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Social justice

How our social connections impact our economic mobility

RSA Event / Video / Online

23 Nov 2022

Harvard economist Professor Raj Chetty and Lucy Makinson, Behavioural Insights Team discuss how connectivity, social cohesion and civic engagement can play a role in shaping income equality and economic opportunity.
How we let Grenfell happen

RSA Event / Video / Online

17 Nov 2022

Journalist Peter Apps explores the devastating tragedy of Grenfell Tower five years on. What caused the disaster and what kind of housing policy reform is most needed now to ensure it never happens again?
Viral justice – the big impact of small change

RSA Event / Video / Online

03 Nov 2022

Across structural racism, healthcare inequities and collective healing, writer and activist Ruha Benjamin shows how seemingly minor decisions and individual actions can have a big impact across our lives and society.
Edible economics

RSA Event / Video / Online

27 Oct 2022

Celebrated economist Ha-Joon Chang argues that our economic diet is as unhealthy and bland as eighties cuisine, and needs an injection of new thinking and diverse flavour to better nourish society.
That quiet little voice: when design and ethics collide

RSA Event / Video / Online

21 Sep 2022

Designer George Aye, co-founder of Greater Good Studio, examines the risks and challenges involved when design seeks to intervene in complex social issues.
Exploding the stereotypes and myths of gendered emotions

RSA Event / Video / Online

15 Sep 2022

The ways that we interpret and describe our emotions is heavily gendered. Pragya Agarwal, behaviour and data scientist, explores how this came to be and the impact it has on our lives and society.
Social justice and health equity

RSA Event / Video / Online

13 Sep 2022

Landmark inequality review author Sir Michael Marmot calls for evidence-based action to tackle the health gap across the whole of society and at each life stage.
Stories of modern England: a nation at a crossroads

RSA Event / Video / Online

07 Jul 2022

Award-winning journalist and editor Jason Cowley revisits key news stories of recent times to reflect on how England has changed, and the state of the nation now.
Where next for the UK’s local and regional economies?

RSA Event / Video / Online

05 Jul 2022

Combined authority mayors Andy Burnham and Andy Street visit the RSA to discuss how extended local powers and long-term funding will unlock the potential in people and places and improve outcomes for all communities.
The social distance between us

RSA Event / Video / Online

30 Jun 2022

Those in power are often at arm’s length from the problems they are in charge of solving – is this why social inequality remains so entrenched? Writer and rapper Darren McGarvey explores the social remoteness underpinning our failing systems, and what it would take to do better.