Neuroscientist and environmental journalist Clayton Aldern has travelled the world to meet scientists and doctors working at the intersections of environmental science, psychology and neuroscience to synthesize a new, interdisciplinary approach to a novel field — the neuroscience of climate change. His new book The Weight of Nature is an impassione…

The last century saw a revolution in life expectancy. And this revolution will require us to shift what we do at every age and will demand a transformation of every aspect of our society. Most of us are now expected to live much longer than previous generations. But instead of seeing this as a precious gift of extra life, we see it as a burden, wit…

What can other parts of the world learn from Ukraine, as it pioneers bringing acts of ecocide into the discussion of justice in the context of war? Ukraine is not only having to confront the destruction of human life and infrastructure caused by Russia’s invasion but also having to deal with damage to the environment. The question of the environmen…

Lucy Kerbel, founder, Tonic; Amanda Parker, cultural strategist and founder, Inc Arts UK; and Kate Varah, executive director, National Theatre, talk to Hayley Sims, head of policy and participation, RSA about COURAGE + THE ARTS. #FELLOWSFESTIVAL #FELLOWSFESTIVAL2024 Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Donate to The RSA: https://utm…

Award-winning journalist and author of “Empireworld”, Sathnam Sanghera talks to RSA chief executive Andy Haldane about COURAGE + EMPIRE #FELLOWSFESTIVAL #FELLOWSFESTIVAL2024 Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Donate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/ Follow the R…

Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh, environmental psychologist, University of Bath and Kabir Kaul FRSA, conservationist and wildlife writer talk to Martin Wright, author, editor and speaker about COURAGE + CLIMATE #FELLOWSFESTIVAL #FELLOWSFESTIVAL2024 Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Donate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RS…

Tim Smit, founder, Eden Project and Emily Bolton, founder, Our Future talk to RSA chief executive Andy Haldane about COURAGE + COMMUNITY. #FELLOWSFESTIVAL #FELLOWSFESTIVAL2024 Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Donate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/ Follow the…

Kwame Kwei-Armah, artistic director, Young Vic theatre, delivers the 2024 RSA Fellows Festival keynote address on COURAGE #FELLOWSFESTIVAL #FELLOWSFESTIVAL2024 Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Donate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/ Follow the RSA on Twitter:…

Christiana Figueres receives the RSA Albert Medal, awarded annually to honour outstanding, regenerative and impactful innovation that is enabling people, places and the planet to flourish in harmony.   Christiana Figueres is an internationally recognised leader on global climate change, credited with forging a new brand of collaborative diplomacy t…

The Most Reverend Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury delivers the first in a series of keynote addresses by leading public figures responding to the RSA’s annual theme of COURAGE. In 2024, in a time of overlapping global crises, it’s clear that radical courage will be required of us as individuals and as a society - in our communities and insti…

The founder of the Bradford Literature Festival talks to the RSA’s CEO about how cultural activity can build stronger communities and drive economic growth. Syima discusses her background, the creation in 2014 of the Bradford Literature Festival as an eclectic and inclusive cultural event, and developments over the following nine years. She also ta…

Charlie Paton RDI, award-winning product developer, maker, designer and forester will give this year's RDI Address. Earth, Wind and Fire Just add water – a climate recipe As we lurch from one crisis to the next, our present and future is looking decidedly sub-optimal. We have the tools and technologies to fix things, but are we using them wisely? F…

RSA Student Design Awards – the world’s longest-running student design competition – is celebrating its 100th birthday! To mark the SDA centenary year, we are honoured and delighted to announce a very special event awarding the 2023 Bicentenary Medal to Satish Kumar and Schumacher College for their outstanding contributions to education that is ena…

Every health system in the world is experiencing extraordinary challenges in the decade ahead. The good news is that we’ve increased life expectancy; now we need to increase life quality, address health disparities, and reduce the burden on an over-stretched NHS workforce. And that will mean a paradigm shift in our approach to health and care towar…

