🎥 In our latest GCSJ book talk, Renu Bhandari discusses "Examining Stereotypes and Parenting Behaviors of Asian Heritage Parents", centring the lived experiences of South Asian parents in the UK and challenging stereotypes through authentic family narratives.
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At a time of significant global instability, how does the public understand national security — and what role should citizens play in shaping it?
👉️ GCSJ seminar "Public Opinion & National Security in the UK: A People-Centred Approach" with
🎙️Thomas Martin
📆 Fri 13 March
⏰ 12:00–13:00
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🎥 How does innovation affect income inequality? This GCSJ seminar with Dr Thanos Fragkandreas explores how innovation systems can both increase and reduce inequality.
👉️ Watch now: youtu.be/LmhmOCAolG0
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A very timely topic, congratulations on the publication on the new book Religion, Spirituality and Public Health.
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The GCSJ seminar underscores the call for decriminalisation — arguing that ending criminalisation is key to safer working conditions, better health outcomes, and properly funded support.
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Dr Bev Orton draws on research and direct work with sex workers in Cape Town and the UK. The talk highlights the urgent need for safeguarding. While policing may appear protective on paper, real-life encounters often involve harassment, arbitrary arrest, exploitation and denial of justice...
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In South Africa, a woman is killed every 4 hours. In the past two years, 101 female and trans women sex workers have died — many under 40, 45% murdered. To learn more, watch Dr Bev Orton’s GCSJ seminar “Marginalised and stigmatised: sex work should not cost my life”.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/5HOF_eGjZY8
This Thursday: GCSJ Roundtable
📆 5 March | 13:00–14:00
📍 In person or Teams
👉 Exploring Social Justice Narratives: a view from SSGS with Contributors to The Palgrave Handbook of Social Justice.
Contact: fass-ssgs-research-centre@open.ac.uk
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📩 Our February newsletter is out!
Catch up on the latest updates, research highlights & events from GCSJ. Read the February edition here:
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Adam Hanieh introduces the 'East-East' energy axis, linking the Middle East with China/East Asia, and its impact on global energy dynamics. He is Professor at the University of Exeter and author of Crude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market (Verso 2024).
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🎥 Did you miss the GCSJ seminar "Greening the Gulf?" Catch it on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/4bcs_2Q3VaU. In this seminar, Adam Hanieh discusses the pivotal role of the six Gulf Arab states (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman) in renewable energy, amidst ongoing fossil fuel production
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📢 This Wednesday!
📆 25 Feb | 1:30-3PM
🌐 Book presentation & discussion with Dr Camille Stengel, Evgenia Iliadou, Dr Teresa Willis, Dr Matthew Melsa, Dr Eleni Dimou, Prof. Steve Tombs, Dr Lynne Copson
New publication "Crime, Harm and the State"
Email: FASS-SSGS-Research-Centre@open.ac.uk
📣 Register for our signature course: Doing Fieldwork in Challenging Environments
Get hands-on training across:
✅ Risk assessment & mitigation
✅ Application of common field research methods
✅ Data management + more!
📆 13–17 Apr, Online
👩🏫 Vera Axyonova
⭐ #ECPRMemberPerks: Get 50% off registration
Der neue #Monitor (Erscheinung: 4. März) analysiert das aktuelle Radikalisierungsgeschehen in DE und zeigt: Stabilisierung auf kritisch hohem Niveau, zugleich wachsende Offenheit für autoritäre und antisemitische Deutungen, besonders bei Jüngeren. Jetzt vorbestellen: www.motra.info/motra-monito...
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Exempt PhDs from international fee levy, ministers urged.
University groups warn imposing fee on overseas doctoral students would “harm research talent pipeline”.
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🔴 Starting soon: Opening Pandora’s Box: Inequality & Innovation Systems
📅 Fri 13 Feb | 12–1pm | Online
👤 Dr Thanos Fragkandreas (University of Westminster)
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GCSJ at The Open University brings together research, events & collaborations addressing some of the most pressing global and social justice issues of our time.
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🎉 Launch of the PEERS Gallery & OpenLearn course
on Partnering for Equitable Research — exploring how we build fairer research partnerships across institutions & communities
📅 Friday, 20 March 2026 | 2:00 PM
Register via 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...
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📢 GCSJ Seminar | 10 April | 12–1PM
Decolonisation as a Contested Practice: Evidence from The Open University
Speaker: Dr Shannon Martin
Opening: Prof Allan Laville
Exploring how decolonisation & anti-racism are understood and enacted across HE
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982763523...
Two days to go🔔 OPRC free public online lecture this Wednesday
Why do we tolerate road deaths? Implications for policy and practice
🗓 11 February | ⏰ 7–8pm
🎙 Professor Gemma Briggs
💻 Free & online
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While the workshop has a particular focus on Arts and Humanities, OU colleagues from all disciplines are welcome who are interested in strengthening their funding strategies, exploring opportunities, and sharing experiences.
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🗣️American Philosophical Association Member Interview with Sophie Grace Chappell (OU)
👉 blog.apaonline.org/2026/01/23/a...
Sophie shares insights into her career, passions, and what drives her enduring commitment to #philosophy.
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📢 Book launch and discussion with Renu Bhandari.
*Examining Stereotypes and Parenting Behaviours of South Asian Heritage Parents: Discourse and Case Studies*
🗓 Monday 9 February
🕛 12 – 1PM | 📍 Online
👉 RSVP via: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980176659...
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📢 Excited to share our latest open-access article!
📄 Anticolonial Inheritances and Responsibilities: Rethinking the Nation-State in Geographies of Migration Research
By @parvatiraghuram.bsky.social and @gunjans.bsky.social
🔗 Read the full article (open access) here: doi.org/10.25162/gz-...
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