In this article, published on the Transforming Society website, Dr Julia Downes, a Lecturer in Criminology, explores: 'Lessons from COVID-19: How transformative justice and mutual aid can help to address harm in communities'

Alan Shipman is a Lecturer in Economics at The Open University. Today, his article Inflation or deflation – which would be worse right now? has been published in The Conversation. His work has been republished as part of our series under a Creative Commons license

Letter by Dr Rajiv Prabhakar published in The Guardian today. Rajiv is a Senior Lecturer in Personal Finance at The Open University. His letter responds to an article by John Harris which argues Universal Basic Income could offer security to millions of people

This blog was originally published on 14 March for the Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative by Professor of Criminology, Steve Tombs. Here, he considers the early approach taken by the UK Government to the unfolding Coronavirus crisis

In this article, Gabi Kent discusses the development of a new OpenLearn course, based around the Time to Think archive. Gabi Kent is a Lecturer in Knowledge Exchange at The Open University

In this article, Jim Turner and Camilla Elphick from the OU discuss the potential for public-police conflict, and the need for mutual public-police trust and solidarity, in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak

In a piece written for the Transforming Society website, Dr Rajiv Prabhakar from The Open University explores the question: What do the reactions to COVID-19 show so far about financial inclusion?

'Distance education is not a one-size-fits-all solution, especially in low-resource contexts'. In a blog written for UKFIET, Dr Alison Buckler (and others) explore how to minimise ‘distance’ in distance learning programmes during COVID-19

Professor Smita Srinivas discusses her latest paper 'Economics and Public Health: a case for interdisciplinary cohesion in the time of Coronavirus' and the relevance of her work to the current COVID-19 pandemic

As the COVID-19 crisis persists, ‘a return to normal’ remains contentious. Many people are asking, ‘what normal?’ Or more practically speaking, ‘How to create a better normal?’ Dr Les Levidow explores