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RSA EventsGender equity and justiceJoin us in London, Osaka and online for the second event in our global partnership with the UK at Expo 2025.The UK has a rich history of advancing women’s rights. In 1918, the Representation of the People Act granted voting rights to women over 30, with equal suffrage achieved in 1928. From the Equal Pay Act of 1970 to the Equality Act of 2010, trailblazing women have been at the forefront of building collective movements for progress and justice.But there remain stubborn challenges and barriers to women’s full economic, legal, and social empowerment.Linking speakers in t...
2025-08-061h 03RSA EventsPatron’s Lecture: why social capital mattersThis year’s keynote speaker is world-renowned political scientist Robert D. Putnam, author of the groundbreaking work Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, which has shaped global conversations on the importance of communal ties and social capital.Robert Putnam will be speaking to us about the vital role of social connections in combating the deepening crises of social isolation, political polarization, and economic inequality, drawing on insights from his latest work The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again.Divisions can be healed, he argues...
2025-03-251h 17RSA EventsAccelerating action: leading the changeWhat bold actions are needed to realise true gender equity?This International Women’s Day, the RSA invites you to a powerful event focused on advancing women’s leadership and action for systemic change. Featuring an incredible panel of women including I. Stephanie Boyce, the trailblazing first Black and first person of colour President of the Law Society of England and Wales, journalist Sophia Smith Galer, and Women in Sport policy and public affairs manager Rachel Williams, we’ll explore the transformative power of women’s leadership in addressing society’s most urgent challenges.Grounded in the RSA...
2025-03-111h 00RSA EventsHow business lost our trustFrom big tech scandals to soaring executive pay gaps, public trust in major corporations is at an all-time low. Despite life-changing innovations like vaccines and digital tools, we increasingly “love the product but hate the producer”.Renowned economist John Kay visits the RSA to deliver a bold critique of modern business. He’ll unpack how the relentless pursuit of shareholder value has gutted some of the 20th century’s most iconic companies and left the 21st-century corporation facing a reckoning.What must change to restore trust in and purpose to the businesses we rely on?Cha...
2025-03-0657 minRSA EventsCEO Lecture: counting the cost of bowling aloneIn his annual RSA Chief Executive's Lecture, Andy Haldane examines the profound socio-economic consequences of eroding social capital, a theme famously explored by Harvard political scientist Bob Putnam in Bowling Alone. While macroeconomic advancements helped address past crises like the Great Depression, today’s challenge lies in confronting the "Great Division”, the deepening fractures within and between societies. Despite unparalleled global connectivity, communities are fragmenting, leading to slowed economic growth, reduced social mobility, rising loneliness, and declining trust in institutions. Highlighting the critical role of social capital in fostering growth, health, and governance, Andy calls for a transformative shift in p...
2025-01-221h 03RSA EventsHow optimists change the worldOptimism is central to the human psyche: it seems to give us an advantage in both everyday life and in addressing great collective challenges.Sumit Paul-Choudhury, former editor-in-chief of New Scientist, visits the RSA to make a vital and transformative new argument: that optimism is not only the natural state of humanity, but an essential one.Sumit argues that without optimism we would never have survived the unpredictable - and often hostile - world we evolved into. Yet optimism is not just reserved for times of extremity. Its benefits manifest throughout our everyday lives: our...
2025-01-2054 minRSA EventsThe cost of workplace ageismCurrent research reveals that workers over 50 are being rejected from key roles across the country, with discrimination and bias from employers and recruiters often endemic. Over 1 million people aged 50+ across the UK want to work but are unemployed.This RSA event is in collaboration with the OECD to launch their new report, Promoting Better Career Mobility for Longer Working Lives in the United Kingdom. The report highlights the key challenges faced by older workers in the UK labour market and outlines essential public and employer policies that can facilitate career mobility at older ages.After...
2024-12-111h 30RSA EventsWomen in industry and innovationJoin our expert panel at RSA House and online to explore the extraordinary life of Dame Caroline Haslett and her inspirational legacy trailblazing a path for women in innovation and industry. A suffragette and women’s equality campaigner, Dame Caroline Haslett championed the role of women in mainstream employment and their release from domestic drudgery through education, training, and the application of new technologies. A woman of many pioneering firsts, Dame Caroline was the founder and first director of the Electrical Association for Women in 1924. She was also a member of the Central Electricity Authority, formed t...
2024-11-051h 04RSA EventsGood natureJoin us at the RSA and discover groundbreaking insights on how direct interactions with nature - seeing, smelling, and touching - can dramatically improve physical health. Learn how cedar boosts your immune system, pine scent calms your heart rate, and even a simple spider plant can enhance your gut health.Professor Kathy Willis, a leading expert in biodiversity and former Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, will guide you through these discoveries. Kathy’s insights show us how to integrate nature into our daily lives for better health. Whether you live in the ci...
2024-10-3157 minRSA EventsCreative Corridors Launch Event - Connecting Clusters to Unleash PotentialThe RSA and the Creative PEC and Arts Council England are delighted to launch our work into the concept of Creative Corridors: Connecting Clusters to Unleash Prosperity that sets out the emerging evidence base and suggests initial steps for local leaders.This is the live stream of the event launching a policy framework for action, setting out the underlying case for creative corridors, exploring the opportunities and barriers for growth and laying out the practical actions stemming from this to realise place-based prosperity. You will hear from the CEOs from Arts Council England, Creative PEC a...
