• Wealth: Blessing or curse?

    Hinde Street Methodist Church

    ResPublica's Director Phillip Blond will deliver his lecture "Towards a Moral Market" on 9th April, 7.30pm, as part of the Hugh Price Hughes Lecture Series 2013, held at the Hinde Street Methodist Church.

  • Do Christians Really Oppose Gay Marriage?

    The QEIICC The QEIICC, Westminster, London

    As part of the 2013 Westminster Faith Debates, ResPublica's Chair of Trustees, Professor John Milbank, will speak at the event 'Do Christians really oppose gay marriage?' on 18th April at 5.30 pm. The discussion will be chaired by the Rt Hon Charles Clarke and Prof Linda Woodhead, and the other speaker include Professor Stephen Holmes, […]

  • HowTheLightsGetIn

    HowTheLightGetsIn, the world's largest philosophy and music festival, will this year be held between 23rd May and 2nd June. ResPublica's Director, Phillip Blond, will be speaking at three events on Monday 27th May. 12.00pm - Politics, Power, and Religion From the divine right of kings to the Protestant work ethic and the exporting of Christianity, […]

  • Can Protection Insurance Kick-start Lending?

    Portcullis House Wilson Room, Portcullis House, London, United Kingdom

    On 12th June 2013, ResPublica will launch its latest publication, Risk Waiver: closing the protection gap and easing the flow of credit, which explores the potential for insurance protection products to stimulate the credit market. Recent Bank of England of England statistics suggest current Government attempts to stimulate the market are having a limited effect […]

  • Towards the Post-Liberal Future

    University of Nottingham

    This year's Blue Labour Midlands Seminar will take place on the 5th July at the University of Nottingham. ResPublica's Professor John Milbank, Dr Adrian Pabst and Caroline Julian will take part in the discussions. The aim of this seminar is to gather Blue Labour thinkers, supporters and activists to explore and discuss substantive and emerging […]

  • Holistic Mission: Social action and the Church of England

    Lambeth Palace Lambeth Palace, London

    On Wednesday 10th July 2013, ResPublica launched its latest report, Holistic Mission: Social Action and the Church of England, authored by ResPublica Director, Phillip Blond and ResPublica Research Associate, James Noyes. The report urges that the Church must be recognised by the state as an enabling institution that plays a crucial role in delivering public […]

  • Raising the Roof: A new social bar for housing associations

    Central London Location

    ResPublica hosted a full day 'thought leaders' conference, entitled 'Raising the Roof', which explored and identified a new 'social bar' for housing associations, setting out the sector's ambitions for the future. In the context of the Localism and Social Value Acts, and the enormous transformations in welfare and public sector provision, the conference set out […]

  • The Community Renewables Economy: Starting up, scaling up and spinning out

    Portcullis House Wilson Room, Portcullis House, London, United Kingdom

    ResPublica is launching its latest report: 'The Community Renewables Economy: Starting up, scaling up and spinning out'. Supported by RenewableUK, Co-operative Energy, Airvolution and Infinergy, and drawing on new data based on an independent survey, the Green Paper sets out the potential GW capacity of community energy in the UK, and outlines a series of […]

  • 4000%: Are payday loans ever in the consumer interest?

    Ness Room Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Exhibition Way, Glasgow

    4000% Are payday loans ever in the consumer interest? On the back of a recent Office for Fair Trading report on payday loans; the short-term lending sector has come under increased criticism and scrutiny. With some payday lenders exhibiting unethical and unscrupulous behaviour, it is unclear whether payday lending functions as a crucial form of […]

  • 4000%: Are payday loans ever in the consumer interest?

    Thistle Hotel Tennyson Room, Thistle Hotel, King's Road, Brighton

    4000% Are payday loans ever in the consumer interest? On the back of a recent Office for Fair Trading report on payday loans; the short-term lending sector has come under increased criticism and scrutiny. With some payday lenders exhibiting unethical and unscrupulous behaviour, it is unclear whether payday lending functions as a crucial form of […]