilience of communities, cities, and infrastructure globally. Her talk will focus on her personal journey and growing understanding of what resilience means in practice based on her experiences working with vulnerable communities, ‘building back better’ following crises and exploring what makes cities resilient.Prior to the Address, 5 new Royal Designers for Industry (RDI) and 4 new Honorary Royal Designers for Industry will be welcomed to the Faculty.The title ‘Royal Designer for Industry’ is awarded annually by the RSA to designers of all disciplines who have achieved sustained design excellence, work of aesthetic value and significant benefit to society.The RDI is the highest accolade for designers in the UK. Only 200 designers can hold the title. Non-UK designers may become honorary Royal Designers.The ‘Royal Designers’ are responsible for designing the world around us, enriching our cultural heritage, driving innovation, inspiring creativity in others and improving our quality of life. #RSARDI Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
How we let Grenfell happen | Peter Apps I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-11-17 | Award-winning housing journalist Peter Apps reflects on lessons learned from the Grenfell Tower disaster, five years on.The Grenfell Tower disaster was the worst residential fire in Britain since World War II and it didn’t have to happen. The fire climbed up cladding as flammable as solid petrol. Fire doors failed to self-close. There was no alarm to warn sleeping residents and no evacuation plan. As smoke seeped into their homes, all were told to ‘stay put’ and 72 people would lose their lives. Five years on, many of the resulting public inquiry’s recommendations remain unmet. Many high-rise buildings have yet to have the same dangerous cladding removed. Peter Apps is deputy editor of Inside Housing and the only journalist to have followed the story of Grenfell from the start. At the RSA, he looks at how such a disaster could take place in the wealthiest borough in the wealthiest city in one of the wealthiest countries in the world and asks: what needs to be done to prevent a tragedy like Grenfell from ever happening again?#RSAhousing Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
Journeys through food, faith and culture | Jimi Famurewa I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-11-10 | Black African communities have had a seismic impact across British culture, sports, politics, and more. Immigration from countries like Nigeria, Ghana and Zimbabwe has created many vibrant communities across Britain, especially in London. Across food, faith, and culture, the nation's capital has become a melting pot of ideas of what it is to be Black, African, and British. What can the eclectic nature of African London teach us about ties that bind immigrant communities together and to their home countries? How are these communities shaped by ongoing racial discrimination between White and Black communities and between Black Africans and Afro-Caribbeans? At the RSA, writer, editor and restaurant critic, Jimi Famurewa shares stories of time spent immersed in the culture, tradition, food, and politics of Black African London and explores what this can teach us about the nature of modern London, modern Britain, and modern diaspora life.#RSAjourneys Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
Viral justice – the big impact of small change | Ruha Benjamin I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-11-03 | How can we transform society through the choices we make every day?Small change can have a big impact on our lives. Through knock-on effects and cumulative action, little shifts have the potential for great harm and great good. And when it is easy to feel overwhelmed at the scale of change needed to solve big, structural problems, we need to recognise the value of practical change we can enact on a daily basis.In recent times, the twin plagues of Covid-19 and anti-Black police violence have caused Ruha Benjamin to rethink the importance of these every day, individual actions across our lives and societies - from the impact of the chronic stress of racism and inequities in our health care system to the power of community organisers who are fostering mutual aid and collective healing.Here at the RSA, Ruha Benjamin will demonstrate the impact of these micro-changes, drawing on her personal experience and professional research on race, technology, and justice. Alongside the chair of the discussion, Mandu Reid, leader of the Women’s Equality Party, Ruha will offer an inspiring and practical vision of how seemingly minor decisions and habits can spread virally and have exponentially positive effects.#RSAviraljusticeBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/udI9xDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEventsLike RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficialJoin our Fellowship: thersa.org/fellowship/join
Edible economics | Ha-Joon Chang I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-10-27 | Economics affects all aspects of our lives – but who is writing the basic recipe we're cooking from, and how much do we really know about the ingredients? When the economist Ha-Joon Chang arrived in Britain in the eighties, he was struck by how bland and homogeneous the British diet was. But it wasn’t just the food – in mainstream economic thinking too, there seemed to only be one item on the menu – the Neoclassical tradition. Whilst our diet has expanded and diversified since then, our economic preference has remained stubbornly singular. Chang argues that just as a nourishing and appetising diet needs a variety of flavours and nutrients, our economics also needs to borrow from different traditions and ways of thinking in order to produce the best results for the greatest number of people. Discover more about how economics affects every dimension of our lives - check out Ha-Joon Chang's RSA Animate here... youtube.com/watch?v=NdbbcO35arw&t=8s#RSAeconomics Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