2024-10-281h 48RSA EventsBlack History Month: celebrating innovatorsThe RSA and the Africa Centre are teaming up to spotlight innovators driving social change through their cultural contributions. At the RSA in Black History Month, we’ll explore how these emerging leaders are influencing global conversations and challenging traditional narratives, paving the way for a more inclusive and dynamic cultural landscape. We will discuss how to amplify the impact of African culture on the global stage and consider ways we can foster deeper connections between cultural institutions and the changemakers leading this transformation. Join us for an inspiring conversation that celebrates the power...
2024-10-151h 06RSA EventsHistory for tomorrowWatch back a transformative talk with influential social philosopher Roman Krznaric.In a world fixated on the present, we often overlook the invaluable lessons of the past. Roman will explore how insights from the last thousand years can help tackle today's urgent global challenges - bridging the inequality gap, reviving democracy, and preventing ecological collapse.Discover how understanding the origins of capitalism can inform AI regulation, what 18th-century Japan can teach us about creating regenerative economies, and how the coffee houses of Georgian London can help tame social media. Roman will show that history isn't...
2024-10-011h 07RSA EventsMusic for Impact: London Climate Action WeekThe worlds of music, culture and art have a massive role to play in making progress on sustainable development goals. But how do young people starting out in the industry navigate a path that connects their creative talent to their social change mission?This London Climate Action Week, the RSA are partnering with singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and UN SDG Youth Leader AY Young for a day of conversations focused on how artists can mobilise audiences and communities to champion sustainability, securing a healthier, kinder future for people, places and planet.On the 26th June, all...
2024-07-111h 02RSA EventsDesigning for and from the future: the 100th RSA Student Design AwardsThis year marks a significant milestone, as the RSA celebrates 100 years since the inception of the Student Design Awards in 1924 and recognises the innovators from the final round of this iconic programme. On the night, we will also share more about how we have reimagined our awards for the next 100 years, to create greater collaboration around real-world missions, with a focus on learning, connection and funding opportunities for pupils, students, and entrepreneurs.Our 2024 keynote address will be delivered by Andrew Grant RDI. Andrew brings extraordinary experience and perspective as an internationally acclaimed and award-winning landscape architect whose...
2024-07-031h 16RSA EventsWhat AI means for educationIn Brave New Words, Salman Khan, the visionary behind Khan Academy, explores how artificial intelligence and GPT technology will transform learning, and offers a roadmap for teachers, parents, and students to navigate this exciting - and sometimes intimidating - new world.A pioneering education technologist, Khan is uniquely well-placed to foresee and assess how these new tools will change the way we learn and teach. Rather than approaching the ChatGPT revolution with fear and anxiety, however, Khan urges parents and teachers to embrace AI and adapt to it - while acknowledging its imperfections and limitations. He emphasises t...
2024-06-271h 08RSA EventsNature stewardship: 2024 RSA President’s LectureIntroduced by the RSA’s President, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, an expert panel explores the theme of nature stewardship amidst a climate and biodiversity crisis.Imagine if, in 10 years’ time, everyone was a nature steward. What would that world look like?And how can young people, communities, movements, and governments contribute to making that vision a reality?With Kabir Kaul FRSA, 19-year-old conservationist, wildlife writer and passionate advocate for London’s biodiversity; Caitlin Turner, marine biologist and policy officer, Sustainable Inshore Fisheries Trust; Rebecca Wrigley, chief executive, Rewilding Britain; and Professor Sir Pa...
2024-06-181h 10RSA EventsBreaking the Rainbow CeilingHow can LGBTQ+ people thrive and succeed at work?There are currently only four LGBTQ+ CEOs across all Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies who are out at work, and just 0.8% of Fortune 500 board positions are filled by LGBTQ+ people. This deficit, occurring across sectors and around the world, reveals a diversity gap playing out in today’s workplace: LGBTQ+ people are less likely to reach the top jobs. But what is holding LGBTQ+ people back at work – and what can be done?Layla McCay is Director of Policy at the NHS Confederation, Executive Lead of the...
2024-06-0752 minRSA EventsPortraits of conflict and courage“In Ukraine, I learnt that the stories of those I was trying to draw, were in fact, far more significant than my attempts at figurative likeness on the page. The drawings became an introduction to something and someone more meaningful that we would have otherwise never known”.George Butler is an award-winning illustrator who has reinvented the role of the Artist Reporter, drawing conflict zones, climate issues, humanitarian crisis, and social issues for the news. His drawings are done in situ - in pen, ink, and watercolour.Over the last 15 years, George has been commissioned to off...
2024-06-0555 minRSA EventsGrowth: a reckoningThe pursuit of growth continues to define economic life around the world. Yet the prosperity gains of the last two centuries have come at an enormous price: deepening inequalities, destabilizing technologies, environmental destruction and climate change.Daniel Susskind is an award-winning economist, research professor in economics at King's College London and senior research associate at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University. At the RSA, he joins CEO and former chief economist at the Bank of England Andy Haldane to explore the 'growth dilemma' at a time of huge uncertainty about its very value, and...
