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How a changing climate changes our minds, brains and bodies

23 Apr 2024

Award-winning neuroscientist Clayton Aldern exposes a looming public health crisis: the warming climate is affecting the human mind and body as well as the planet.

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Building a better society for healthier, longer lives

15 Apr 2024

Economist Andrew J. Scott asks: what needs to change – across work, health, skills and relationships – to make the most of our longer lives?

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RSA Albert Medal Address

14 Mar 2024

Christiana Figueres receives the RSA Albert Medal in recognition of her creativity, courage and commitment to accelerating the global response to climate change.

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Global environmental challenges: lessons from Ukraine

28 Mar 2024

An expert environmental and energy policy panel explores the lessons for other parts of the world suffering conflict, as Ukraine pioneers bringing acts of ecocide into the discussion of justice in the context of war.

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Embracing courage

31 Jan 2024

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, explores the radical courage that will be required to address our interconnected global challenges, and create just and flourishing futures for people in the places, and on the planet, they inhabit.

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The future for UK health

13 Nov 2023

Professor Sir John Bell explores how we might achieve achieving a paradigm shift in our approach to health and care towards a system focused on holistic health creation – a shift that’s critical to economic growth, the future sustainability of the NHS and to healthier longer lives right across the UK.

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Humanity in a machine age

06 Nov 2023

Economist and author Robert Skidelsky guides us through the evolution of our understanding of technology and what this means for our lives and our politics.

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Design for Life: celebrating 100 years of RSA awards

20 Nov 2023

RSA Student Design Awards is the world’s longest-running competition of its kind. We welcomed Satish Kumar, Schumacher College’s head of regenerative economics Ruth Potts, ecological design thinking graduate Sarah Hawkins and trailblazing awards alumni to help us celebrate its 100th anniversary.

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2023 RDI Address

30 Nov 2023

Charlie Paton RDI will give this year’s RDI Address exploring creative solutions to complex and interconnected global challenges.

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Urban wellbeing by design

16 Nov 2021

How can our urban spaces serve us better? A panel including health policy expert Layla McCay explores how cities can be designed and run to nurture mental wellbeing and enable flourishing lives.