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Apr 24

China/Europe and the Changing Global Order Seminar Series

Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 11:30 to 13:00

Online, via Microsoft Teams

The Open University and York University present a China/Europe and the Changing Global Order Seminar Series webinar.

Dr Dr Xinyu Yuan, post-doctoral researcher at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, speakes on "International Non-governmental Organizations in China: Restrictions, Adaptations, and Re-positioning".  

May 1

Next Generation: Arts & Social Sciences Lecture Series 2025

Thursday, May 1, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00, Thursday, May 8, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00, Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00, Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00

From China’s changing relationship with Britain to the politics of identity among British Sikhs, from Restoration court culture to the psychology of populism—join us for a new season of fascinating and wide-ranging talks. Every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 1st - 22nd May.

May 8

Next Generation: Arts & Social Sciences Lecture Series 2025

Thursday, May 1, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00, Thursday, May 8, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00, Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00, Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00

From China’s changing relationship with Britain to the politics of identity among British Sikhs, from Restoration court culture to the psychology of populism—join us for a new season of fascinating and wide-ranging talks. Every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 1st - 22nd May.

May 15

Next Generation: Arts & Social Sciences Lecture Series 2025

Thursday, May 1, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00, Thursday, May 8, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00, Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00, Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00

From China’s changing relationship with Britain to the politics of identity among British Sikhs, from Restoration court culture to the psychology of populism—join us for a new season of fascinating and wide-ranging talks. Every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 1st - 22nd May.

May 16

GCSJ roundtable: Disengaged or discerning sceptics? Research and insights on active citizenship

Friday, May 16, 2025 - 12:00 to 13:00

Online

This roundtable will showcase current research from across the OU focused on engaging disengaged citizens across various contexts.

 

May 22

Next Generation: Arts & Social Sciences Lecture Series 2025

Thursday, May 1, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00, Thursday, May 8, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00, Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00, Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 13:00 to 20:00

From China’s changing relationship with Britain to the politics of identity among British Sikhs, from Restoration court culture to the psychology of populism—join us for a new season of fascinating and wide-ranging talks. Every Thursday at 1pm and 7pm, from 1st - 22nd May.

May 23

Leveraging SKEEP for equitable responses to addressing societal challenges

Friday, May 23, 2025 - 12:00 to 13:30

Online, via Microsoft Teams

In this presentation Margaret Ebubedik, Research Fellow in Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS), will draw on her body of work to share insights into her Stakeholder Knowledge Exchange, Engagement, and Partnerships (SKEEP) approach, which she has applied across diverse humanitarian, peacebuilding, and development contexts. 

This event is part of the Thinking Expansively Seminar Series (TESS).

Jun 3

Reimagining disengagement: tools and resources for engaging the disengaged in making change

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 - 12:00 to 13:30

Online, via Microsoft

Political disengagement is rising in the UK, with declining turnout, eroding trust, and growing polarisation. Some groups, particularly young people and the economically disadvantaged, are especially disengaged. Join us for this online event, to get some practical insights into methods of engaging the disengaged in making change in politics, democracy and civil society, specifically aimed at policy makers and campaigning organisations. Find out about our FREE toolkit and how you can use it.

Jun 18

Challenging prejudice and disinformation

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 - 13:00 to 14:30

Online

As part of this roundtable discussion, members of three research teams will reflect on how external engagement and research impact can creatively, effectively and ethically be facilitated to challenge prejudice and disinformation. 

Jul 10

Aesthetics and the Management of Heritage

Thursday, July 10, 2025 - 09:00 to Friday, July 11, 2025 - 16:30

Churchill College, Cambridge

The topic of how to ‘treat’ heritage (decisions about conservation, restoration, or reconstruction) is currently the subject of heated debate. At least some of the principles underlying these decisions are aesthetic; the history of the discussion, going back to the Renaissance, features work from thinkers and practitioners such as Petrarch, Alberti, Viollet-le-Duc, Morris, Ruskin, and Riegl.

Previous Events

GCSJ seminar series: Existential Dis/Connections: Opening up conversations

11th April 2025

In this seminar we will introduce the developing work of Existential Dis/Connections. The seminar will offer tasters for making connections from a number of different starting points, opening up conversations and encouraging new spaces that can accommodate discomfort, uncertainty and new possibilities.

How should academics engage with policy-makers to create impact?

4th April 2025

Join us for a talk by Rajiv Prabhakar, Senior Lecturer in Personal Finance. Rajiv will be drawing on his experience of engaging with the UK Parliament to the ways that researchers might engage with policy makers more generally to crate impacts. 

Book Launch: Remembering, Resisting: Realities of peoples' struggles under Marcos Jr.

24th March 2025

Hosted by the Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice (GCSJ), join us for a book presentation and discussion with the writers, editors and organisers of the new edited volume.

Wrongs not righted: how might we think about repair? - A GCSJ Research Talk

18th March 2025

This talk explores the troubling history of the entanglements between Britain and Jamaica, through the establishment of a slave society from the late seventeenth century, the time of abolition and emancipation, and moments of crisis in 1865 and 1938. It will argue that there are colonial wrongs to be righted: there is a debt. Who carries responsibility? What would recognition mean? How might we think about repair?

GCSJ seminar series: Overcoming colonial continuities in the area of social protection

14th March 2025

Drawing on documentary analysis and stakeholder interviews, the talk offers a critical, comparative analysis of how colonial pasts have influenced social protection policies and institutions in Mainland Tanzania and Cote d’Ivoire, to what extent the current dynamics of policymaking enable alignment with national social protection priorities, and how domestic leadership in social protection arrangements could be strengthened.

Teaching equitably about climate change: Linking Higher Education research with School teaching?

12th March 2025

Hosted by the Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice (GCSJ), join us for a discussion with the developers of new teaching materials for Key Stage 3 to address the climate crisis through a decolonial lens

AI Opportunities? Responses on implications for research and teaching

5th March 2025

This is the second roundtable of the 2024-2025 GCSJ Roundtable series. This roundtable invites an open and critical exploration of the concerns, questions and opportunities regarding the use of AI within teaching and learning. 

Researching Global China Conference – Innovation and Challenges

25th February 2025 to 26th February 2025

Welcome to the Researching Global China Conference, with this year’s theme looking at methodologies around Innovation and Challenges.

An Integrated System for Refugee Students: Access and Success in Higher Education - A TESS Talk

21st February 2025

This event is part of the Thinking Expansively Seminar Series (TESS) and examines how digital education can empower refugee learners by addressing the unique challenges they face in accessing and succeeding in higher education. It explores the development of an integrated framework that provides tailored, multi-tiered support systems in host countries, moving beyond generic approaches to meet the specific needs of refugee students.

GCSJ seminar series: Friends and Lovers

14th February 2025

How do we negotiate the boundaries between “just friends” and “dating”? This talk offers some pointers, noting in particular the importance of our assumptions about roles and stereotypes.