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How To Build A More Equal And United Society
0Sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg shows how social infrastructure holds the key to health, happiness, safety and healing our divided society.
Has the UK Reached Peak Inequality?
Academic and writer Danny Dorling argues that Britain has finally reached peak inequality, and immediate action is needed to defuse Britain’s ticking time bomb.
A New Politics for an Age of Crisis
Political failure is a failure of the imagination. Journalist and author George Monbiot joins us to tell the new political story we’ve been missing.
The Orwell Prize Ceremony 2018
The winners of the UK’s most prestigious awards for political writing are revealed, celebrating the best of this year’s books, journalism and innovative reporting on social issues.
Publications
In this collection of essays, we ask a number of thought leaders and practitioners to explore the potential of alternative housing models such as co-living to help meet the challenges of today, with a particular focus on ...
A Matter of Conviction: A Blueprint for Community-Based Rehabilitative prisons sets out a blueprint for reform for the prison system in England and Wales.
The interim report from the RSA Inclusive Growth Commission
In order to inform its analysis of place-based dimensions of inclusive growth, the Commission undertook three ‘deep dive’ research visits in Bradford, Cardiff city region and Newcastle.
Articles & Blogs
Anthony Painter explores the UK's economic and cultural divides and concludes that we all have 'deep stories' that need to be acknowledged.
Following the RSA's event with Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon, Jamie Cooke, head of RSA Scotland, reflects on Scotland and the enlightenment
Communities are the life-blood of any society because they create a sense of belonging and connection. Values are at the root of this. We both shape and are shaped by the values of the different communities to which we belong. ...
What do Jeremy Corbyn, Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin have in common? Not as much as we've been led to believe, argues Anthony Painter
Projects
Citizen Power Peterborough explored creative ways of encouraging local people to work together and help their communities become stronger, safer, greener and more able to overcome the challenges they faced.The programme compri ...
One of the Citizen Power Peterborough projects, Sustainable Citizenship aimed to encourage, test and support people’s ideas to make green behaviour easier in Peterborough and the city a more sustainable place to live.
Social Mirror is a tablet application that you can use to measure, visualise, and see the potential for change in on line and offline networks. Starting in January 2012, we developed a prototype for use by social science ...
The Mental Wellbeing and Social Inclusion programme is a longitudinal project that seeks to i) understand how community and social connections affect people’s well-being; ii) develop best practice around using local data ...
Events
- Fellow Event
RSA Newcastle Network Encounter: Sustainability, Youth & Society ...
Wednesday 17th October 2018
Ampersand Interventions, Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle Encounter meets on the third Wednesday of every month. Discuss your ideas & projects with Fellows and friends in an informal setting with drinks and networking.
Immigration: Beyond the Headlines
Thursday 25th October 2018 at 13:00
Durham Street Auditorium, RSA House
Migration has long been a high-profile political issue. A panel including HOPE Not Hate’s Rosie Carter gathers to discuss the state of the conversation and how and why public opinion has shifted over time.
Sir Ian Cheshire welcomes an expert panel to discuss the interim findings of the RSA’s Food, Farming and Countryside Commission.
How to Build a More Equal and United Society
Monday 8th October 2018
Great Room Auditorium, RSA House
Sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg shows how social infrastructure holds the key to health, happiness, safety and healing our divided society.