Events

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.

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?

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.

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

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. 

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

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.

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.

Thinking Expansively Seminar Series (TESS). TESS is an interdisciplinary series hosted by GCSJ at The Open University.

Dr Omolola Olarinde in her talk invites researchers, particularly those less familiar with reflexivity, to explore how employing reflexivity can enrich their research.

Come along to our seminar and hear Dr Viktor Eszterhai from John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics speak on: Chinese Investment Boom in Hungary: Semi-Peripheral Perspectives and Implications for European Identity.