Tuesday, April 18, 2023 - 13:00 to 16:15
Online via Zoom. Simultaneous translation English/Spanish/French at local time 13.00 - 16:15 (London) | 12:00 - 15:15 (Dakar) | 9:00 - 12:15 (Buenos Aires)
The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and OU Economics are delighted to host the Book Launch of Imperialism and the Political Economy of Global South's Debt, where experts connect the history of this issue with a range of factors including class dynamics, the changing landscape of sovereign debt markets, the global liquidity cycle, the enduring constraints of commodity dependence, ecological sustainability and the limitations of the current ad hoc sovereign debt restructuring procedures.
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - 10:30 to 15:00
Online via MS Teams
Colleagues and students from across The Open University are invited to this IKD Gender and Social Policy one-day webinar coinciding with International Women’s Day.
Friday, February 24, 2023 - 12:00 to 13:00
Online
This GCSJ seminar will explore Ece Kocabicak’s new book on ‘The Political Economy of Patriarchy in the Global South’.
Monday, February 20, 2023 - 09:00 to Tuesday, February 21, 2023 - 17:00
The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Sponsored by the BISA Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Working Group and the Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice at The Open University, the two-day conference seeks to bring together scholars developing new theoretical and empirical research on the future of UN peacekeeping operations. We invite papers, panel and roundtable submissions. The submission deadline is Wednesday 7 December 2022.
Monday, January 30, 2023 - 17:00 to 18:30
Online
Join authors Prof. Nicola Yeates and Prof. Ross Fergusson from the Department of Social Policy and Criminology at the Open University for the launch of their new book, Global Youth Unemployment: History, Governance and Policy. They will be joined by a distinguished panel of academics to discuss some of the key questions and issues the book tackles.
Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 12:00 to 13:00
Online. The event is free
The Open University Economics Seminar Series is honoured to host the First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford and Minister for Social Justice Jane Hutt as they discuss the Welsh basic income pilot for people leaving care. The event will be introduced and chaired by Rajiv Prabhakar.
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 - 12:00 to 13:00
Online via MS Teams
Professor Janine Dahinden will be critically reflecting on the notion of migration drawing on her work on de-migranticization technologies. The online seminar is organised by OU Migration, Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice (GCSJ) and Open Psychology Research Centre. The seminar will be chaired by Professor Umut Erel, Director of the Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice.
Monday, November 28, 2022 - 10:00 to 11:00
Online
We discuss some of Dr Gordon's most important work, exploring what motivates her to conduct her research and what she has sought to achieve. Dr. Faith Gordon is the Deputy Associate Dean for Research, and Associate Professor of Criminology with the Australian National University, ANU College of Law.
Friday, November 18, 2022 - 13:00 to Saturday, November 19, 2022 - 17:00
Virtual Conference, The Open University
In this third edition of the Eco-creativity conference, we invite interdisciplinary, empirical, and ethnographic approaches to understanding the role of arts and creative industries in delineating new ‘emotional landscapes’ of the climate and ecological crises.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:30
Online. The event is free
Olena Borodyna, Senior Transition Risk Analyst from the Overseas Development Institute and Basani Baloyi from the Institute for Economic Justice in South Africa will discuss the challenges posed in the climate–security nexus.
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