Professor Sophie Watson, Head of Sociology at The Open University, interviews Andy Metcalf, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and author of 'Slump City: The Politics of Mass Unemployment', about the social and psychological impact of lockdown

Join Georgina Blakeley, former Director of Teaching in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at the OU, at The Political Studies Association's third Teaching & Learning Network Webinar Series on 27 May, 'Teaching Politics Online: Pedagogy, Support, Community'

OU lecturer in Criminology Dr Julia Downes considers the difference neighbourhood groups called mutual aid groups are doing and could do, to help support those who are facing more interpersonal and state violence in the pandemic

Paul Anand, Professor of Economics at The Open University, writes for the London School of Economics. In his article, Paul discusses some of the challenges facing labour markets in light of the COVID-19 pandemic

Open University Professor of Criminology, Steve Tombs, writes for the Institute of Employment Rights. He asks, if the average workplace will only be inspected once every 275 years, how does Boris expect these Covid 'spot checks' to work?

In this pre-recorded interview, Dr Lorena Lombardozzi, Lecturer in Economics at the OU, speaks to Matt Huber, Associate Professor of Geography at Syracuse University about his article 'COVID-19 Shows Why We Must Socialize the Food System'

Theo Papaioannou, Professor of Politics, Innovation and Development at The Open University, argues in this article that combating COVID-19 will require global application of a non-ideal justice in innovation

In this post, Sarah Hadfield, an ESRC Grand Union PhD Researcher in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The Open University, discusses if social distancing will increase the use of secondary data in research projects

Professor Parvati Raghuram and Dr Gunjan Sondhi from The Open University write for Open Democracy. For long, international students were not included in most migration debates because they were seen as temporary sojourners. Did things change?

In this powerful article, Dr David Scott, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the OU and Professor Joe Sim from Liverpool John Moores University, highlight the impact of COVID-19 within prisons in the UK and the government's failure to act responsibly