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The work of art

Professor Hasan Bakhshi examines the changing relationship between the arts and economics, arguing that culture is no longer simply required to prove its value through economic measures.
23 Jul 2026 Professor Hasan Bakhshi, MBE
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report

Thames Freeport Commission

In 2025, the Thames Freeport Board asked the Royal Society of Arts to establish an independent commission to recommend an approach to the Social Value Framework. Read the commission’s recommendations in this report.
8 May 2026
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In Conversation

In Conversation with Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow FRSA coined the term ‘enshittification’, the 2024 word of the year, to describe the universal experience of how technology platforms went from ‘it’ to, well… In conversation with broadcaster Stephanie Hare, he discusses how we move forward.
15 Apr 2026 Stephanie Hare
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Online Exclusive

Backing the builders of a greener future

Finalists from the RSA Spark Entrepreneur Awards have secured significant additional funding from the Chacegrove Family Foundation to help them take their high-impact ideas further into real-world solutions.
2 Apr 2026 Mike Thatcher
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Online

The young disruptors of Sub-Saharan Africa

2021-2022 Nine Dots Prize winner, Trish Lorenz, answers the question of what it means to be young in an ageing world by exploring the unique opportunities and challenges faced by the youth populations of Sub-Saharan Africa.
12 May 2022
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Feature

Changing tides

Digital entrepreneurship is swelling in some seaside towns across the UK
2 Dec 2022 Nasiru Taura
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Pressing pause

Building resilience in advance is the key to successfully confronting adversity
2 Dec 2022 Joan P. Ball
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Lead Feature

Entrepreneurs for change

The RSA’s commitment to building a home for social innovators
1 Dec 2022 Zayn Meghji, Joanna Choukeir, Tom Kenyon
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Innovation in the bag

Sarah Collins explores how sustainable change must be locally led and supported by collaboration between aid agencies and business.
27 Sep 2022 Sarah Collins
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