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Wired for imprudence

Report

28 May 2015

Natural human characteristics can make it hard to manage our money well. This report identifies six of these behavioural hurdles to financial capability, and explores what this means for financial education.
Surprising ways to change behaviour

Blog

18 Feb 2015

Nathalie Spencer

Present bias, lack of urgency, and social norms all inhibit us from getting a better deal on our utility bills. What can be done to overcome this?
Changing behaviour for a better deal? Not as easy as it sounds

Blog

13 Feb 2015

Nathalie Spencer

There are many areas of life where we could be getting a better deal by making what seems to be an easy switch. So why don’t we do it more often?
Bob’s Big Idea: why we are living longer

Blog

27 Jan 2015

Jonathan Rowson

“♫ I was 21 years when I wrote this song. I’m 22 now but I won’t be for long. Time hurries on, and the years that were green, turn to brown ♫”
The Seven Dimensions of Climate Change: Introducing a new way to think, talk, and act

Report

20 Jan 2015

Our report suggests that climate change is not about 'the environment', it's a problem with seven main dimensions: Science, Behaviour, Technology, Culture, Law, Economy and Democracy.
New Report: The Seven Dimensions of Climate Change

Blog

20 Jan 2015

Jonathan Rowson

A talent for speaking differently, rather than arguing well, is the chief instrument of cultural change – Richard Rorty
Seven Serious Jokes about Climate Change

Blog

20 Jan 2015

Jonathan Rowson

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious - Peter Ustinov
Je suis Charlie? Tiptoeing into the debate

Blog

16 Jan 2015

Amanda Kanojia

I was in Paris last weekend – a very pleasant thing to do.
Quote Bait: Twenty thoughts on spirituality

Blog

05 Jan 2015

Jonathan Rowson

Spiritualise: Revitalising spirituality to address 21st century challenges deals with a weighty subject and the overall process of producing the report involved about 300 people over two years, so it’s not surprising the final report is relatively long – about 40,000 words over 92 pages; it’s half a book really. (Now there’s a thought…)
Why we need spirituality to meet the challenges of the 21st Century

Press release

27 Dec 2014

With our world leaders and politicians seemingly incapable of tackling the major problems of our age, such as climate change, inequality and widespread political alienation, the RSA think tank has called for spirituality to play a greater role in the public realm.