Exploring the wellbeing impacts of a universal basic income | RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-10-21 | The combined cost of living, labour market and healthcare crises present an opportunity for radical structural change within our economic and social systems. Is there scope for the introduction of a universal basic income as a transformative public health intervention?As part of an academic partnership, funded by Wellcome, the RSA is exploring the potential for a UBI, how it could work in practice and what its impacts might be. The research brings together new analysis which shows that even a fiscally neutral UBI could have a significant effect in reducing poverty and insecurity and bring health benefits to those benefiting from the scheme. The event marks the launch of a new RSA report exploring the health and wellbeing impacts of a universal basic income. Read our interim report on a UBI and mental health. #RSAUBIBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
After the summer of discontent: where next and whats needed now? | RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-10-20 | Whether it’s energy bills, food essentials, petrol or train tickets, costs are rising across all corners of our lives. Households, businesses and even essential services are feeling the pressure, with the poorest in our society most harshly affected.To add to the burden, wages and salaries have failed to rise in line with inflation. The past summer saw several sectors push back on this, as train operators, posties, barristers, dock workers and more went out on strike. Some success was achieved, but for many, their battle is ongoing.With cost of living pressures expected to worsen over the winter, what kind of support is needed now from employers and from the government? And what can the ‘summer of discontent’ teach us about the power of collective action and how people can best make their voice heard in the workplace and wider society?Hear representatives from Citizens Advice, the Living Wage Foundation and the Trades Union Congress as they explore these urgent questions and their potential solutions. Want to watch this event at RSA House?For those wishing to gather with friends or colleagues to watch in-person, this event will be live-streamed on The Steps in The Coffee House on the day of the event from 13:00.#RSAdiscontentBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
Building a politics of the common good | Maurice Glasman + Lisa Nandy I REPLAY RSA 2022-10-18 | The architect of ‘Blue Labour’ argues that a new politics based on human relationships, mutuality and pluralism is more relevant – and more necessary - than ever in the post-COVID world.Rejecting both New Labour’s embrace of free markets and the statism of Corbynism, Blue Labour thinking sought to reconnect Labour with its working-class base, and to bring assets, power and dignity back to local communities.As workers' rights and futures - and the future of the places they live - take centre-stage in politics once more, Blue Labour’s founder, political scientist Maurice Glasman, is joined by Shadow Levelling-Up Secretary Lisa Nandy MP to explore what left-conservatism has to offer the Labour Party, and the country, in the post-Brexit, post-Covid era.*Please note this event will be shown at RSA House and Online - please ensure to register for the correct ticket type to avoid disappointment* #RSAcommongoodBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
Slouching towards utopia | Brad DeLong I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-10-13 | The twentieth century’s sharp upward curve of economic and technological progress saw an explosion of wealth and possibility that has never before been seen in human history. But, despite affording billions greater material wealth, health and freedom, the age of plenty has not delivered the utopia it initially seemed to promise. Brad DeLong, one of the world’s leading economists, argues that instead of ushering in an era of prosperity, wellbeing and unlocked human potential, the gains of what he terms the ‘long twentieth century’ have not only been equivocal and double-edged, but also unfairly distributed. DeLong’s magnum opus, Slouching Towards Utopia was an instant NYT bestseller, and has been universally lauded as the must-read account of 20th century economics. Join us as we explore why true economic and human progress is a complicated game of snakes and ladders, and what we need to do to create a better world.Want to watch this event at RSA House?For those wishing to gather with friends or colleagues to watch in-person, this event will be live-streamed on The Steps in The Coffee House on the day of the event from 13:00.#RSAutopiaBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
The Huxleys: a revolution in how we see ourselves | Alison Bashford I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-10-12 | Across the 19th and 20th centuries, the Huxley family reshaped how we think about humanity and our relationship with the natural world. Within a family of scientists, educators, novelists, mystics, and filmmakers, two men led the way: ‘Darwin’s Bulldog’, the zoologist T.H. Huxley and his grandson and intellectual inheritor, the ecologist and conservationist, Julian Huxley.From religion to genetics, to human psychology, the Huxleys’ impact was felt across some of the most controversial and significant topics of their day. In studies of the natural world, they contributed to the foundation of the new sciences of ecology and animal conservation.Adept at writing about themselves in painfully revealing, honest and unprecedented ways, the family’s lives, marriages, successes and failures were also subject to their fascination with emotional, sexual, and psychological experience.At the RSA, leading historian of science Alison Bashford is joined by historian Thomas Dixon and writer Stuart Jeffries to discuss the impact of three generations of Huxleys, exploring how the roots of the Huxley legacy reach deep into scientific and cultural conversations we are still having today. #RSAHuxleyBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
