2020s crises and change
How do communities respond to crisis to shape their long-term future?
RSA Projects
Our research projects are about enabling people, places and the planet to flourish.
From education to healthcare, heritage to economic security we work on a range of issues where we can bring people and ideas together to create impact.
Capabilities enquiry
Design for Life capabilities are ways of thinking, doing and being needed for changemakers to live and work in ways that contribute to thriving people, places and planet.
Cities of Learning
Widening access to education and supporting people in finding new learning opportunities near them.
Collective defined contribution pensions forum
Supporting the implementation and regulation of CDC schemes.
Community banking
Supporting the creation of local banks across the UK.
Deliberative democracy
Renewing democracy by listening to people again.
Economic security observatory
Identifying where gaps in support – from the state, communities or employers – contribute to this rising tide of insecurity.
Economies for healthier lives
Supporting areas seeking to embed health outcomes in all economic development activity.
Futures thinking and strategic foresight
Exploring how using strategic foresight can help us make better policy.
Global innovations in good work
We're working together with the Autodesk Foundation to deepen and scale the impact of global innovations in good work.
Heritage
Exploring what heritage means to local people and how it can improve lives.
Learning about culture
One of the largest ever studies in the UK on the value of arts education.
Leeds fashion futures
Could Leeds shape the future of fashion to be circular, where clothes are used more and made from safe and renewable resources?
Make fashion circular
Linear is out of fashion. Let’s design a circular future for our clothing.
One powerhouse
Reducing regional inequality in the UK.
Pinball kids
Exploring why school exclusions are increasing and how we can support students.
Preventing school exclusions
How do we make local education systems more inclusive and reduce preventable exclusions?
Primary youth social action
Can we extend the positive impact of volunteering to primary schools?
Rough guide to being a public entrepreneur in practice
Exploring new ways of addressing the challenges NHS Lothian’s staff face in their work.
Self-managing care teams
Social care isn't working. It's time to trust care workers.
The third benefit
We believe teachers’ motivations and experiences of high-quality youth social action represent an underexplored ‘third benefit’.
Transforming lifelong learning
We're testing an innovative approach to lifelong learning, via a digital careers and employability coaching platform.
UK Urban Futures Commission
We're helping unlock the potential of the UK’s cities, working with leaders and citizens to develop a transformative national plan for their future.
Universal basic income
How we can help people take control of their own lives.
Young people's future health and economic security
Exploring how money worries impact health.
Archived projects
Explore our past and completed projects.
