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.
Competition opens for academics and cartoonists to make research about social challenges accessible to a wider audience.
Eariler this month, three OU students – all studying DD313: International Relations – took part in the British International Studies Association (...
OU/BBC co-production ‘Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland’ won Best Documentary at the Broadcast Awards 2024.
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