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Institutional reform

Event Cancelled: Why We Get the Wrong Politicians

RSA Event

08 Nov 2018

Durham Street Auditorium, RSA House

Why do we end up with politicians with whom we’re so often unhappy? Political journalist Isabel Hardman examines the problems with our political system, and what needs to change for things to get better.
Keynote Address by First Minister of Scotland

RSA Event

15 Oct 2018

Great Room Auditorium, RSA House

First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon will deliver a speech on the current state of play of the UK Government’s Brexit negotiations and the future of the UK and Europe.
The Future of Charities: Why Doing Good is Not Enough

RSA Event

04 Oct 2018

Great Room Auditorium, RSA House

How can charities maximise their benefit to society and inspire public trust? Chair of the Charity Commission, Baroness Stowell, unveils her ambitions for the third sector in this exclusive RSA address.
How Politics and the Media Crashed Our Democracy

RSA Event

12 Jul 2018

Durham Street Auditorium, RSA House

Political insider Tom Baldwin shares worrying insights from behind the curtain of power, and warns that we are in danger of pressing ‘delete’ on liberal democracy altogether.
What Democracy Needs Now

RSA Event

02 Jul 2018

Great Room, RSA House

In his annual RSA Chief Executive’s Lecture Matthew Taylor makes a case for radical reform of our political and policymaking systems in the face of a growing crisis of liberal democracy.
How Democracy Ends

RSA Event

07 Jun 2018

Durham Street Auditorium, RSA House

One of the UK’s leading political scientists, David Runciman, argues that democracy is collapsing before our very eyes. But what - if anything - should replace it?
The People Vs. Democracy

RSA Event

23 May 2018

Great Room Auditorium, RSA House

Trust in politics is dwindling, and authoritarian populists are seizing power around the globe. Renowned academic and author Yascha Mounk argues for radical political reforms that will benefit the many, not the few.
10 Ways to Fix Our Democracy

RSA Event

03 May 2018

Great Room Auditorium, RSA House

Global economist Dambisa Moyo argues that democratic capitalism needs to reform and reboot, in order to meet the threats of income inequality and a stagnant economy.
Strengthening Our Parliamentary Democracy

RSA Event

25 Apr 2018

Benjamin Franklin Room, RSA House

In this Vote100 year, Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom asks: can we really say our democracy is as equal as the Suffragettes sought to make it?
Why Criminal Justice Matters

RSA Event

10 Apr 2018

Great Room Auditorium, RSA House

The Secret Barrister, one of the UK’s leading law bloggers, shares insights from the frontline of our criminal justice system, and warns that it’s now close to breaking point.