How climate migration will reshape people and planet | Gaia Vince I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-10-06 | Estimates suggest that the planet’s average temperature could rise by up to four degrees Celsius. From heatwaves and hurricanes to flooding and droughts, the extreme weather this would bring could render certain parts of our planet unliveable. Changes on this scale may leave many people with no other option but to migrate to more liveable parts of the planet. Those who do migrate may have to navigate national borders and a public image that paints migration as a problem that needs to be solved. If mass migration is to be an inevitable part of our future, how can we more proactively approach the scale of the challenge and view it as a key solution to climate-related threats? How can we ensure people driven to migration have agency over their experience and ensure that we build a future that does not exaggerate existing social inequalities?Here, Gaia Vince will set out her manifesto for this era of planetary change. After outlining likely futures for our planet and the changes this will require from countries, communities and cities, Gaia will explore key questions that will shape the future of human geography and explain how we should see these changes as key solutions to build a better, greener and fairer future.Want to watch this event at RSA House?For those wishing to gather with friends or colleagues to watch in-person, this event will be live-streamed on The Steps in The Coffee House on the day of the event from 13:00.#RSAclimatemigrationBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
If science is to save us | Martin Rees I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-09-29 | There’s no scientific impediment - even with present knowledge - to achieving a sustainable world in this century. We live under the shadow of new hazards - but these can be minimized by reprioritizing the thrust of the world’s technological effort - and optimizing the educational system and the institutions where research is done. Astronomer Royal Martin Rees has spent a lifetime exploring science’s most profound questions, and advocating for its place in our common culture, at the heart of our democracy and decision-making.At the RSA, he insists that we can be technological optimists, despite the pessimism engendered by intractable politics and sociology. Environmental degradation, unchecked climate change, and unintended consequences of advanced technology could trigger serious, even catastrophic, setbacks to our society, he warns – and our world is so interconnected that a collapse - societal or ecological - would be a truly global catastrophe. So it’s ever more crucial to ensure that science is deployed optimally, and that brakes are applied to applications that are dangerous or unethical. Scientists have a special obligation to promote beneficial applications of their researches, and to warn against the downsides. But priorities in how their work is applied are matters for the wider public - so it’s crucial that the education system should offer everyone enough 'feel' for science to permit an informed debate on its ethics and hazards.Join one of our most eminent and far-seeing scientists to explore the future of scientific endeavour at a time when innovation must be guided by values science alone cannot provide. The stakes have never been higher.*Please note this event will be shown at RSA House and Online - please ensure to register for the correct ticket type to avoid disappointment*#RSAscienceBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
The story behind extraordinary success | Bruce Daisley I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-09-29 | Society tells us that to be successful we must be tough, stubborn, and resilient. We can all achieve success if we just work hard enough. Across all corners of society, from sport to science and beyond, there are many examples of people who have overcome great hardship to achieve next-level success. However, this view focuses on individual achievement and can easily ignore many of the external factors that can undermine our confidence, take away our agency and stack the odds against us. When we look closely at the context around achievement and resilience, the road to extraordinary success is far more complex than it first appears.Join Bruce Daisley as he explores how success is achievable today and re-examines what it means to be resilient. In conversation with the RSA’s Andrea Siodmok, Bruce will put forward an empowering new programme for building self-confidence and tenacity that can benefit us all, not just the elite few. *Please note this event will be shown at RSA House and Online - please ensure to register for the correct ticket type to avoid disappointment*#RSASuccessBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
