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Empowering young people to create a democracy for the future

19 Aug 2019 Paul Ingram FRSA

The RSA Tees Valley Fellows’ Network on their local work on democracy in schools.

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Democracy versus the climate?

20 Jun 2019 Riley Thorold

We need more democracy, not less, to fight climate change. Riley Thorold on the tension between the environment and democracy and plans to hold a citizens’ assembly on climate change in the UK.

Animations

The Tyranny of Merit | Michael Sandel

24 May 2019

In this powerful new RSA Minimate, Michael Sandel confronts our age of stalling social mobility and entrenched inequality, and asks: what will it take to meet one of the biggest political challenges of our time?

Past RSA Journals

Issue 1 2019

21 May 2019

In this issue we explore the future of work with Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Lord Mandelson, Matthew Taylor and Fabian Wallace-Stephens.

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How could a basic income change people’s lives?

16 May 2019 Ian Burbidge, Aima Ahmed

Three examples of how a basic income could help people take control of their futures.

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The four futures of work: coping with uncertainty in an age of radical technologies

22 Mar 2019

Four Futures of Work, from the RSA Future Work Centre, argues that policy-makers should focus more on how automation will transform all work, not just lead to job losses.

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How bringing people together to find consensus helped us improve pensions

18 Mar 2019 Toby Murray

Toby Murray looks back on the RSA’s work to make CDC pensions a reality, reflecting on a process that has championed collaboration and found common ground.

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How CDC Pensions can give better outcomes: an illustrative example

18 Mar 2019 David Pitt-Watson, Hari Mann

Jo is saving for a pension, and wants to have enough to provide for herself from retirement until death. David Pitt-Watson FRSA and Harinder Mann FRSA take us through why CDC pensions might be the answer.

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Is pressure to achieve exam results contributing to school exclusions? Yes, new RSA data indicates

11 Mar 2019 Laura Partridge

Our research found a spike in admissions to Pupil Referral Units in the autumn term of Year 11, the final term before a student’s exam results count towards a school’s performance.

Animations

Rebel, Upholder, Questioner, Obliger: which one are you? | Gretchen Rubin

25 Feb 2019

This animation shines a light on those quirks of our psychology that make it hard to change our (and other people’s!) behaviour. Bestselling author Gretchen Rubin explains the four personality ‘tendencies’ and their respective strengths and weaknesses.