2024-05-141h 06RSA EventsFrom the era of anxiety to the age of aspirationMany of our key systems – economic, social, political, environmental – are in recession. This has left us in an era of anxiety about the future, one at risk of becoming self-reinforcing. What are the bold initiatives we need to spring the trap, inject optimism and dynamism into our decision-making and shift us to an age of aspiration? And what role does - and should - the RSA play in this new Enlightenment?#RSACEOBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/udI9xDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA...
2024-05-091h 07RSA EventsRSA Albert Medal AddressChristiana 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 that led to the historic Paris Agreement of 2015. In her courageous determination to lead the process to a universally agreed regulatory framework, she brought together national and subnational governments, corporations and activists, financial institutions, and communities of faith, think tanks and technology providers, NGOs and parliamentarians, to joint...
2024-03-151h 01RSA EventsRSA Journal interview: Andy Haldane In Conversation With Syima AslamThe 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 talks about the Festival’s focus on younger people and the BLF’s impact on local regeneration and outlines the future for it as this major cultural event prepares for its tenth anniversary and beyond.
2023-12-0838 minRSA EventsDesign for Life: celebrating 100 years of RSA awardsRSA 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 enabling people, places and the planet to flourish in harmony. We welcome them into the tapestry of RSA design winners past and future.We’ll also be inviting trailblazers from the RSA’s global SDA alumni community to share their reflections on the impact that winni...
2023-11-221h 16RSA EventsThe future for UK healthEvery 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 towards a new model of prevention and holistic health creation.Professor Sir John Bell is uniquely well placed to share insights into what could go right for health in the UK. As government Life Sciences Champion, chair of the Our Fu...
2023-11-171h 05RSA EventsRSA Journal interview: Andy Haldane In Conversation With Christiana FigueresIn 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.
2023-09-071h 00RSA EventsMalini Mehra I RSA Fellows Festival 2023Fellows 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; director, Positive Newshttps://www.londonclimateactionweek.org/https://www.positive.news/ Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/Fol...
2023-08-0120 minRSA EventsStephen Oram, Meena Wood & Rachel Drapper I RSA Fellows Festival 2023Fellows 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 sustainability futures; director, Positive NewsBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/Follow the RSA on Twitter: https...
2023-07-311h 04RSA EventsChidi Oti Obihara I RSA Fellows Festival 2023Fellows 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 Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theRSAorgLike...
2023-07-2849 minRSA EventsRebecca Solnit I RSA Fellows Festival 2023How to change the climate storyJulia 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/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theRSAorgLike RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/...
2023-07-2624 minRSA EventsShevaun Haviland, Sebastian Payne & Jo Swinson I RSA Fellows Festival 2023How 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/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theRSAorgLike RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/Listen to RSA Events podcasts: https://bit.l...
2023-07-2538 minRSA EventsRt Hon Lucy Frazer MP I RSA Fellows Festival 2023Unlocking 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/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theRSAorgLike RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/Listen to RSA Events podcasts: https://bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: https://www.thersa.org/f...
2023-07-2438 minRSA EventsSir Partha Dasgupta I RSA Fellows Festival 2023Nature Game ChangersWith Sir Partha Dasgupta, author of The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review.Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theRSAorgLike RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/Listen to RSA Events podcasts: https://bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: https://www.thersa.org/fellowship/join
2023-07-2129 minRSA EventsTanya Steele & Charlie Beattie I RSA Fellows Festival 2023Nature Game ChangersWith Tanya Steele, Chief Executive, WWF-UK and Charlie Beattie, People's Assembly for Nature.Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theRSAorgLike RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/Listen to RSA Events podcasts: https://bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: https://www.thersa.org/fellowship/join
2023-07-2023 minRSA EventsHenry Dimbleby I RSA Fellows Festival 2023Nature Game ChangersWith Henry Dimbleby, food systems reformer and author, Ravenous.Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theRSAorgLike RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/Listen to RSA Events podcasts: https://bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: https://www.thersa.org/fellowship/join
2023-07-1932 minRSA EventsHilary Jeffkins I RSA Fellows Festival 2023Behind the scenes of BBC Wild IslesWith series producer, film-maker Hilary Jeffkins. Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theRSAorgLike RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/Listen to RSA Events podcasts: https://bit.ly/35EyQYUJoin our Fellowship: https://www.thersa.org/fellowship/join
2023-07-1829 minRSA EventsKaty Shaw, Darren Henley & Shanaz Gulzar I RSA Fellows Festival 2023How 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/ueembDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thersaorg/Follow the RSA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theRSAorgLike RSA Events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theRSAorg/Listen to RS...
2023-07-1449 minRSA EventsThe triple benefit of youth social actionTo 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 work the RSA has been carrying out on youth social action in partnership with the Pears #iwill Fund.You can read the report in full here.The Pears #iwill Fund is a...
2023-07-1356 minRSA EventsDesigning our futures: The 2023 RSA Student Design AwardsThe 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 to design the future through the things we do and don’t create every day. This offers infinite potential and equally infinite impacts that we must contend with. With such rapid technological and cultural change, how can desi...
2023-07-051h 09RSA EventsLondon’s just transitionJoin 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 in local climate action affecting them – especially marginalised voices?How can the benefits of the green economy be shared fairly and made more accessible?The event will be followed by a drinks reception in the RSA Benj...
