The School of Social Sciences and Global Studies at The Open University is a hub for disciplinary and interdisciplinary research and research-led teaching that aims to tackle some of the most pressing challenges faced by societies across the globe.
We offer an intellectually stimulating environment for academic staff and students, including a lively postgraduate research community.
- Prof Shonil Bhagwat (Head of School, SSGS)
Local & Global, the fourth edition of the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies (SSGS) magazine has just launched. You can still catch up with the first three issues, if you have missed reading them.
The School offers a deliberately unconventional combination of disciplinary traditions which support a wide range of interdisciplinary and disciplinary modules and qualifications.
The School is a hub for disciplinary and interdisciplinary research and research-led teaching that aims to tackle some of the most pressing challenges faced by societies across the globe.
Through the pursuit of strategic partnerships and progressive engagement, we strive to make a difference in the wider world.
Established in October 2021, the Centre provides critical, interdisciplinary insight, and innovative, social justice driven solutions to challenges facing contemporary global societies.
Open University’s Dr Precious Chatterje-Doody consults for OU/BBC co-production The Zelensky Story
FASS academic insight and expertise has been used to help create new learning resources to challenge the narrative around the climate crisis.
The Open University History and Politics academics consult for new OU/BBC co-production on Cold War spies.
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