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Apr 18

OU Economics & the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation: Book Launch: Imperialism and the Political Economy of Global South’s Debt

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.

Mar 8

IKD one-day webinar: Health and care at the crossroads

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.

Feb 24

GCSJ seminar series: The Political Economy of Patriarchy in the Global South

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’.

Feb 20

Conference: Multidisciplinary Futures of United Nations Peace Operations

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.

Jan 30

Book launch: Global Youth Unemployment: History, Governance and Policy

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.

Dec 15

Economics seminar series: The Welsh Basic Income Pilot

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.

Dec 6

Online migration seminar with Professor Janine Dahinden

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 MigrationCentre 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.

Nov 28

Criminology seminar: ‘In conversation’ with Dr Faith Gordon

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.

Nov 18

Eco-creativity Conference 2022: The Arts Mapping Emotional Landscapes of the Climate and Ecological Crises

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.

Nov 16

Economics seminar series: Green finance, energy transitions and geo-political crisis in Eurasia and beyond

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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