How Stories Make Us Who We Are
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How can storytelling help us navigate the world around us? Writer Will Storr explores the science behind humanity’s most powerful tool.
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Videos & Audio
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Ingrid Fetell Lee on Why We Pursue Happiness But Overlook Joy ...
What does joy look like? Designer Ingrid Fetell Lee exposes the power of ordinary things to create extraordinary happiness, and shows us how to find joy in the world around us.
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How To Find Joy In The Everyday
What does joy look like? Designer Ingrid Fetell Lee exposes the power of ordinary things to create extraordinary happiness, and shows us how to find joy in the world around us.
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Economics for Uncertain Times
The world is rapidly changing and the future is more unknown than ever – Jens Beckert and Richard Bronk explore the narratives and predictions we use to help navigate economic uncertainty.
Articles & Blogs
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Duncan Bartlett FRSA offers his thoughts on a recent RSA event with Matthew Syed.
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Jonathan Haidt speaks with Matthew Taylor on polarisation, identity politics and the importance of social science for our collective future.
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Philippe Valdois FRSA reports back from an RSA JFN event where Fellows and guests heard from Alexandra Krawiec, the RSA's Connector in Poland.
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Jim, a former winner of the RSA Student Design Awards, challenges perceptions of dyslexia by highlighting its positive effects and close association with design.
Projects
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The emerging view of human nature is radically different from the past, but have we used what we have learned about our brains, behaviour and biases in recent years? The Social Brain Centre focuses on three principle aspects ...
Events
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A fresh look at how we humans have evolved and remade the world around us. What’s our next chapter? With science writer Gaia Vince.
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In a world of ambiguity, uncertainty and fake news, Steve Martin and Joseph Marks demonstrate how increasingly it is the Messenger who is the message.
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Bestselling author Matthew Syed argues that individual intelligence is no longer enough; the only way to tackle complex problems is to harness the power of cognitive diversity.
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What happens when reality surprises us? Writer Michael Blastland explores the curious anomalies that our usual modes of thinking struggle to explain.