Videos

RSA Albert Medal Address

Public talks

14 Mar 2024

RSA House and Online

Christiana Figueres receives the RSA Albert Medal in recognition of her creativity, courage and commitment to accelerating the global response to climate change.

How to fix parliament

Public talks / Online

25 Oct 2023

RSA House and online via YouTube

Drawing on his recent experience as Chair of the Parliamentary Standards Committee, Sir Chris Bryant MP explores what has gone wrong in parliamentary politics in the UK and how we can fix it.

The future of the House of Lords

Public talks

20 Sep 2023

RSA House and online via YouTube

The Lord Speaker of the House of Lords, Lord McFall of Alcluith, will discuss options for reform of Parliament’s Upper House, to enhance the effectiveness of its work of scrutiny and revision of legislation.

A wellbeing approach to policymaking

Public talks / Video / Online

01 Jun 2023

Great Room and online

Richard Layard and Jan Emmanuel De Neve present a case for making wellbeing the central goal – for government, for business and for educators.

What would a fair society look like?

Public talks / Video / Online

27 Apr 2023

RSA House and online via YouTube

Economist and philosopher Daniel Chandler offers a programme for how we might reshape our political and social institutions, reinvigorate democracy and transform capitalism.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon: keynote address

Public talks / Video / Online

20 Mar 2023

RSA House and online

Nicola Sturgeon reflects on lessons learned as leader of an ambitious small nation taking a progressive agenda to the world stage, during a period of complex national and global challenges.

The Tyranny of Merit | Michael Sandel

Video

24 May 2019

In this powerful new RSA Minimate, Michael Sandel confronts our age of stalling social mobility and entrenched inequality, and asks: what will it take to meet one of the biggest political challenges of our time?

What is Universal Basic Income?

Video

15 Sep 2016

Everyone’s talking about a ‘citizen’s income’ or ‘basic income’, but what on earth is it? Watch this short explainer video for a quick rundown of the basics.

RSA Animate - The Internet in Society

Video

22 Mar 2011

Does the internet actually inhibit, not encourage democracy? Evgeny Morozov presents an alternative take on 'cyber-utopianism' - the seductive idea that the internet plays a largely emancipatory role in global politics.