RSA Events: Audio

Can big business be our ally in solving some of the world’s most intractable challenges? Jon Miller and Lucy Parker visit the RSA to present a new framework of how and where big business can contribute to key global conversations, and in a positive and meaningful way.

In her first public lecture as RSA Chairman Vikki Heywood draws on her professional experience and observations to make a case for how the UK could begin to truly value arts and culture.

Dr Charlie Alcock, founder of MAC-UK, explains how her organisation is putting mental health support at the heart of solutions for young offenders, delivering integrated services developed and run in collaboration with service users.

The audience Q&A following the UK premiere of The Cola Road documentary, which follows the first trial of the innovative ColaLife programme, delivering live-saving medicines to remote communities through micro-retailers in Zambia.

Ruby Wax - comedian, writer and mental health campaigner, visits the RSA to explain how and why our busy, self-critical thoughts drive us to anxiety and depression, and to provide ways of taming our out-of-control minds.

Professor Howard Gardner explores the challenges facing today's young people as they navigate three vital areas of adolescent life - identity, intimacy and imagination - in a digital world. How can we ensure that new technologies act as a springboard to greater creativity and higher aspiration?

Professor Matthew Lieberman, one of the founders of social cognitive neuroscience, visits the RSA to show how the brain's social urges can radically enhance classroom learning.

Prince Chivaka, Head Boy at The RSA Whitley Academy and his colleagues at RSA Whitley interview a range of people including world-renowned educationalist Sir Ken Robinson.

RSA Academy, Tipton Year 9 students Neve Ovenden and Morgan Bevan interview with Director of Youth Think and Action Tank LKMco, Loic Menzies.

Students at RSA Arrow Vale and Ipsley Academies, including George Turner, look at the pros and cons of growing up a technology centered world. Including interviews with Dr Michelle Selinger, and Ewan Mcintosh.

RSA Lilian Baylis Technology Academy Year 9 students Barakat Aziz, Danielle Boateng, and Ariana Da Silva seek advice from Camilla Batmanghelidjh.

The 2013 President’s Lecture, an expert panel will discuss revolutionary new approaches to making and manufacturing in the 21st century. Speakers include Julie Madigan, chief executive, The Manufacturing Institute; Alice Taylor, founder and CEO, MakieLab; Bas van Abel, founder, Fairphone and Dr Laura James,co-director, Open Knowledge Foundation and co-founder and director, Makespace.

Anthony King and Ivor Crewe, two of Britain’s most distinguished political scientists, offer sharp analysis of the common patterns behind poor policymaking, and a spirited prescription for how to govern more wisely and effectively.

To mark the RSA's launch into the world of crowdfunding, an expert panel gathers to consider the current and future challenges and opportunities for the sector.

What is the future for Syria, how will the international community respond, and how will global diplomatic relationships alter as result of these decisions? An expert panel featuring Professor Michael Clarke, director of RUSI, Alison Baily, Middle East analyst, Oxford Analytica and Dr Patricia Lewis, Research Director, International Security, Chatham House gathers to reflect on the Syria crisis and the global response.