eople respond to incentives, although not necessarily in ways that are predictable. Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, authors of the bestselling Freakonomics challenge you to think differently about a range of controversial subjects.
Recent Activity
Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner - SuperFreakonomics
Matthew Taylor - Left Brain, Right Brain: Human nature and political values
Matthew Taylor explores how brain and behaviour research is increasingly being incorporated into political and policy debate.
Respondent: Tim Harford
Respondent: Tim Harford
Madeleine Bunting - Place, Identity and Community
Guardian columnist Madeleine Bunting visits the RSA to investigate our interactions with places, spaces and the people with whom we share them.
Panel discussion - Baroness Chalker and Edicio dela Torre
Our speakers ask how faith can be used as a force for positive social change? Keynote Speakers: Baroness Chalker and Edicio dela Torre.
Chair: Paul Vallely.
Discussants: Katherine Marshall, Gerrie ter Harr, Makki Mohammed
Chair: Paul Vallely.
Discussants: Katherine Marshall, Gerrie ter Harr, Makki Mohammed
Panel Discussion - Cities and Citizenship
Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA in conversation with leading social entrepreneur Lord Mawson, Professor Wolf Prix, co-founder of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU and pioneering writer and journalist Anna Minton chaired by Professor Ricky Burdett, Director of the Urban Age programme at the LSE.
Faith in the Marketplace
Our speakers ask where faith fits in the marketplace and if the marketplace has suffered from a lack of values?
Keynote Speakers: Ken Costa and Tariq Ramadan
Discussants: Steve Chalke, Reverend Giles Fraser, John Reynolds
Keynote Speakers: Ken Costa and Tariq Ramadan
Discussants: Steve Chalke, Reverend Giles Fraser, John Reynolds
Luke Johnson - The Importance of Invention
RSA Chairman, Luke Johnson gives this year's inaugural lecture. The promotion of innovation was the founding spirit of the RSA, Luke suggests that we should renew our commitment to industrial and social pioneers who can provide solutions to the challenges that lie ahead.
Panel Discussion - Food in a World Without Oil
Our distinguished panel debate the various options available to us in the impending ‘world without oil’
Panellists: Peter Melchett, Policy Director at the Soil Association; Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City University London and Professor Nigel Halford, principal investigator at Rothamsted Research.
Chair: Roger Harrabin, BBC Environmental Analyst
Panellists: Peter Melchett, Policy Director at the Soil Association; Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City University London and Professor Nigel Halford, principal investigator at Rothamsted Research.
Chair: Roger Harrabin, BBC Environmental Analyst
Evgeny Morozov - The Internet in Society: Empowering or censoring citizens?
Could the internet actually inhibit rather than empower civil society? Evgeny Morozov, 2009-2010 Yahoo fellow at Georgetown University, outlines the dramatically different ways in which the internet's potential can be utilised by citizens and regimes.
Stein Ringen and Polly Toynbee - The Economic Consequences of Mr Brown
Stein Ringen and Polly Toynbee assess the economic and political consequences of the past decade of government and ask whether the time is right for constitutional reform
Rt Hon Tony Blair - Why Faith Matters for Development
Rt Hon Tony Blair gave the opening address in a new series of seminars on faith and development organised by The Tony Blair Faith Foundation, DFID, WorldVision, Oxfam and Islamic Relief.
David Cameron in conversation with Nassim Taleb
David Cameron MP and best-selling author Nassim Taleb visited the RSA to discuss what measures need to be taken, in the wake of the economic crisis, in order to create a more “Black Swan-robust society”.
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