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4th Annual Research Festival on Global Challenges and Social Justice

We would like to invite you to join the 4th GCSJ Research Festival on Global Challenges and Social Justice. The festival will bring together a variety of speakers and formats to showcase exciting OU research and give researchers a platform to exchange ideas and expand their networks.

GCSJ seminar series: Care-full lunar exploration - challenges and opportunities for protecting the Moon

This talk, presented by Dr Alessandra Marino, Senior Lecturer in Geography, looks at lunar protection as requiring interdisciplinary conversations on how to approach the Moon with care.

GCSJ seminar series: Decolonisation as a contested practice: Evidence from The Open University

Opening April’s Seminar will be Professor Allan Laville, OU’s Pro VC of Equality Diversity and inclusion. Presenter – Dr Shannon Martin – Researcher/Equality & inclusion/Government & Academic sectors/Decolonisation

Philosophy and the New Space Race – A public lecture

In this free online public talk, Philogophy Professor Derek Matravers will explore some puzzles that follow from the thought that space is not owned by anyone. This lecture contributes to the annual British Philosophy Fortnight.

Whiteness as a spectre in space? The case of Post-Apartheid Cape Town

South Africa continues to be a country where racial segregation is more often the rule than the exception, with Cape Town ranking among its most racially segregated cities. The city is also frequently associated with Whiteness. Focusing on the context of Post-Apartheid Cape Town, this talk draws on Derrida’s concept of the spectre to explore Whiteness as both a ghostly presence and a spectrum.

GCSJ seminar series: Public opinion & national security in the UK - A people-centred approach

Presented by Dr Thomas Martin Senior Lecturer in International Studies, this talk focuses on the research into the politics of national security.

GCSJ roundtable: Exploring social justice narratives: a view from SSGS

This roundtable session explores the meanings and importance of social justice for scholars within SSGS.

GCSJ seminar series: Opening the pandora’s box of inequality in innovation systems

How does innovation affect income inequality? This talk explores how innovation systems can both increase and reduce inequality. It challenges the conventional explanations offered by mainstream economics - such as the skill-biased technological change account - and highlights the critical role of the mechanisms and strategies adopted by key actors in innovation systems.

Book launch: Examining Stereotypes and Parenting Behaviours of South Asian Heritage Parents: Discourse and Case Studies

Hosted by the Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice (GCSJ), join us on Monday 9th February, 12:00 – 13:00 online for the book presentation and discussion with Renu Bhandari, Senior Lecturer, Staff Tutor and Chair of Access Board of Studies at the Open University at her book launch.

Black Studies in Babylon: Practice, Politics and Pedagogy - A TESS Talk

Dr Rita Gayle (University of Birmingham) explores her research on millennial Black British women’s creative collectives (2013–2020), using Stuart Hall’s conjunctural analysis to examine their legacy. She also reflects on Black Studies in Britain and how knowledge about African and Caribbean heritage communities is produced and shared. Thinking Expansively Seminar Series (TESS) offers ways of thinking that start from elsewhere/margins in a way that unsettles and reconfigures knowledge. It starts from beyond the canon. Thinking Expansively redefines how we approach knowledge, pushing us to imagine and realise a more equitable and inhabitable world. TESS is an interdisciplinary series hosted by GCSJ at the Open University.

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