That quiet little voice: when design and ethics collide I George Aye I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-09-22 | The design industry’s relationship to the field of business has long been established and continues to become further entangled each year. But designers aren’t just satisfied with only disrupting the business sector—they’re keen to disrupt the social sector too. Unfortunately, the weaknesses baked into the discipline of design (that have been present from the start) are readily exposed when designers enter complex social issues and treat them like any other human-centred innovation challenge. The lack of a moral framework, let alone a set of ethical guidelines, put designers at great risk of doing more harm than good. What needs to change to protect communities and participants?Join designer George Aye for this special digital event in partnership with the London Design Festival to explore what happens when design and ethics collide, and how design practitioners can become better prepared to recognise and navigate situations of complexity, compromise and ethical risk.www.thersa.org/fellowship/festival/design-for-lifewww.londondesignfestival.com#RSAdesignBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rsaeventsoff... Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
Rethinking what good work means today | Hilary Cottam + Laetitia Vitaud I RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-09-22 | What does good work mean today and what should good work be? The ways we work have seen huge changes in recent years. Technology has reformed entire sectors, remote working has become commonplace and age demographics have shifted as more people retire early or rethink their chosen careers. Such huge change means that the ways we measure good work are now outdated, with familiar notions of productivity criticised as being unfair to women and having more relevance to the industrial economy than to the knowledge economy. There is much to reflect on and much we need to understand about this new world of work. Over the past 12 months, the RSA’s Good Work Guild has brought together a global community of practitioners to share experiences, expertise and ideas and explore some of the most pressing issues related to the future of work, economic security, and labour market transformation. This event brings together three experts on what makes good and meaningful work. Join Laetitia Vitaud and Hilary Cottam in conversation with Sharmi Surianarain as they reflect on their research, discuss issues highlighted by the Good Work Guild and reflect on their own research to ask how we can build a social revolution for work, imagining what work could and should be and what impact good work could have.#RSAgoodworkBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
Is social prescribing the future for healthcare? | Andrew Mawson + Sam Everington | RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-09-20 | The 2022 Albert Medal Event Andrew Mawson and Sam Everington first pioneered social prescribing at the Bromley by Bow Centre in East London by offering services that go beyond what people typically receive at GP surgeries. Their approach recognises how patients often have more than one need and makes it easier for individuals to access different levels of practical and emotional support in their local area. RSA Chief Executive Andy Haldane will present Sam Everington and Andrew Mawson with the 2022 RSA Albert Medal for their pioneering work in integrated healthcare, and in their award address they will describe their ongoing efforts to put social prescribing at the heart of building healthier communities.The RSA Albert Medal is awarded annually to recognise the creativity and innovation of individuals and organisations working to resolve the challenges of our times. The Medal was instituted in 1864 as a memorial to Prince Albert, former President of the Society.The RSA has been at the forefront of significant social impact for over 260 years. Find out more about our global network of entrepreneurs, educators and innovators working together for the advancement of society, the economy and the environment.*Please note this event will be shown at RSA House and Online - please ensure to register for the correct ticket type to avoid disappointment*#RSAhealthBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
Exploding the stereotypes and myths of gendered emotions | Pragya Agarwal | RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-09-15 | How have history and science shaped the gendering of our emotions?Emotions shape the way we interact with the world and how we are perceived by others. Yet the ways that we interpret those emotions and act on them has been heavily gendered. Hidden patterns of bias sit beneath the language we use and reach across our lives and society, from politics and the media to the workplace and our personal relationships.But how did this come to be? What factors have influenced the gendered stereotypes, double standards, and assumptions that influence the reading of our emotions? What, if any, grounding does this have in our biology? How is the gendering of emotions influenced by racial stereotypes and other forms of social inequalities?Join Pragya Agarwal, behaviour and data scientist, to explore fundamental questions around how we gender emotions, the impact this has on our lives and how unshackling ourselves from these stereotypes can benefit us all.Want to watch this event at RSA House?For those wishing to gather with friends or colleagues to watch in-person, this event will be live-streamed on The Steps in The Coffee House on the day of the event from 13:00.#RSAEmotionsBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