2023-06-281h 23RSA EventsThe changing face of 21st century education and learning“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, futuristThe 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 mobility, new technology and a shifting skills landscape.Andy Haldane is joined by Commission Chair Rachel Sylvester; Lord Blunkett and Lord Baker to discuss the case for a radical re-think in addressing the acute educational needs of the 21st century.A sy...
2023-04-261h 03RSA EventsBish Bash Bosh: R&D-led innovation in the creative industriesIn 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 screen, CreaTech, games and fashion, whose projects exemplify industry dynamism, value and impact.These initiatives are part of a revolution in creativity driven by an escalation of creative clusters and higher education spinouts. However, the skills deficit and access to finance must be tackled...
2023-04-2056 minRSA EventsStories against the darkThis 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 RSA head of...
2022-12-191h 00RSA EventsExploring the wellbeing impacts of a universal basic incomeIs 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. Speakers to include report authors Matthew Johnson, Northumbria University and Hannah Webster, RSA; and gue...
2022-10-261h 12RSA EventsThe Huxleys: a revolution in how we see ourselvesAcross 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...
2022-10-131h 06RSA EventsIf science is to save usThere’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 techno...
2022-09-301h 03RSA EventsThe story behind extraordinary successSociety 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 s...
2022-09-3045 minRSA EventsRethinking what good work means todayThe 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 mo...
2022-09-2346 minRSA EventsIs social prescribing the future for healthcare?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 pu...
2022-09-221h 15RSA EventsSocial justice and health equityIn 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. Th...
2022-09-151h 06RSA EventsRSA Events at Wilderness: Lola Olufemi + Liv WynterFeminism has reached the mainstream: but it’s often commodified, exclusionary, or sidetracked from the goal of liberation. Feminist writer and organiser Lola Olufemi explores how feminism can be reclaimed as an emancipatory tool for fighting state violence, reproductive injustice, transmisogyny, gendered racism, and much more – and achieve justice for everybody. We can start by imagining that a better world is possible… then building power to get there.#RSAWildernessBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/udI9xDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instag...
2022-09-0136 minRSA EventsRSA Events at Wilderness: David WengrowProfessor David Wengrow is an archaeologist and professor at University College London, and in 2021 was ranked #10 on ArtReview’s Power 100 list of the most influential people in art. His work challenges long-held views about the origins and development of human society and tells new stories of how we came to be, drawing on groundbreaking archaeological and anthropological evidence. He shares on the Wilderness stage the dazzling thinking in his latest book, ‘The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity’, co-authored with the late, great David Graeber.#RSAWildernessBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/u...
2022-09-0139 minRSA EventsRSA Events at Wilderness: Hannah Rose WoodsBeing misty-eyed about the past is nothing new; but what does romanticising our history mean for our present? Historian and star of University Challenge Hannah Rose Woods investigates why nostalgia has been such an enduring state in Britain over hundreds of years, revealing the vast influence that its backwards glance has had on British society, politics, and identity. Debunking pervasive myths about our past, she shines a light on how our nostalgic country’s history has been written, re-written, and (rightly or wrongly) remembered.#RSAWildernessBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/udI9x...
2022-09-0138 minRSA EventsThree centuries of the RSAFor 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...
2022-07-151h 03RSA EventsCash, cards, crypto: inside the war for our walletsWe 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 paym...
2022-07-1437 minRSA EventsWhere 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 oth...
2022-07-081h 20RSA EventsStories of modern England: a nation at a crossroadsFrom ‘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.#RSAStoriesBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/udI9xDonate to The RSA: https://utm.guru/udNNBFollow RSA Events on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rsa_even...
2022-07-0748 minRSA EventsDesigning our futures: The 2022 RSA Student Design AwardsDesign 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 in...
2022-07-0152 minRSA EventsThe social distance between usThe 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...
2022-06-3045 min
AAEM Resident and Student Association PodcastRSA Interview Series: Agitation, Pediatric Rashes, and Simulation with Dr. Afrah AliIn this episode, Dr. Kaitlyn Parks, a resident at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, as well as AAEM/RSA Board Member At-Large speaks with Dr. Afrah Ali, an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and co-chair of the AAEM Simulation Interest Group. Today Drs. Parks and Ali discuss a variety of topics including Dr. Ali’s talk on agitation.
2022-06-3012 minRSA EventsCan we be free in the age of the internet?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 hi...
2022-06-2351 minRSA EventsFighting and fixing systemic gender injusticeFrom policing and politics to education and the media, systemic gender prejudice is embedded in the pillars of our society. Potential solutions often require change from the women experiencing the problem rather than the systems that perpetuate the problem.Whether for walking home alone at night or for not demanding a seat at the table, we blame women for not overcoming odds that are stacked against them. In the wake of violent behaviour from men, we turn to women to change lifestyles and behaviours.By combining overlapping themes from thousands of personal stories with shocking...
2022-06-1643 minRSA EventsDismantling racism in British educationMinority ethnic teachers are still under-represented in all lanes of education, routes into education lack focused training on structural racism and unconscious bias, and exclusion rates for mixed white and black Caribbean boys continue to be disproportionally higher than that of white British boys. The education system in Britain needs drastic change.With experience both as a black teacher and a black student, Jeffrey Boakye’s journey through education has been one of exploration, from the outside looking in. Reflecting on what he has observed and learned, Jeffrey will discuss the habits, presumptions, silences, and distortions that un...
