Rachel Reeves was elected Member of Parliament for Leeds West in May 2010. Previously, she worked as an economist at the Bank of England, the British Embassy in Washington DC and latterly at Halifax ...

Robert Chapman is an independent property and regeneration expert advising businesses and organisations. He is a Director at Robert Chapman & Company Ltd (RC2), which he established in Cardiff in 2001 ...

Dr. Adam Lent is director of programme at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce - the RSA. He has responsibility for the RSA's thought leadership and practical ...

A new report from Nesta which illuminates the value and role of social movements in health - to foster further debate, experiments and development of practice. The biggest blockers to starting social ...

Emily Lim is Director of Public Acts at the National Theatre. Her work explores theatre making as a radical form of community activism and she has worked both nationally and internationally in ...

Elif Shafak is an award-winning novelist and the most widely read female writer in Turkey. She is also a cultural commentator, a political scientist and an inspirational public speaker. Shafak is an ...

Gaia Vince is a science writer and broadcaster interested in the interplay between humans and the planetary environment. She has held senior editorial posts at Nature and New Scientist, and her ...

Young people face a challenging future as rising costs of living, debt and taxes impact their economic security and mental health, new research has found. The Cost of Independence: young people’s ...

Following the success of the RSA and CivicLAB event in September 2024, we are delighted to host a second event at the University of Derby. On Wednesday 12 February 4pm–6pm, we will be welcoming an ...

Tristram Carfrae is a leading structural designer. He has been responsible for the structure of a dazzling array of award winning buildings over his 35 years with the firm, both in Australia and the ...

Iain McGilchrist is a former Fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford, where he taught literature, before training in medicine. A psychiatrist and writer, he works privately in London, and otherwise lives ...

Principal of St Francis Street CBS, Dublin, an Ashoka Changemaker School Fiona Collins is the principal of inner-city primary school Francis Street C.B.S., a position she has held for ten years.