Social justice and health equity | Michael Marmot | RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-09-13 | Taking action to reduce health inequalities is a matter of social justice.In his lecture to the RSA, Professor Sir Michael Marmot will explain that in developing strategies for tackling health inequalities we need to confront the social gradient in health, not just the difference between the worst off and everybody else. There is clear evidence when we look across countries that national policies make a difference and that much can be done in cities, towns and local areas. But policies and interventions must not be confined to the health care system; they need to address the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. The evidence shows that economic circumstances are important but are not the only drivers of health inequalities. Tackling the health gap will take action, based on sound evidence, across the whole of society.#RSAhealthBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
Cash, cards, crypto: inside the war for our wallets | Brett Scott | RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-07-14 | A cashless society seems inevitable, but what forces are driving this change and who stands to gain?We are increasingly reaching for cards, apps and even cryptocurrencies to make payments and manage our money. Though cash is still widely used, the narrative around it suggests it is outdated and presents cash dependency as a problem we need to solve. The shift to digital, ‘cloudmoney’ is presented as inevitable and defended by claims of consumer convenience.Developments in the global payments arena are fuelling this change. Big banks, FinTech apps and Big Tech are forming new alliances and launching joint products, attracted by the great volumes of personal data that can be gathered from digital payments.If a cashless society really is inevitable, how can we ensure this future is fair, inclusive, and not a threat to data privacy?Join campaigner and monetary anthropologist, Brett Scott, as he explores the forces shaping the war for our wallets, who stands to gain from a cashless society, who gets left behind and what role cryptocurrencies might play in our future finances.If you're interested in the benefits and drawbacks of the growing cashless economy, read our Cash census report (March 2022). Want to watch this event at RSA House?For those wishing to gather with friends or colleagues to watch in-person, this event will be live-streamed on The Steps in The Coffee House on the day of the event from 13:00.#RSACashBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
Three centuries of the RSA | Anton Howes | RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-07-12 | Join us to celebrate Anton Howes’s engaging and authoritative new history of the RSA - Arts and Minds: How the Royal Society of Arts Changed a Nation.For almost three centuries the RSA has played an important role in many of our major social reforms and innovations. It helped construct the public education system, encouraged the planting of more than sixty million trees, sought technological alternatives to child labour, and even once purchased and restored an entire village. And did plenty more in-between.Drawing on exclusive access to a wealth of rare papers and artefacts from the RSA Archives, historian Anton Howes shows how this vibrant and singularly ambitious organisation, whose members have been drawn from all walks of life and from across the political spectrum (and include the founding fathers of liberalism, conservatism and communism, Adam Smith, Edmund Burke and Karl Marx) has evolved and adapted according to the spirit of the age. From its first meeting in 1754 in a Covent Garden coffeehouse, to today’s global community of 30,000 Fellows, join us to trace the RSA’s rich, and often surprising history of public-spirited improvement.If you are joining us at RSA House for the event, please note, the talk will be followed by book-signing and complimentary drinks. Please note, this event will be taking place both in-person at RSA House and streaming online. Please make sure to select the relevant ticket type when booking - thank youWant to watch this event at RSA House?#RSAchangeBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
Stories of modern England: a nation at a crossroads | Jason Cowley | RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-07-07 | Post-Brexit, post-pandemic, in a time of political anxiety and fragmentation, at a social and cultural crossroads - which path will a divided England take next?From ‘take back control’ to ‘levelling up’, from the tragedy of Morecambe Bay to the remaking of English football culture, award-winning journalist and editor Jason Cowley re-examines recent key news events and reflects on the human stories behind the headlines, taking stock of the state of the nation in 2022, and searching for the shared experiences and values that unite us through difference and change.Want to watch this event at RSA House?For those wishing to gather with friends or colleagues to watch in-person, this event will be live-streamed on The Steps in The Coffee House on the day of the event from 13:00.#RSAstoriesBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
Where next for the UK’s local and regional economies? | Andy Burnham +Andy Street | RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-07-05 | Doubling down on devolution: where next for the UK’s local and regional economies? The West Midlands and Greater Manchester are leading the way on devolution with more control over transport, planning, housing, policing and skills. The combined authorities were both singled out in the Levelling Up White Paper for trailblazer devolution deals with Government, with negotiations beginning imminently. The elected Mayors in these regions act as a single point of accountability – both to local people and central government. Should Mayoral combined authorities be given even more autonomy in order to bring back prosperity and pride to the places they govern? Are they on the right track to become examples for other areas of the UK to follow? And how are they approaching their negotiations with Government?Please note, this event will be taking place both in-person at RSA House and streaming online. Please make sure to select the relevant ticket type when booking - thank you #RSAdevolutionBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
