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50 Famous Fellows

15 Mar 2024 Dan Matthews
RSA Fellows include globally renowned and historically significant individuals across all industries. Here, we cast a spotlight on just 50 of them, ranging from lions of the Enlightenment to contemporary campaigners for justice.
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Fellows Festival 2024: changemaking for the future

4 Mar 2024 Mike Thatcher
The 2024 Fellows Festival was the biggest and boldest so far, with a diverse range of high-profile speakers offering remarkable stories of courageous acts to make the world a better place.
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What’s trust got to do with it?

10 Dec 2023 Nathan Kinch
Internal initiatives to improve organisational trust and reputation are often unsuccessful. Leaders need to step back and question their organisation’s purpose, values and principles, and redesign decision-making to explicitly act in the public interest.
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Leading for a brighter urban future

29 Nov 2023 Joan Munro
UK Urban Futures Commission Leadership Researcher Joan Munro discusses how long-term government support could help council leaders and their partners move further and faster.
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A manifesto for the long term

23 Nov 2023 Phillip Ward
The crises facing the world through climate change, biodiversity loss and inequality are crying out for long-term decisions, but we seldom get them. Phillip Ward offers his Manifesto for Change.
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How can we address the stagnation of social mobility?

27 Oct 2023 Celestin Okoroji
Class privilege remains entrenched in the UK despite politicians’ promises to promote social mobility. Celestin Okoroji, RSA’ Head of Research, calls for an urgent shift in the way we respond to class-based inequalities.
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Regenerating places: redefining prosperity for UK cities

12 Oct 2023 Tom Stratton FRSA
Regenerating cities is at the core of our Design for Life mission. Unlocking cities’ full potential holds the key to building a regenerative future for people, places and planet. Tom Stratton, RSA Chief of Staff, discusses.
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Unleashing the potential of the UK’s cities

28 Sep 2023
There is huge scope for cities to add dynamism to economies, cohesiveness to communities and redemption to our environment. The long-term dividends from doing so are enormous. The question is, how it is to be done?