2022-06-0936 minRSA EventsVenture capital and the future of innovationSebastian Mallaby is one of the world’s most admired and respected financial storytellers. In his new book The Power Law he draws on unprecedented access to insiders and legendary figures of the venture capital community to tell the origin stories of the VC-backed enterprises that have changed our world in recent decades, from Apple and Google to eBay and Alibaba. The key to understanding the venture capitalist mindset, he explains, is to grasp that they operate according to an enduring financial ‘power law’ which justifies big bets on ‘moon-shot’ projects due to the outsize rewards of rare succes...
2022-06-0258 minRSA EventsFeeding the world, saving the planetFarming is the single greatest cause of environmental destruction: we have plundered our land and pillaged our rivers and oceans to feed ourselves, yet millions still go hungry and our food system is faltering. We need a food revolution – and the answer, says author and environmental activist George Monbiot, lies beneath our feet.Exploring incredible advances in soil ecology, Monbiot lays out a vision for a new food future in which we farm less but grow more, producing cheap and healthy food in abundance. He reveals the people and initiatives already paving the way towards a new er...
2022-05-2650 minRSA EventsTenants – living through a housing crisisAcross Britain, people of all generations are being priced out of homeownership, shut out of social housing options, and required to find a home in the private rental sector. Recent decades have seen this sector reshaped by Right to Buy, Buy to Let, divestment in social housing and deregulation, creating a situation where rents are rising faster than incomes and landlords hold more rights than their tenants.Combined with the lasting impact of the pandemic and the rising cost of living, Britain is faced with a housing emergency.Through the lens of history, politics and...
2022-05-2045 minRSA EventsThe young disruptors of Sub-Saharan AfricaYouth populations across Sub-Saharan African countries are growing at rapid rates compared to other countries globally. With more than 42% of the population under 14 years old, Nigeria is one of the youngest countries in the world.This sharp population shift is ushering in a thriving culture of innovation and disrupting societal norms as more young people move to cities, challenge traditional political structures, and reap the benefits of more widespread access to technology. A growing diaspora is also altering perceptions of what it means to be Nigerian and African, both at home and on an international stage.
2022-05-1228 minRSA EventsHow language shapes our worldLanguage is powerful, and often political. With ‘free speech’ debates dominating the so-called culture wars, and hate speech finding new outlets online, we must consider the impact of how words are used, and understand how language both binds and frees us. How does language act as a frame of reference for what we treat as important? What does this mean for who gets to speak freely, and which perspectives are privileged over others? How do we perceive things like gender differently depending on the words we use?Writer and activist Kübra Gümuşay looks across languag...
2022-05-0547 minRSA EventsGender, learning and leadershipWe live in a world of tumultuous change, in which democracy is in retreat, geopolitical risks are multiplying, the climate crisis is accelerating and the pandemic continues to shape our world.Societies need to learn how to seize and shape new solutions. Yet, we come to these challenges with the historic patterns of gender disadvantage still marring life chances.Based on her experiences in politics and her work at the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, former Prime Minister Julia Gillard will lay out the intersections between leadership, learning and gender today and how we ne...
2022-04-2957 minRSA EventsHow we rebuild in the wake of disasterWhen news of every catastrophe – a war, an earthquake, a terrorist attack – can reach across the world in a matter of moments, we can hardly fathom the human impact. We wonder: in these worst of moments, how do people find the strength to come together, pick up the pieces, and begin to heal?Lucy Easthope has spent her life at the edges of disaster, coordinating the response and recovery in the wake of countless seismic events etched on all our memories. From 9/11 to the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami and the Grenfell Tower fire, she has helped communities rally toge...
2022-04-2948 minRSA EventsThe rites, rituals and contradictions of eating meatThe debate around whether we should eat animals has historically been the domain of an ethically minded minority, but with the recent surge in vegetarianism and veganism, it is now posed every day on restaurant menus, on supermarket shelves and at the family dinner table.This dietary shift has re-awoken age-old questions, concerns and contradictions surrounding the place of meat in our diet. How should we align our love for animals with their place on our plates? Is there an ethical way to eat meat? What impact does our appetite for meat have on the planet, the...
2022-04-1441 minRSA EventsTowards a people-powered future for energyToday’s energy sector is grappling with an unprecedented price crisis whilst also looking out on an ambitious journey to deliver Net Zero by 2050. This period of recovery and transformation will have a huge impact on households, businesses, and industries, potentially requiring substantial financial investment and behaviour change from us all.With such large-scale change ahead, it is imperative to consider the power of collective, community-driven change within the energy sector.Against the backdrop of the current crisis, an expert panel will reflect on ongoing community energy projects and discuss their place in the future of...
2022-04-0738 minRSA EventsLevelling up – where next?In September 2021, RSA Chief Executive Andy Haldane was appointed by the Prime Minister to define and develop the flagship national levelling up strategy – a decade-long moral, social and economic cross-government, cross-society programme to spread opportunity and prosperity to all parts of the UK.Kicking off a series of talks around the country, Andy Haldane explores how the White Paper’s ambitious vision and 12 national levelling up missions can now be made a reality in towns and cities in every part of the UK, by 2030.#RSAlevellingupBecome an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/udI9...
