Upcoming events
Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere
9th Feb 2012, 13:00
Acclaimed BBC journalist and author of 'Meltdown' Paul Mason visits the RSA to explain the causes and consequences of the recent uprisings, protests, and revolutions.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAMason
This event is sold out but you can listen to it live online.
The Six Habits of Highly Empathic People
16th Feb 2012, 13:00
Cultural historian Roman Krznaric reveals how the art of empathy can not only enrich one's own life but also help to create social change.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAempathy
This event is sold out but you can listen to it live online.
The Spirit of Cities
21st Feb 2012, 13:00
Professor Avner de-Shalit shows why cultivating the distinctive “spirit of cities” is the best antidote to global homogenisation.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAcities
This event is sold out but you can listen to it live online
Maonomics
23rd Feb 2012, 13:00
Economist Loretta Napoleoni examines Chinese economic growth and argues that we are witnessing the beginning of the collapse of capitalism and the victory of communism with a profit motive.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAmaonomics
This event is sold out but you can listen to it live online
RSA Screens - Hope in a Changing Climate
29th Feb 2012, 18:30
Join us for a special screening of John D Liu’s documentary film Hope in a Changing Climate which places the restoration of ecosystems at the centre of global discussions on climate change, poverty and sustainable agriculture.
Wired for Culture: The natural history of human cooperation
1st Mar 2012, 13:00
Mark Pagel, one of the world’s leading experts on human evolution and development, visits the RSA to investigate our species’ capacity for culture, cooperation and community.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAPagel
What Are Universities For?
5th Mar 2012, 18:00
Join distinguished academic, author and critic Professor Stefan Collini as he dissects the real purpose of higher education.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAuniversities
This event is sold out but you can listen to it live online and watch it live online.
Why Nations Fail
7th Mar 2012, 13:00
Harvard Professor of Government, James Robinson presents a provocative new theory of political economy, explaining why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAnations
The Consent of the Networked: The worldwide struggle for internet freedom
8th Mar 2012, 13:00
Renowned academic, journalist and internet freedom activist, Rebecca MacKinnon, issues us with a powerful call to action: it’s time to stop thinking of ourselves as passive users of technology, and instead act as responsible citizens of the Internet.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAMacKinnon
The First Digital World War
12th Mar 2012, 13:00
Award-winning journalist and author Mark Bowden describes the new frontiers in the fight against cybercrime - a battle that has pitted those determined to exploit the Internet against those committed to protect it.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSABowden
Earth is our Business
16th May 2012, 18:00
Barrister, author and activist Polly Higgins argues for a new paradigm for business, where people and planet are put first.
Suggested hashtag for Twitter: #RSAEarth
Share