We are part of a complex technological system. We depend on this system for the way we work, the way we live, the way we think. How do we choose and regulate the technology which will help us build better futures for people, place and planet? Drawing from his new book ‘The Machine Age: An Idea, a History, a Warning’, economic historian Robert Skide…

Despite many successive administrations’ attempts to modernise and improve the civil service, deep-rooted challenges remain, with instability and falling morale. How can we embed positive change in the Whitehall machine – change that lasts? In the wake of the fallout from Brexit, the global pandemic, and the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, a well-fu…

We in the West appear to be at a year zero, with the seeming end of the relative peace and prosperity we took for granted. For years our politicians have said they were going for growth and would ensure that those with least would benefit disproportionately from the proceeds of that growth. They've failed. Growth has vanished. The poorest are despe…

Recent years in British politics have seen extraordinary turmoil, including the fastest turnover of ministers in history and more MPs suspended from the House than ever before. Faith in politics and politicians is at an all-time low, and the work of honest and accountable MPs tarnished. Drawing from his experience as MP for Rhondda and Chair of the…

Exploring insights from the Global Science Partnership – engaging citizens, climate scientists and policymakers to develop and implement ambitious climate action. Our Future Together is an innovative global science and public engagement partnership, which brings academic and research communities, policymakers, civil society, and the public’s perspe…

Amy Edmondson has been named the most influential management thinker in the world. In her latest work, she introduces the three archetypes of failure – simple, complex and intelligent – and explains how to harness the revolutionary potential of the good failures - and eliminate the bad. Drawing on illuminating case-studies, from the history of open…

In his speech at the RSA, the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords, Lord McFall of Alcluith, will discuss options for reform of Parliament’s Upper House, to enhance the effectiveness of its work of scrutiny and revision of legislation, as well as its capacity for addressing the long-term challenges facing the UK. Drawing on his experience of interrog…

Katherine Rundell is an award-winning author, and widely acknowledged as one of the finest children’s writers of her generation. Her new book Impossible Creatures is a clarion call to readers to fight to save precious creatures of all kinds before they vanish before our eyes. Sir Michael Morpurgo is a former Children’s Laureate, and author of count…

The UK Chancellor’s recent Mansion House speech promised to “unleash the superpower” of Defined Contributions pension funds in order to “seize the opportunities of the future”.  The proposed reforms and a new compact with leading pension providers aim to increase savers’ incomes and unlock billions of pounds of investment capital to fund high growt…

In a wide-ranging interview, the architect of the 2015 Paris Agreement speaks to the RSA’s CEO about how she first became involved in climate issues, how success was achieved in Paris, the importance of market forces and how outrage helps fuel her optimism for the future of our planet.Christiana Figueres, Andy Haldane による

Fellows Talks Session 3 Speakers: Malini Mehra FRSA, chief executive, GLOBE International; chair of the London Sustainable Development Commission Just Transition work programme; ambassador, London Climate Action Week Chair: Martin Wright, RSA Fellow, award-winning writer, editor and speaker on environmental solutions and sustainability futures; dir…

Fellows Talks Session 2 Speakers: Stephen Oram | In Pursuit of Consensual Futures, Meena Wood | Education Transformed, Enabling All To Achieve and Rachel Drapper | Let’s talk dirty… dishes. Chores, the mental load and why sharing them matters. Chair: Martin Wright, RSA Fellow, award-winning writer, editor and speaker on environmental solutions and …

Fellows Talks Session 1 Chidi Oti Obihara | Cop 28 Climate Action Plan Speaker: Chidi Oti Obihara, RSA Fellow, environmentalist, climate finance expert and co-founder, COP 28 Climate Action Plan Chair: Martin Wright, RSA Fellow, award-winning writer, editor and speaker on environmental solutions and sustainability futures; director, Positive News B…

How to change the climate story Julia George talks to Rebecca Solnit, author, climate activist and co-editor, with Thelma Young Lutunatabua, of "Not Too Late: changing the climate story from despair to possibility". https://www.nottoolateclimate.com/ Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Donate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Foll…

