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The Life Project

RSA Event

28 Apr 2016

Durham Street Auditorium, RSA House

Science journalist Helen Pearson reveals insights from the five birth cohort studies begun in 1940s Britain, that form the basis of how we understand inequality and health today.
Closing the Opportunity Gap

RSA Event

06 Oct 2015

Great Room Auditorium, RSA House

In this year’s RSA Chairman’s Lecture, Robert Putnam explores the cultural and economic factors that are contributing to the persistence of inequality, and asks: what can be done to address the widening ‘opportunity gap’ that is locking so many young people out of a better future?
Towards An Economy That Works For Us

RSA Event

30 Apr 2015

Durham Street Auditorium, RSA House

David Graeber, anthropologist and leading figure in the Occupy movement, visits the RSA to consider what it would take to build a flourishing, sustainable and just future economy.
Power to Create

RSA Event

08 Jul 2014

RSA House, London

In his 2014 Chief Executive’s lecture, Matthew Taylor will explore new thinking around the RSA’s core mission: to empower people to be capable, active participants in creating the world we want to live in.
The Truth About Social Mobility

RSA Event

06 Mar 2014

RSA House, London

Many people assume that it is much easier to move between social classes today than in the past. But new research by economist Gregory Clark, based on tracking family names across generations, reveals that mobility rates are lower than conventionally estimated, and that inherited advantage remains a deeply entrenched force.
Influencing Tomorrow

RSA Event

20 Nov 2013

RSA House, London

From climate change and terrorism to nuclear proliferation and the fate of the world’s poor, what does a progressive UK foreign policy look like in what many predict will be an ‘Asian century’? Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander MP visits the RSA to explore the challenges ahead for policymakers.
Does the British Establishment still exist?

RSA Event

24 Oct 2013

RSA House, London

One of the UK’s leading contemporary historians, Peter Hennessy visits the RSA to investigate whether or not there is still such a thing as a British Establishment. If there is, what effect does it have on society today?
Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality

RSA Event

17 Oct 2013

RSA House,London

Leading development economist Angus Deaton explores the patterns behind the health and wealth of nations in our hugely unequal world, and addresses what needs to be done to help those left behind.
RSA Screens: The Taxing Question of Land

RSA Event

03 Sep 2013

RSA House, London

In this premiere of his new film, producer and director Yoni Higgsmith presents the case for a transformative tax solution which could help to address a range of economic and social concerns.
Does Population Matter?

RSA Event

10 Jul 2013

RSA House, London

One of the world’s leading geographers Professor Danny Dorling visits the RSA to argue that our concerns over population growth may be overblown.