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Female Fellows: cultivating social capital

27 Mar 2025 Emily Weiner FRSA
What if everyone had access to the social connections they need to thrive? This International Women’s Day, and Women’s History Month, the RSA US team has invited female-identifying Fellows to explore how social capital, social connections, and building community, intersect with their work.
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Trust fall

26 Mar 2025 Rachel Botsman
Technology has enabled our retreat into homebound lives of frictionless convenience – but at what cost? Trust expert Rachel Botsman says it’s time to get up and get out
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Capital gains

26 Mar 2025 Helen Lock
For Raj Chetty – Harvard Professor and recipient of the RSA’s Benjamin Franklin Medal in 2024 – social capital is the bedrock of economic mobility. So how can we revive it?
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Patron’s Lecture: the I/We/I century

25 Mar 2025 Mike Thatcher
Social capital was the theme of the 2025 RSA Patron’s Lecture where Robert Putnam discussed the impact of the decline in social connections.

Global Action Learning Network

Our Global Action Learning Network connects practitioners to grow the social capital field by sharing insights, improving best practices, and fostering collaboration.

Connected Places

Connected Places is a practical and data-led approach to understanding and building social connections and economic mobility.

Mapping Social Capital

Our Mapping Social Capital work looked at six billion UK Facebook friendships to see how connected people are across income levels.
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Female Fellows: building bridges

20 Mar 2025 Lesley-Anne Long FRSA
What if everyone had access to the social connections they need to thrive? This International Women’s Day, and Women’s History Month, the RSA US team has invited female-identifying Fellows to explore how social capital, social connections, and building community, intersect with their work.
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Female Fellows: shaping stories and amplifying voices

18 Mar 2025 Christabel Nsiah-Buadi FRSA
What if everyone had access to the social connections they need to thrive? This International Women’s Day, and Women’s History Month, the RSA US team has invited female-identifying Fellows to explore how social capital, social connections, and building community, intersect with their work.
Fellowship events

Fellows Festival 2025 Tokyo

21 May 2025 Impact Hub Tokyo, 2-11-3 Insatsu Kojo 1st floor, Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0063
The Tokyo event of Fellows Festival 2025 will explore the theme of connection through leisure.