RSA Events

Nigel Topping is the UK’s High-Level Climate Action Champion for the pivotal COP26 climate talks. The Covid-19 crisis may have postponed the summit by a year, but we can now seize the opportunity to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon economy, he argues - if we get the recovery measures right. This conversation was broadcast online on the 3rd July 2020. Discover more at: www.thersa.org/events/bridges-to-the-future

Injustice and inequality are holding us back from becoming the best society we can be, and we need to make change together, on every level. CEO of New America Anne-Marie Slaughter explores how we can enact values that make us proud. This conversation was broadcast online on the 2nd July 2020. Discover more at: www.thersa.org/events/bridges-to-the-future

Can we design recovery measures to address deep-seated issues of economic inequality and insecurity? Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Anneliese Dodds MP and the FT’s Martin Sandbu share policy ideas to improve job quality and increase prosperity for people and places in every part of the UK. This conversation was broadcast online on the 1st July 2020. Discover more at: www.thersa.org/events/bridges-to-the-future

As Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham is working to shape the future of the city region, designing services and implementing policies with a central goal of improving people’s health. Leading a transition from crisis to recovery, he describes how devolved and integrated approaches are critical in supporting agility and resilience in health, care and local services. This conversation was broadcast online on the 25th June 2020. Discover more at: www.thersa.org/events/bridges-to-the-future

Ted Howard is  co-founder and president of  the  Democracy Collaborative,  and pioneer of the community wealth-building movement.  In conversation with the RSA’s Anthony Painter, he shares his vision for a post-pandemic social and economic reconstruction rooted in community transformation. This conversation was broadcast online on the 18th June 2020. Discover more at: www.thersa.org/events/bridges-to-the-future

The global pandemic crisis has intensified the need for new thinking to address labour market trends such as automation, employment precarity and economic insecurity. Alan Lockey is joined in conversation by future work experts Carl Frey and Laetitia Vitaud to discuss how we make sure the post-pandemic future is one where good work is enjoyed by all. This conversation was broadcast online on the 11th June 2020. Discover more at: www.thersa.org/events/bridges-to-the-future

Governments and states start to look and behave differently in times of crisis. Political theorist John Keane reflects on what our current challenges may reveal about the nature of an anti-democratic trend he observes taking hold across the world, and what it will take to uphold and strengthen the ideals and practices of power-sharing democracy. This conversation was broadcast online on the 4th June 2020. Discover more at: www.thersa.org/events/bridges-to-the-future

New polling shows that a substantial majority of the public now want government to focus on improving health and wellbeing over economic growth. Dr Katherine Trebeck of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance joins Jamie Cooke, Head of RSA Scotland, to discuss the new policy ideas that could bring about that change. This conversation was broadcast online on the 14th May 2020. Discover more at: www.thersa.org/events/bridges-to-the-future

Adair Turner, Chairman of the Energy Transitions Commission, explores the policy choices facing governments as we move from crisis response measures to longer-term economic recovery planning. What steps can we take now to build a better economy – one that enhances the health of people and ecosystems? This conversation was broadcast online on the 21st May 2020. Discover more at: www.thersa.org/events/bridges-to-the-future

Before the pandemic outbreak, we had been living through a period of increasing polarisation. But now that Covid-19 crisis is revealing the full extent of our shared vulnerability and common humanity, is there an opportunity for us to come together to heal some of those divides? Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist who studies how our moral and political intuitions are formed. This conversation was broadcast online on the 5th May 2020. Discover more at: https://www.thersa.org/events/bridges-to-the-future