2022-04-061h 03RSA EventsRace, leadership and redefining successJoin one of the most influential women in UK sport, leadership coach Michelle Moore and leading anti-racism activist and author Nova Reid as they celebrate and discuss Michelle’s debut leadership book, “Real Wins: Race, Leadership and How to Redefine Success”.Real Wins shows us how to face our fears, build resilience and find our own unique leadership style.In the book, Michelle draws on her experiences, from the track to the boardroom, to examine the relationship between leadership and identity, showing us how we can each find our own ways to challenge stereotypes, tired assumptions and...
2022-04-011h 07RSA EventsShame and power in the age of humiliationShame is a powerful emotion and a potent social force. It can assert collective values, hold power to account, and uphold the social good – but shaming has also taken a dangerous new turn. Huge sectors of the economy are built to capitalise on our wishes to live up to certain ideals, targeting those – often the powerless and vulnerable – seen to be falling short. The shame associated with bodies, health, habits, money, and morals is a lucrative industry, and poised to amplify its efforts exponentially. What sustains the shame machine, and who profits from it? From drug companies to soci...
2022-04-0156 minRSA EventsA people's history of clothingAs our world has changed, the way we produce and wear clothes has changed with it. Industrialisation moved textile work out of everyday life and into factories, creating a complex, inscrutable mass clothing trade that moves faster than the planet can sustain. What has the changing story of clothes meant for the people who make and wear them, and for the world we all live in?Writer and artist Sofi Thanhauser traces the history of our favourite textiles, examining how we went from making fabric for ourselves to relying on a clothing system that’s costing the ea...
2022-03-2453 minRSA EventsFrom consumer to citizen – changing the narrativeWhat would it look like to put the same creativity and energy into involving people as Citizens? What would you do in this time, if you truly believed in yourself and those around you? In Citizens, Jon Alexander explores what citizenship means today and argues that now is the time to reclaim the language around citizenship while making visible stories of this new way of living. Here, with New York Times bestselling writer Ariane Conrad, Alexander explores what we need to do to step into a bigger idea of ourselves as Citizens: collaborative, caring, creative cr...
2022-03-1846 minRSA EventsAmbition, success and deceit in the influencer economySocial media has unlocked a new land of opportunity where anyone has the potential to make a million using their smartphone and being an influencer is now the top career choice for early 20 somethings and children growing up today.However, influencer success is hard-won, and ambition, deceit and exploitation are often key tools in this digital rat race.In Get Rich or Lie Trying, Symeon Brown takes an innovative look at the influencer economy, considering the social, cultural and economic trends that have made possible this new world of work and investigates the dubious circumstances...
2022-03-1139 minRSA EventsThe story of disorderThe global political and economic shocks of recent years have been felt in the rupturing of the European Union, political turbulence in the US, destabilisation of the Middle East, and the creation of over $25 trillion of new money by central banks. The pandemic constituted its own unique crisis, but also acted as a window on the decade of turmoil that preceded it. What led us to the moment we’re living through, and what can we learn from it? Professor of Political Economy Helen Thompson examines the overlapping geopolitical and economic stories behind this singular moment in his...
2022-03-0353 minRSA EventsThe cost of living precariouslyThe highest inflation rates in decades mean cost of living increases threaten to overwhelm those already in difficult financial situations. Young people will be hit hard: recent RSA work found that almost half of young people are financially precarious. How do these challenges impact people’s everyday lives, and what measures are needed to improve financial security, enable greater independence, and support overall wellbeing?A panel gathers to reflect on how recent findings on financial precarity are showing up in young people’s experiences. How do work, welfare, and housing affect how people can build their futures? How...
2022-02-2547 minRSA EventsNavigating the nowhere officeAt this pivotal moment in the history of work, isn’t now the time to develop something better, something more meaningful and something more workable? Julia Hobsbawm, chair of the Demos Workshift Commission and author of 'The Nowhere Office', describes the biggest shift in working for 100 years by addressing six key shifts from time and place to networks, wellbeing and management. Hobsbawm argues that many of the issues we now face can be understood as challenges we long delayed facing - how to be a human being and a worker being, how to balance home life and wor...
2022-02-1040 minRSA EventsWhat is economics - and what should it be?Digital technology is revolutionising economics; both the tools it uses, and what it seeks to measure, understand, and shape. Long-standing accusations levelled against economics – that it values the wrong things, ignores the real world, and misunderstands what drives people – have been given a new edge by events of recent years. How does economics need to change to respond to the dizzying changes we have experienced, and help policymakers resolve our biggest crises?Professor Diane Coyle explores how, as our societies are rewired in the 21st century, economics can adapt to offer new solutions to new problems. How can...
2022-02-0349 minRSA EventsDesign paradigms for a regenerative futureThe focus on sustainable design has led to a great deal of positive change in our shared built environment, but for two visionary systems change thinkers, it’s now time to embrace a radical, regenerative design approach for a truly flourishing future. Michael Pawlyn, founder of the innovative biomimicry architecture firm Exploration, has joined forces with Sarah Ichioka, urbanist and leader of multi-disciplinary strategic consultancy firm Desire Lines, on a new book which maps out key design paradigms in a time of planetary emergency. They argue that as a globalized society, we urgently need to reac...
