• Time Reborn: a new theory of time - a new view of the world

    Is it possible that the laws of physics are not fixed? Professor Lee Smolin, and a distinguished panel, explores the implications of such a profound re-think of the natural and social sciences.
    Tuesday 21 May, 6.30pm

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  • The New Social Care: Strength based approaches

    This new pamphlet from the RSA's Public Services Hub argues for a strengths-based approach to social care reform.

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  • Making at home, owning abroad

    This new report from the RSA argues that global manufacturing has reached a ‘tipping point’, and that manufacturing goods abroad will become uneconomic to many businesses.

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  • Pakistan Calling

    The RSA and the Samosa have launched Pakistan Calling, a forum for young film-makers in Pakistan and the UK. It aims to challenge perceptions of today's Pakistan, and provide the basis for constructive cross-cultural dialogue.

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  • Latest RSA Journal out now

    In this edition Vikki Heywood, chairman of the RSA, sets out her vision for the organisation's future. Other articles explore our urban spaces, places of work, housing, and the value of our natural capital.

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  • Student Opportunity Fund

    Giving RSA Academy students new opportunities and skills that offer the best possible chance to realise their potential.

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  • Latest RSA Animate on outrospection

    Introspection is out, and outrospection is in. In this new RSA Animate, philosopher and author Roman Krznaric explains how we can help drive social change by stepping outside ourselves.

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  • RSA Fellows deliver capacity, commitment and innovation to communities from the global to the local.

    About the Fellowship

    A global network of individuals from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines who deliver capacity, commitment and innovation to communities globally to the locally. Our Catalyst fund supports Fellow-led ideas that aim to have a tangible and positive social impact.

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  • About the RSA

    About the RSA

    The RSA: meeting 21st century challenges by showcasing ideas, undertaking innovative research and building civic capacity around the world.

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Join us for a special screening of Eugene Jarecki’s The House I Live In, which portrays America’s long-running war on drugs and reveals its profound human rights implications.

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May

Time Reborn: a new theory of time - a new view of the world

Is it possible that time is real, and that the laws of physics are not fixed? Lee Smolin, A C Grayling, Gillian Tett, James Wilsdon and Bronwen Maddox explore the implications of such a profound re-think of the natural and social sciences, and consider how it might impact the way we think about surviving the future

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