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Nesta UK
by Nesta UK
We are Nesta. The UK’s innovation agency for social good. We design, test and scale new solutions to society’s biggest problems, changing millions of lives for the better.
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Electrifying Britain: how could a Labour government spark a low-carbon revolution?
The biggest net-zero challenge of the next decade is electrification: switching our heating and transport over to running on green electricity. Between them, electricity, heat and transport make up more than half of the UK’s carbon emissions and reducing these will be crucial to tackling climate...
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Is mission-driven government new?
Labour has announced five missions to focus their plans for government. But how can this approach be turned into reality to solve some of the UK's biggest societal challenges? What lessons can be learned from the mission-driven approaches applied elsewhere to make a mission-driven government as...
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Tackling the UK’s loneliness epidemic
Five years ago, loneliness was a major focus across the UK. How can we make it so again? Deputy Director for Nesta’s healthy life mission, Lauren Bowes Byatt, and Head of Policy at the Red Cross, Olivia Field, discuss the government's loneliness strategy and the challenges that lie ahead.
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#TheNest with Minister Julie James: How quickly can we decarbonise homes in Wales?
Julie James, Minister for Climate Change for the Welsh government joined Nesta's Andy Regan to discuss transitioning Welsh homes to net zero.
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Why we fight with Chris Blattman
In this special live episode, Nesta's Chief Executive, Ravi Gurumurthy speaks to Chris Blattman, Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago’s Pearson Institute. They discuss Chris’s new book, Why We Fight, and how social science can help us understand conflict.
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How we get to net zero with Jonathan Brearley
Recorded in January 2022, Nesta's Chief Executive, Ravi Gurumurthy speaks to the CEO of the energy regulator Ofgem, Jonathan Brearley, about the long term questions: how we get to net zero and what our energy system will look like in the future.
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Managing Wikipedia with Jimmy Wales
Have you ever wondered how Wikipedia makes sure its information is accurate? And why don't other sites use this business model to for their content? Join Nesta's CEO Ravi Gurumurthy as he speaks to the co-founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, about building online communities and avoiding the spread...
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The importance of ethics in AI with William Isaac
In this episode of The Mission podcast, Ravi speaks to William Isaac, a Research Scientist at DeepMind, a company that researches and builds safe AI systems. William works on fairness and governance of AI systems and in this episode he discusses the ethics around facial recognition, Instagram and...
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Can we make soft drinks healthy with Indra Nooyi
We're back! In the first episode of 2022, Nesta's CEO Ravi Gurumurthy speaks to Indra Nooyi, former chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo. During her time at PepsiCo, Indra steered the company towards healthier products and reinvented its environmental profile.
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The Nest - Episode One
Our first episode of the Nest on 1st December was a conversation between Nesta’s Oliver Zanetti and Vattenfall’s Head of Customer Experience, Bindi Patel. This conversation centred around the role of heat networks in low carbon heating and their contribution to meeting net-zero by 2050.
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Changing social norms with Betsy Paluck
What are social norms and how do we change them for the better? In the first episode of Series 2 of The Mission podcast, Ravi is joined by Betsy Paluck, Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, to discuss how social norms evolve over time and how we can use them to…
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Net zero - big ideas for cutting household emissions
Net zero - big ideas for cutting household emissions by Nesta UK
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Five Big Ideas To Create A Locally Led Transition
Five Big Ideas To Create A Locally Led Transition by Nesta UK
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How Coronavirus will change our futures, with Nicholas Christakis
In this episode of The Mission, Ravi is joined by social scientist, physician and author, Nicholas Christakis, to talk about the three stages of the pandemic, how propaganda machines thrive when the world is distracted and why we're heading towards a second Roaring Twenties.
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Tackling the UK's productivity crisis with John Van Reenen
What are the roots of the UK's productivity problem and what can be done about it? Ravi is joined by John Van Reenen OBE, Professor of Economics at London School of Economics, to talk about the state’s role in accelerating the fourth industrial revolution and what Rishi Sunak should, and…
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Creating a new social settlement with Hilary Cottam
How do we fix our welfare state? Ravi talks to innovator, social entrepreneur and author of Radical Help, Hilary Cottam, about where the current system falls short and how it could be redesigned for the future. Mentioned in this episode: The Robin Murray Living Library can be found here:...
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Reducing educational underachievement with Becky Francis
In this series, Nesta’s Chief Executive Ravi Gurumurthy is joined by practitioners, academics and policymakers to talk about how to tackle society's intractable challenges, and the innovations and ideas that are shaping it.
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Dissecting trust with Rachel Botsman
In this series, Nesta’s Chief Executive Ravi Gurumurthy is joined by practitioners, academics and policymakers to talk about how to tackle society's intractable challenges, and the innovations and ideas that are shaping it.
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People power, home share
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Creative industries and intersectional barriers
8th June 2020, co-organised by the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) and King’s College London This event explored issues concerning intersectional barriers in the creative industries. It considered current research on themes including social mobility, class and race, and asked...
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Grassroots innovation and the COVID crisis: The Cares Family
On March 13th of this year, The Cares Family suspended all face-to-face activity due to the COVID crisis. In this episode, we're joined by their CEO Alex Smith to hear about the organisation's journey through the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis and how he led his small organisation through rapid...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We are Nesta. The UK’s innovation agency for social good. We design, test and scale new solutions to society’s biggest problems, changing millions of lives for the better.
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