After attending a recent RSA US Future of Work conference, Head of RSA Scotland, Jamie Cooke, reflects on Pittsburgh's come-back story: a post-industrial city that has managed to create a vision for a bright new future based ...

Jamie Cooke
Head of RSA Scotland
Jamie leads on the development of the RSA’s activity in Scotland, through innovative partnerships, projects and programmes of activity. He works with Fellows to strengthen RSA Scotland’s impact, and to open up new ways to develop opportunities in Scotland which contribute to the RSA’s strategic objectives. Particular areas of interest include basic income, inclusive growth, the role of cities and Scotland’s relationship with the rest of the world. He works closely with colleagues across the global Fellowship, especially the US and Australia.
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The news that the new Government of Ontario has decided to scrap the basic income experiments, despite assurances to the contrary during the election campaign, is incredibly disappointing, disgraceful and, frankly, short-sight ...
How can the value of big data be harnessed to improve all of our lives? Jamie Cooke, Head of RSA Scotland, discusses the potential pathways for policy.
Examples of where we feel the Universal Basic Opportunity Fund could bring great economic security and better work to the lives of people in the UK.
The commitment of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission to organise and deliver work within the devolved nations is a very welcome one, says Head of RSA Scotland Jamie Cooke.
Scottish Government will fund Basic Income experiments
5th September 2017
Written by: Jamie Cooke , Anthony Painter
The RSA welcomes the announcement of the Scottish Government that it will support and fund local Basic Income pilots.