What accounts for the divides between east and west, rural and urban, left and right, secular and religious? Award-winning social psychologist Michele Gelfand explains how the clash between ‘tight societies’ (with clearly stated rules and codes of ethics) and ‘loose societies’ (more informal communities with weak or ambiguous norms), drives many of our most polarised and intractable global challenges.
Watch professor of psychology, MIchele Gelfand in our latest RSA Spotlight – the edits which take you straight to the heart of the event!
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