Covid-19

A new paper by Professor Smita Srinivas from The Open University, Ramakrishna Prasad and Pritika Rao, explores 'The clinical foreground and industrial background: Customizing national strategy for COVID-19 testing'

Paul Anand, Professor of Economics at The Open University, has had a letter published in The Guardian. Paul responds to the government's 'disappointing' new three-tier system with reference to a recent study he was involved in

Janette Rutterford, Emeritus Professor of Finance and Financial History at The Open University, urges the government to consider targeting those organisations that have profited from the pandemic to help those that are struggling

Dr Kim Charnley is a Staff Tutor and Lecturer in Art History. In this blog, he introduces a new digital platform due to launch this week. ‘Beyond the Now’ will share perspectives and foster debate about the place of the arts in social justice in a post-pandemic world

In this blog, Delia da Sousa Correa, Head of Department in English and Creative Writing at The Open University, explains how the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic unexpectedly enhanced her understanding of her favourite novel, Middlemarch

Dr Clare Taylor, a Senior Lecturer in Art History at The Open University, devised an innovative way to combine her passions during lockdown. Find out how a series of architectural guides known as ‘Pevsners’ inspired her to explore rural Oxfordshire

Christina Laskaridis, Lecturer in Economics at The Open University, presents the findings of a recent paper which explores plans to fill a $2.5 trillion financing gap to combat COVID-19 and the subsequent financial crises

A new paper co-written by Paul Anand, Professor of Economics at The Open University, provides new evidence from a survey of 2000 individuals in the US and UK related to predictors of COVID-19 transmission

A new paper by Jerome De Henau, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Susan Himmelweit, Emeritus Professor, argues for a care-led recovery with public investment in high-quality care services and better conditions for care workers

Jonquil Lowe, Senior Lecturer in Economics and Personal Finance at The Open University, offers advice on how to manage your money through the coronavirus pandemic. This article was originally published in The Conversation