2022-01-2752 minRSA EventsHow to write your own success storyThe modern workplace can be tough to navigate. But women of colour in particular are hired, promoted, paid, and retained at lower rates than other groups. Many underrepresented women feel like they need to work twice as hard to get half the recognition.What needs to change to level the playing field? What can underrepresented women do for themselves and each other to get to where they want to be? What should employers really do to nurture diverse talent? Award-winning coach and author Octavia Goredema shares a playbook for women to claim power in spaces where they...
2022-01-2038 minRSA Events2021: That was the year that wasMuch like 2020’s, the events of 2021 have largely been dwarfed by the ongoing Covid crisis. The second year of the global pandemic challenged the globe with more overwhelming loss, restriction and separation. Glimmers of normal life appeared after heroic mass vaccination campaigns, but with 5.2 million deaths and another variant on the loose, it seems our old ‘normal’ is retreating ever further in the distance.But despite our focus firmly set on the pandemic, somehow there was also time for other major newsworthy events - the Capitol riots, Biden’s inauguration and first year, the Olympics, the US’ withdrawal...
2021-12-1745 minRSA EventsMaking Britain Fair Again‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’ was Churchill’s infamous wartime quip, and the early days of the pandemic seemed the ideal opportunity to pivot to a fairer way of life in Britain. Cherished systems were re-invented wholesale, underpaid frontline workers propped up the nation and big state intervention saved millions of lives – prime conditions for a shake-up of priorities.But as the months passed, it seemed COVID only magnified existing disadvantage and entrenched poverty further. The crisis cleaved the nation into the ‘exposed poor and the shielded rich’ (FT) and the nightly round of applause for...
2021-12-0947 minRSA EventsRegenerative FuturesRegenerative Futures: redesigning the human impact on earthDr Daniel Christian Wahl is awarded the 2021 RSA Bicentenary Medal in recognition of his outstanding contribution to regenerative design.In his Medal address, Dr Wahl will offer reflections on 20 years of research and professional practice exploring the role of design as a catalyst for the transition towards a future of diverse regenerative cultures everywhere. Find out more about the RSA Bicentenary Medal and the Regenerative Futures programme.#JointheRegeneration Become an RSA Events sponsor: https://utm.guru/udI9x Donate to...
2021-12-081h 01RSA EventsOnline safety, platforms and the public squareFrom vaccine misinformation to racist and misogynistic abuse, the scale of harmful content online is a cause of increasingly widespread public concern. Meanwhile, recent whistle-blower accounts from within Big Tech have shed new light on the nature of the algorithm design and business models that are driving the amplification of toxic content and threatening both individual safety and wider societal health. As the UK government’s draft Online Safety Bill passes through its final scrutiny stages, the RSA gathers an expert panel to review the quality of public debate that has accompanied the progress of the Bill thus...
2021-11-2945 minRSA EventsUrban wellbeing by designWhat would our cities look like if they were designed with mental wellbeing, equity, and restoration at their core? Many cities around the world are built on models that haven’t kept pace with growing urban populations and the imperative to halt damage to the climate – which means millions living high-cost, high-stress lives in polluted, overcrowded surroundings. How can cities be better geared towards living well together?A panel including health policy expert Layla McCay gathers to explore the principles and practice of designing and running cities with mental health at the forefront. How do our surroundings affe...
2021-11-1642 minRSA EventsAfter shutdown, where next?The pandemic exposed the risks and weaknesses of the market-driven global system like never before, revealing a critical lack of institutional preparation and failings of the basic apparatuses of state administration. It also revealed that states could exercise experimental policy and control over the economy when necessary: governments around the world introduced new measures and spent whatever it took to deal with Covid. The US stimulus was the largest on record, the UK government supported 11 million workers with its job retention scheme. It’s hard to ignore this turning point in global economics.After a period...
2021-11-0546 minRSA EventsWhat will it take to 'Go Big' at COP26?We know climate change is the big existential challenge of our time and must be matched by the scale of our global response. Some have expressed scepticism about the potential for COP26 to bring about meaningful change, but with public appetite for climate action reaching new heights, is now the time when people power and formal politics could converge? It can’t all be left up to the people in charge – but without good leadership, we won’t achieve the whole-system change we need. What would bold thinking, radical action, and meaningful momentum-building look like at this...
2021-10-2839 minAAEM Resident and Student Association PodcastAAEM/RSA East Coast Program Director PanelIn this episode, In this episode, Leah Colucci, AAEM/RSA Medical Student Council Vice President and Bryan Redmond, AAEM/RSA Medical Student Council Northeast Regional Representative interview East Coast Program Directors: Mark Supino, MD and Chris Freeman, MD from Jackson Health EM; Ryan Bodkin, MD MBA from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry; Manish Garg, MD FAAEM from New York Presbyterian Weil Cornell Medical Center; Robyn Hoelle, MD FACEP and Tami Vega, MD FACEP from North Florida Regional Medical Center.
