Audio and Past Events

RSA/Encyclopaedia Britannica Debate - Do schoolchildren and students know how to research?
22nd Jul 2008

Our expert panel will discuss how in this instant information age schoolchildren can learn the power of research.Tuesday 22 July, 6pm

Tomorrow's Investor
17th Jul 2008

With much of the money invested in company equities held on behalf of citizens, our panel of speakers will ask: should investors be more involved with their investments?

RSA Thursday - Nudge: improving decisions about wealth, health and happiness
17th Jul 2008

Richard Thaler urges us to recognise our ‘human-ness’ as a given and use the way we think to our advantage.

RSA / Equality and Human Rights Commission Debate - Permission to speak: what right do you have to tell me what to say?
15th Jul 2008

Our panel will explore how we get along as a nation, speak a common language and understand the difference between freedom of expression and deliberate and hurtful insult.

RSA Thursday - Palestine Inside Out
10th Jul 2008

Saree Makdisi offers a moving portrait of the challenges of daily life for Palestinians and suggests how the conflict might be brought to a peaceful and just resolution.

RSA Thursday - The Arab Centre: The promise of moderation
3rd Jul 2008

Marwan Muasher comes to the RSA to call for moderate, pragmatic Arab voices to be heard in today's conflicted debates over how to achieve an enduring peace in the region.

Artistic Excellence and Social Inclusion: an impossible partnership?
2nd Jul 2008

Join us for this challenging public debate, marking the launch of Destino, as our panel debate should we expect artists and cultural organisations to prove that they can transform society?

Democracy: participation to passivity - can things change?
1st Jul 2008

Political historian Paul Ginsborg goes back to democracy's roots and examines the relationship between representative and participatory democracy.

Changing minds: preparing for an era of neurological reflexivity
30th Jun 2008

Join Matthew Taylor for this fascinating exploration of our brains, our communities, and the future of the RSA.

Tehelka's London summit - India and Pakistan Designing a New Future
26th Jun 2008

Russia Between Art & Politics
25th Jun 2008

Nina Khrushcheva, US Professor of International Affairs and great grand-daughter of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, finds in Vladimir Nabokov's novels a useful guide for Russia's integration into the globalized world.

RSA Screens - We Are Together
23rd Jun 2008

Filmed over three years, We Are Together is an award winning documentary which tells the remarkable and moving story of a group of children who use music to overcome hardship and loss