Previous Events
‘Art and Climate Change’ at the Glasgow Science Festival
Saturday, June 11, 2022 - 14:00 to Sunday, June 12, 2022 - 14:30
Kelvingrove Museum Education Centre, Glasgow
Find out what happens when two OU art historians join forces with an environmental filmmaker to tell a new kind of history of climate change.
Behind the scenes of the BBC & OU’s Art That Made Us: livestream and Q&A
Thursday, May 26, 2022 - 13:30 to 14:30
Online
Go behind the scenes of the recent BBC and OU co-production 'Art That Made Us' to discover more about how the show was made and why in this livestream and Q&A.
Economics seminar series: Fiscal Policy in the Post-Financial Crisis Era: Debates and Lessons Learned
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 - 14:00 to 15:30
Online, via MS Teams
In this talk, Dr. Ayobami ILori will focus on recent evidence and debates on fiscal policy since 2007, both from an academic and policymakers’ perspectives.
Sanctuary at The Open University Seminar: The Migration Blanket - Climate Solidarity
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 - 12:30 to 13:30
Online
After the successful seminar on War in Ukraine and forced displacement in Europe, The Sanctuary at The Open University Working Group are pleased to announce the second event in our Seminar Series on Displacement, Education, Integration. These seminars are open to all staff, students, and external guests.
Citizenship Studies seminar series: Covid Chronicles from the Margins
Monday, May 23, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:30
Online
As part of the Citizenship Studies seminar series, Prof. Marie Gillespie investigates how forced migrants from around the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic via creative and artful resistance to marginalisation.
Economics seminar series: Why grow a tree? Barriers and boosters for landowners to adopt agroforestry
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 - 14:00 to 15:30
Online, via MS Teams
In this talk, Dr Aiora Zabala will provide an overview of the challenges and drivers for planting trees in productive farming systems, a climate and sustainability solution that aligns environmental conservation and development goals.
Citizenship Studies seminar series: Who should care? Social care and citizenship
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:30
Online
As part of the Citizenship Studies seminar series, Dr Dan Taylor discusses how social care remains woefully underfunded and what it reflects
‘Teach in’: The War in Ukraine Q&A
Thursday, April 7, 2022 - 13:00 to 14:00
Online
This roundtable with POLIS academics is designed to allow students to engage with OU research and ask questions on what is happening and what it means for the future of international politics.
Citizenship Studies seminar series: ‘Ordinary Citizenship’: Anthropological Approaches
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 - 15:00 to 16:30
Online
As part of the Citizenship Studies seminar series, Professor Catherine Neveu uses empirical research carried out in France and other contexts to discuss the gains to be obtained by exploring citizenship processes “through the ordinary”.
Open Politics: How UK Parliament works – campaigning webinar
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 18:00 to 19:00
FREE Online event
Part of Open Politics seminar series, after an introduction to UK Parliament, this session focuses on the practicalities of working with members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and how to engage with the legislative process.
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