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Creating the future of the city

Creativity can help solve some problems of city life while tackling climate change. UK Urban Futures Commissioner, Polly Mackenzie, writes the first in a series of blogs for our intervention.
14 Jun 2023 Polly Mackenzie
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Unlocking the potential of cities

Explore how the UK Urban Futures Commission’s systemic approach provides insights that can help unlock the potential of the UK’s cities.
12 Jun 2023 Tom Stratton FRSA
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Enabling business regeneration

Nurturing the right workforce capabilities is critical for businesses to build their capacity to purposefully transform, adapt and respond positively to a complex world.
31 May 2023 Andy Thornton, Jahnvi Singh
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Regenerative capitalism: a new era of economics

It’s time to move to a new flavour of capitalism that puts people, place and planet first. RSA chief executive Andy Haldane and RSA US director Alexa Clay discuss the benefits of regenerative capitalism.
19 May 2023 Andy Haldane, Alexa Clay
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Cost-of-living crisis: schools on the front line

The cost-of-living crisis is forcing schools to go above and beyond as they support their communities. Using real-world teacher survey responses, RSA Researcher Nik Gunn explores the knock-on effects for youth social action.
15 May 2023 Nik Gunn
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A constellation of practices

Joanna Choukeir and Al Mathers explore our Design for Life practices; the things we need to arrive at better futures for people, place and planet.
17 Apr 2023 Joanna Choukeir, Al Mathers
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Design for Life: an introduction to our mission

Steven George, Head of Communications, explains how Design for Life will make change happen in communities, companies and organisations both large and small, and across systems.
11 Apr 2023 Steven George
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Six perspectives towards a life-centric mindset

The RSA’s Joanna Choukeir and Roberta Iley present the six Design for Life perspectives that define the life-centric approach to our mission-led work.
24 Mar 2023 Joanna Choukeir, Roberta Iley
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RSA history towards our Design for Life mission

Jo Choukeir explains how The RSA’s Design for Life mission came to be and how it will unlock opportunities to regenerate our economy, society and environment.
17 Mar 2023 Joanna Choukeir
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