Just Transition Lobby: Hustings 2023

This archive episode captures the Just Transition Lobby Hustings 2023, a live discussion around RIBA elections, representation, climate action, education and the future priorities of the profession.

Stephen Drew and the panel discuss associate representation, fair pay, sustainability, EDI, education, professional institutions and what Architecture Social's role can be in opening up conversations around the architecture profession.

The conversation covers:

• What the Just Transition Lobby was trying to achieve
• Why associate representation and chartership routes mattered in the discussion
• How climate action, EDI and education connected to the election conversation
• What the panel raised around low pay and workplace realities
• Why professional institutions need broader voices and clearer priorities

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Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to the Just Transition Lobby Hustings
• 05:00 Candidate introductions and the mandate
• 10:00 Associate candidates, voting context and questions
• 15:00 Education, neurodiversity, sustainability and technology
• 20:00 Climate action, EDI and lived experience
• 25:00 Associate representation, chartership and low pay
• 30:00 Recap and how the live vote worked
• 35:00 Focusing the associate conversation
• 40:00 Pay cuts, empowerment and workplace realities
• 45:00 RIBA priorities and what the profession celebrates
• 50:00 Final pitches and future voices
• 55:00 Results, representation and closing reflections

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