2020-09-2455 minAAEM Resident and Student Association PodcastAAEM/RSA West Coast Program Director PanelIn this episode, Lauren Lamparter, AAEM/RSA Medical Student Council President and Brianna Beaver, AAEM/RSA Medical Student Council Western Regional Representative Interview West Coast Program Directors: Rebecca Bavolek, MD FAAEM FACEP, Program Director at UCLA Olive View; Shannon Toohey, MD, Program Director at UC Irvine; Adedamola Ogunniyi, MD, Assistant Program Director at Harbor UCLA Medical Center; and Linda Herman, MD, Program Director at Kaweah Delta Health Center.
2020-08-201h 03
RSA EventsDesigning Our Futures: The 2019 RSA Student Design AwardsJoin us for the annual SDA ceremony and a keynote talk by designer Kate Dundas, planning leader for the City of Melbourne.
The RSA Student Design Awards is a global competition focused around a set of project briefs that challenge participants to tackle the big issues of our time 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.
This event was recorded live at Wednesday 19th June 2019. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa...
2019-06-251h 04
RSA EventsRSA Presents: On Belonging And Brit(ish)nessAfua Hirsch and Matthew Taylor discuss Britain's current identity crisis at Wilderness Festival.
Britain is a nation experiencing an identity crisis – populist movements attempt to draw us back to a nostalgic vision of homogenous, white Britain, whilst demographic changes see our cities more diverse and multi-dimensional than ever. How do we tackle issues like racism, identity and belonging against this backdrop, and are so-called ‘colour-blind’ liberals part of the problem? Barrister, broadcaster and author of the bestselling book ‘Brit(ish)’, Afua Hirsch delivers a rousing call-to-action for 21st century Britain.
This event was recorded live at Wildern...
2018-08-1641 min
RSA EventsRSA President's Lecture: The Technologist’s DilemmaMustafa Suleyman, co-founder and Head of Applied AI at DeepMind, considers what tech companies have got wrong, how to fix it, and how to ensure they contribute to greater economic and social justice.
It’s no secret that technology companies are changing the world. But as technology plays a larger role in key social institutions we value and revere—from healthcare to electoral politics—guaranteeing a positive impact on society has become far more complex than many in the sector ever imagined.
This event was recorded live at The RSA on Tuesday 14th November 2017. Discover more a...
2017-11-1656 min
RSA EventsRSA Food, Farming & Countryside Commission Launch EventThis event was recorded live at The RSA on Wednesday 1st November 2017
As the UK government makes preparations to leave the European Union, this independent Commission, funded by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, is a unique and important opportunity to engage the voices of citizens, communities, businesses, academics and advocates in shaping the direction of food, farming and countryside policies.
Against a backdrop of change and uncertainty, this Commission is intended to help secure the future of safe, sustainable UK food & farming systems and to protect national environmental assets, of vital economic, social and cultural importance, f...
2017-11-021h 11
RSA EventsDesigning Our Futures: The 2017 RSA Student Design AwardsThis event was recorded live at The RSA on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Join us in celebrating the 2017 Awards and the power of design to make a positive social impact – this is a chance to meet the 2017 RSA Student Design Awards winners, participants and collaborators and hear about their work.
Keynote speech by David Constantine, past RSA Student Design Awards winner and Founder Director of Motivation, a charity which initiates self-sustaining projects to enhance the quality of life of people with mobility disabilities.
Speakers:
David Constantine, Founder Director, Motivation
Sevra Davis, Director of De...
2017-06-301h 07AAEM Resident and Student Association PodcastRSA Advocacy OpportunitiesIn this episode, Phillip Dixon, MD, Ashely Alker, MD MSc, and Matthew Hoekstra dive into their recent experiences participating in advocacy efforts with AAEM and RSA, such as the Congressional Elective, the Health Policy in Emergency Medicine Symposium, and Advocacy Day. Dr. Dixon is a resident at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Secretary-Treasurer of the ’16-’17 RSA board of directors. Dr. Alker is on the ’16-’17 RSA board of directors. Mr. Hoekstra is the representative for AAEM at Williams & Jensen, PLLC.
2017-05-0813 minAAEM Resident and Student Association PodcastRSA AdvocacyIn this episode, Phillip Dixon, MD, interviews David Farcy, MD FAAEM FACEP FCCM, and Matt Hoekstra about AAEM’s advocacy efforts for emergency physicians, how this distinguishes AAEM from other organizations, and the congressional elective that RSA offers. Dr. Dixon is a resident at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Secretary-Treasurer of the ’16-’17 RSA board of directors. Dr. Farcy is Chairman of Emergency Medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center and serves as President Elect on the 2017 AAEM board of directors. Mr. Hoekstra is the representative for AAEM at Williams & Jensen, PLLC.
2017-05-0622 min
RSA EventsRSA Chairman’s Lecture 2016Ed Vaizey MP offers six lessons from six years as arts minister, and addresses future challenges and opportunities for cultural policy, and the role of the arts in society. Ed Vaizey was the UK’s longest serving culture minister, serving from 2010-2016 in senior government roles encompassing culture, communications and the digital economy. He remains a vocal champion for the UK’s arts and cultural industries. In the RSA Chairman’s lecture 2016, he reflects on his term of office and the lessons learned, and addresses the future challenges and opportunities for the sector and for policymakers, including funding the arts...
2016-11-011h 02