The social distance between us | Darren McGarvey | RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-06-30 | How can we solve our biggest social and economic problems if the people in power so rarely understand what it’s really like to be at the sharp end?The pandemic exposed and intensified the deep-rooted problems gripping the nation – from poverty to precarity to underfunded public services. But social distance has been at the heart of our biggest challenges since long before Covid-19 struck: in particular, the distance that those in power often keep from the issues they are in charge of solving.If proximity to a problem makes us better placed to understand how to address it, then it’s no wonder we are faltering. The distance – be it geographical, economic, or cultural – between those who make decisions and those on the receiving end of them has never been clearer, and the parameters of the discussion about social inequality are set by those who have little experience of it. Prize-winning writer, commentator and rapper Darren McGarvey interrogates the social remoteness at the root of our biggest problems, and explores what it would take to centre lived experience in developing clear-sighted, hopeful solutions.Want to watch this event at RSA House?For those wishing to gather with friends or colleagues to watch in-person, this event will be live-streamed on The Steps in The Coffee House on the day of the event from 13:00.#RSAinequalityBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
Designing our futures: The 2022 RSA Student Design Awards | Alice Rawsthorn | RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-06-29 | RSA Student Design Awards 2022 | Keynote address and award ceremonyDesign Emergency: How can design help us to build a better future?Join us for this special event celebrating the 2021/22 RSA Student Design Awards programme and the power of design to help us build a better future.The 2022 SDA keynote address will be delivered by award-winning design critic, author and co-founder of Design Emergency, Alice Rawsthorn.In her address, Alice will describe how she and MoMA design curator Paola Antonelli are using their research platform, Design Emergency, to explore the work of the global design leaders who are giving us hope by developing ingenious solutions to problems caused by the climate emergency, refugee crisis, abuses of technology and other complex challenges.Following the address, the RSA’s chief impact officer Andrea Siodmok will present the 2022 awards, sharing an overview of each winning project, and inviting the people behind these inspiring ideas on stage to receive their awards.The ceremony will be followed by a drinks reception in the RSA Benjamin Franklin Room – all welcome!The RSA Student Design Awards is a global competition focused around a set of project briefs that challenge participants to tackle pressing social, environmental and economic issues through design thinking. Winners receive practical and financial support from the RSA and our partners, as well as the opportunity to join a remarkably diverse community of alumni.Please note, this event will be taking place both in-person at RSA House and streaming online. Please make sure to select the relevant ticket type when booking - thank you#RSAdesignBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
How to create learners for life | Nadhim Zahawi MP | RSA Fellows Festival 2022 RSA 2022-06-27 | How to create learners for life - Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP, Secretary of State for Education and Andy Haldane, RSA Chief ExecutiveRSA Fellows Festival 2022www.theRSA.org/fellowship/festival
How to create good work and good business | RSA Fellows Festival 2022 RSA 2022-06-27 | How to create good work and good business - Kate Bell, Tony Danker, Liv Garfield, Lewis Iwu, Gillian TettRSA Fellows Festival 2022www.theRSA.org/fellowship/festival
How to be more resilient | David Tait | RSA Fellows Festival 2022 RSA 2022-06-27 | How to be more resilient - David Tait, Andy Haldane, Chief Executive RSA
How to see ourselves as citizens | Jon Alexander | RSA Fellows Festival 2022 RSA 2022-06-27 | How to see ourselves as citizens - Jon Alexander, Andy Haldane, Chief Executive RSARSA Fellows Festival 2022www.theRSA.org/fellowship/festival
Can we be free in the age of the internet? | RSA REPLAY RSA 2022-06-23 | We unthinkingly grant internet companies access to our homes, relationships, and most private thoughts. This information is used to mould our realities, influencing our everyday choices and actions – from who we date to how we vote. How can we safeguard our freedom of thought in an age when our minds are for sale?As human rights lawyer Susie Alegre explores, this is a new frontier in an age-old struggle: the powerful have always sought to influence how we think, and these latest tools for doing so threaten our mental freedom like never before. She examines the long history of the effort to liberate our minds, and lays out how we can recast our human rights for the digital age to protect our most fragile and fundamental freedoms. #RSAFreedomWant to watch this event at RSA House?For those wishing to gather with friends or colleagues to watch in-person, this event will be live-streamed on The Steps in The Coffee House on the day of the event from 13:00.Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: instagram.com/rsa_eventsFollow the RSA on Twitter: twitter.com/RSAEvents Like RSA Events on Facebook: facebook.com/rsaeventsofficial Listen to RSA Events podcasts: bit.ly/35EyQYU
