Can we redesign the working week to improve worker productivity and wellbeing? With author and futurist Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 13th February 2020. Discover more about this event here:https://www.thersa.org/events/2020/02/work-less-and-get-things-done
Is digitised social media destroying democracy? With Archon Fung, Professor of Citizenship at the Harvard Kennedy School. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Monday 10th February 2020. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2020/02/democracy-and-the-digital-public-sphere
Science writer Ziya Tong explores the blind spots and illusions that warp our sense of reality, and lays out a new way of understanding the world that can equip us to face our biggest challenges. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 6th February 2020. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2020/02/how-to-burst-the-reality-bubble
Happiness pioneer Richard Layard issues a call to action to citizens, governments and policymakers to adopt a new model of social organisation. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 30th January 2020. Discover more about this event here: https://soundcloud.com/the_rsa/a-new-roadmap-for-eco-politics
Jonathan Bartley, co-Leader of the Green Party in England & Wales and Franziska Brantner, Alliance 90/The Greens MP discuss routes to placing climate change and sustainability front and centre of European political debate. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 23rd January 2020. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2020/01/a-new-roadmap-for-eco-politics
Despite working longer hours, the UK produces less in five days than workers in Germany produce in four. Why does the UK perform so poorly on productivity? Andy Haldane, Tera Allas, Kate Bell, Sarah Davidson and Matthew Taylor look at how good work improves productivity – as well as health and happiness. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 16th January 2020. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2020/can-good-work-solve-our-productivity-puzzle...
What will our lives be like when there are fewer jobs to go around? Economist Daniel Susskind envisages a world of work drastically changed by automation, and explores how to find meaning in lives less defined by work. Daniel is joined by Alan Lockey, Head of the Future Work Centre at the RSA. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 16th January 2020. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2020/how-to-thrive-in-a-world-without-work
How do we rebuild our international stature, form value-based alliances, and ensure a meaningful and active role for the UK on the global stage after the 31 January? Lisa Nandy, MP for Wigan and candidate for the leadership of the Labour Party, visits the RSA to explore the future role for the UK in the post-Brexit international landscape. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Wednesday 15th January 2020. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2020/01/Britains-Pl...
The RSA Student Design Awards is a global curriculum and competition for emerging designers that’s been running since 1924. We challenge students and recent graduates to tackle pressing social, environmental and economic issues through design thinking. This audio was recorded in 2019 and is part of the annual SDA competition
The RSA Student Design Awards is a global curriculum and competition for emerging designers that’s been running since 1924. We challenge students and recent graduates to tackle pressing social, environmental and economic issues through design thinking. This audio was recorded in 2019 and is part of the annual SDA competition.
As we near the end of 2019, a panel of commentators gathers to reflect on the forgotten moments that have shaped a year consumed by politics. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 12th December 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/092/2019-review-of-the-year
Social innovation pioneer Geoff Mulgan argues that we need new solutions designed to meet social needs if we’re to solve our most urgent global challenges. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Tuesday 10th December 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/092/how-societies-find-the-power-to-change
Behavioural geneticist Robert Plomin argues that the DNA revolution has profound implications for parenting and education. If so, how should we respond? This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 5th December 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/092/how-dna-makes-us-who-we-are
Changemaker Paul Sinton-Hewitt tells the story of parkrun, the uniquely accessible and social initiative which has opened the possibility of wellbeing and social cohesion to all. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Tuesday 3rd December 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/092/a-social-movement-for-the-common-good
Mark Major RDI, incoming Master of the RDI Faculty, will give the 2019 Address on the way in which his experience of illuminating public space has helped him develop some key principles for successful design leadership and excellence. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 28th November 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/11/dont-forget-the-magic
A fresh look at how we humans have evolved and remade the world around us. What’s our next chapter? With science writer Gaia Vince. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 28th November 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/11/the-story-of-us
How did internet companies take over the world? Economic analyst Rana Foroohar explores how we can challenge the power of the tech giants. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 21st November 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/11/how-big-tech-betrayed-us
In his annual Chief Executive’s Lecture, Matthew Taylor will discuss the scale and nature of economic insecurity today and collective solutions to confront it. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Friday 22nd November 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/11/an-age-of-insecurity
A clarion call from economist Vicky Pryce to radically reform our economic system so that it stops failing women. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 14th November 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/11/women-vs-capitalism
What is the emotional impact of living our lives online? Model and writer Naomi Shimada explores how social media is changing everything. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 7th November 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/11/a-survival-guide-to-social-media
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency and UK Commissioner to the Global Commission on Adaption, calls for collective action to protect the environment and build climate resilience. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 31st October 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/10/the-new-normal-leadership-in-the-climate-crisis
We are amidst another technological revolution and Carl Benedict Frey explores what lessons from the past, can help us to better face the present and the future of work. This event was recorded live on Thursday 31st October 2019 at the RSA. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/10/the-automation-age-the-winners-and-the-losers
After winning the Cold War, did the West lose the peace? Political scientist Ivan Krastev sheds light on the East/West divide, thirty years on. This event was recorded live on Tuesday 29th October 2019 at the RSA. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/10/liberalism-lost---30-years-after-the-fall-of-the-wall
How can a decarbonised, socially just global system be achieved? Economist Ann Pettifor discusses the radical plans laid out in the Green New Deal. This event was recorded live on Thursday 25th October 2019 at the RSA. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/10/system-change-not-climate-change/
We’re living through a crisis of distraction. Behavioural designer Nir Eyal teaches us how to regain focus on what really matters. This event was recorded live on Wednesday 17th October 2019 at the RSA. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/10/how-to-control-your-attention-and-choose-your-life
How should anti-racism work in ‘super-diverse’ societies? For as long as humans have lived together, we have grappled with questions about difference, identity, and tolerance – but what we really mean by these things must continue to be evaluated as the makeup of society and the degree of interconnection between its members change. Anti-racist politics of recent decades have been important in making a case for a cosmopolitan future – but, argues sociologist Keith Kahn-Harris, the rhetoric of ant...
Should pretty people pay more tax? Does truth really matter? Why are self-confident uninformed people so often believed? These are just some of the questions that behavioural experts Steve Martin and Joseph Marks tackle in their new book Messengers: Who We Listen To, Who We Don’t, and Why. Drawing on the latest research, they identify the powerful forces that result in some becoming society’s prevailing Messengers, and others ending up ineffectual or under-represented. They examine the worlds of...
Do we get the politics we deserve? A panel of commentators reflects on a period of extraordinary political events and public discussion The turbulence in Westminster has captured a great deal of public attention, with political moments trending daily on social media and record numbers of viewers tuning in to BBC Parliament. But are we actually any more engaged with our political institutions and processes, or are we just gawping at the spectacle of it all? Has the way politics is talked about in...
Our clothes are some of our most treasured possessions: they keep us warm, dry and protected; they help us feel comfortable, to fit in and show affiliation, or to stand out and show difference. To mark the launch of the 2019/20 RSA Student Design Awards, a panel of design, systems-thinking and fashion futures experts will bring a range of perspectives on how we can accelerate the transition to a regenerative fashion industry. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Tuesday 24th September 2019...
Early Facebook investor and Zuckerberg mentor Roger McNamee exposes the threats posed by the internet giants to our political order and public health. From early 2016, his concerns about the company’s business model, culture and priorities became ever graver, leading to a crusading new role that turned him from fervent champion to fierce critic. In the years since, as tech-driven scandal and crisis has hit countries from the US to the UK, from Sri Lanka to Brazil, McNamee has become a leading li...
