Jonathan Rowson  Dr Jonathan Rowson is Director of the Social
Brain Centre at the RSA.   After degrees spanning a range of
social science disciplines from Oxford and Harvard, Jonathan’s
Doctoral research was an examination of the concept of wisdom,
including a detailed analysis of the challenge of overcoming the
psycho-social constraints that prevent people becoming 'wiser',
similar to what the RSA terms the 'social aspiration gap'. He
writes a weekly column for the Herald newspaper, has authored
three books, and is a chess Grandmaster and former British
Champion (2004-6).  Related events for each speaker