RSA Events

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 anti-racism has often hindered, rather than helped, efforts to address the difficult questions about how to live together, particularly in increasingly diverse societies This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 10th October 2019. Discover more about this event here:https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/10/anti-racism-and-the-politics-of-diversity

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 punditry, business and politics to show why being right carries less weight than looking right. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Tuesday 2nd October 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/10/who-does-society-really-listen-to

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 the press and on social media contributed to a growing sense of divide between the ‘Westminster bubble’ and the rest of the country? An expert panel gathers to discuss this peculiar moment, and how our ways of talking about politics have shaped the situation we find ourselves in. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Thursday 26th September 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/09/uk-politics-making-sense-of-the-mayhem

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. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/09/designing-the-future-of-fashion

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 light in the fight against the existential threats posed by Facebook and the big tech giants to our privacy, democracy and public health. This event was recorded live at the RSA on Tuesday 17th September 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2019/09/big-tech-and-the-future-of-democracy