How to regenerate the economy Andy Haldane in conversation with Shevaun Haviland, director-general, British Chambers of Commerce; Sebastian Payne FRSA, director, Onward; and Jo Swinson FRSA, director, Partners for a New Economy. Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Donate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Insta…

Unlocking the potential of the creative sector with Rt Hon Lucy Frazer MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Donate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/ Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theRSAorg Like …

Nature Game Changers With Sir Partha Dasgupta, author of The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review. Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Donate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/ Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theRSAorg Like RSA Events on F…

Nature Game Changers With Tanya Steele, Chief Executive, WWF-UK and Charlie Beattie, People's Assembly for Nature. Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Donate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/ Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theRSAorg Like RSA Event…

Nature Game Changers With Henry Dimbleby, food systems reformer and author, Ravenous. Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Donate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/ Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theRSAorg Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.fa…

Behind the scenes of BBC Wild Isles With series producer, film-maker Hilary Jeffkins. Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Donate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/ Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theRSAorg Like RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.fa…

How to release the potential of the creative industries. With Katy Shaw FRSA, director, AHRC Creative Communities; Darren Henley FRSA, chief executive, Arts Council England; and Shanaz Gulzar, creative director, Bradford 2025, UK City of Culture. Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueemb Donate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNB Follow R…

To mark the launch of a new RSA report Make it authentic, we talk to educators about their experience of doing youth social action with their pupils. What challenges and opportunities do they face? And how can systems leaders ensure that youth social action is a core part of learning at a difficult time for schools? Make it authentic concludes the …

The 2023 SDA keynote address will be delivered by UNEP Champion of the Earth and design disruptor, Dr Leyla Acaroglu. In her SDA keynote address, Dr Acaroglu will look at design ethics, systems change, circularity and designing a positive future that works better for all of us. As designers, she says, we have immense influence on society — we help …

Join the London Sustainable Development Commission for the launch of a new LSDC report on what the capital’s political leaders must do to deliver a ‘just transition’ for London. Download the report in full here. The event will ask: How do we continue to build public trust in climate action through engagement? How can communities have a greater say …

Richard Layard and Jan Emmanuel De Neve present a case for making wellbeing the central goal – for government, for business and for educators. Drawing from their field-defining publication on the science of wellbeing across the life course, they call for a shift in policymaking to maximise the wellbeing of individuals and to engage citizens to cont…

In one of his final speeches as CEO of Unilever, Alan Jope will share how his experiences have helped shape his views on how business will transform over the next decade. Alan will share insights and lessons learned leading a company with a €60bn turnover, covering 190 markets, with products that are used by 3.4billion people every day and with a v…

The world stands at a cross-roads, in urgent need of a compelling vision that can renew faith in democratic and liberal ideals, and galvanize collection action towards a better future for all. For economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler, the ideas we need right now are to be found in the work of one of the giants of 20th-century philosophy, John …

“Education is the root of all the more specific crises such as climate change, governance breakdowns, impending war and social unrest.” - Zachary Stein, writer, educator, futurist The 2022 Times Education Commission set out to examine the entire UK education system and consider its future in the light of the Covid-19 crisis, declining social mobili…

In his 2023 RSA President’s Lecture, Sir Peter Bazalgette will outline the current context of the creative industries and discuss opportunities to unleash the energy and potential of the sector to drive transformational change across society and the economy. Sir Peter is joined by five creative entrepreneurs, innovators across the sub-sectors of sc…

In her final public event as Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon reflects on an extraordinary career in public life. At the RSA, she’ll share thoughts on what shaped and sustained her during her premiership, as leader of an ambitious small nation taking a progressive agenda to the world stage, during a period of complex national and global cha…

Rana Foroohar, associate editor at the FT and one of the world's leading economic commentators, argues that path to prosperity, sustainability and equity lies in a local, place-based economics fit for the 21st century. The journalist Joseph Stiglitz has acclaimed for being 'consistently right about globalisation', argues that with the pandemic expo…

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 …

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 ho…

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…

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 t…

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 sorel…