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State capacity and the green revolution we need

21 Feb 2023
World-leading economist Professor Mariana Mazzucato and the Hon Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, come together for a unique opportunity to hear two global trailblazers discuss what it means for governments to lead a just green transition.
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A new economic paradigm for people and planet

30 Jan 2023
Dennis Snower, influential economist and policy adviser to the G20, joins leading evolutionary theorist David Sloan Wilson to ask: can we re-define and re-design economics to respond more effectively to the complex collective challenges facing us now, and in the future?
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Lockdown laws and the threats to our freedoms

01 Dec 2022
Human rights barrister Adam Wagner reflects on lockdown laws, hastily made under a state of emergency, and the recent Public Order Bill, to explore how these laws threaten our freedoms.
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Blog

A celebration of political innovation

1 Apr 2020 Sarah Darrall
The RSA is proud to announce a partnership with the Innovation in Politics Institute to give awards for democratic innovations. The example of li, Finland shows what the awards are all about.
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The study of conflict shows that divided people can come together when they talk

7 Feb 2020 Riley Thorold, Owain Service
One of the most famous experiments in social psychology took place in Robbers Cave state park, Oklahoma, in the early 1950s.
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Design principles for democratic innovation

28 Jan 2020 Ed Cox
Ed Cox on the opening of the International Week of Democratic Innovation at the People’s History Museum in Manchester.
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Reflections on a People’s Assembly: advice for organisers

29 Oct 2019 Clare Gage FRSA
Think about how you want to have influence, and structure your discussion around that.
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How can we make the growth of citizens assemblies last?

13 Sep 2019 Riley Thorold
Many new citizens’ assemblies have been announced in the UK and across Europe. Why has this happened? And how can we make this ‘deliberative moment’ last?
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Empowering young people to create a democracy for the future

19 Aug 2019 Paul Ingram FRSA
The RSA Tees Valley Fellows’ Network on their local work on democracy in schools.
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Democracy versus the climate?

20 Jun 2019 Riley Thorold
We need more democracy, not less, to fight climate change. Riley Thorold on the tension between the environment and democracy and plans to hold a citizens’ assembly on climate change in the UK.
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