Friday, April 25, 2025 - 12:00 to 13:00
Online, via Microsoft Teams
Part of the Thinking Expansively Seminar Series (TESS), this talk welcomes Dr Adom Philogene Heron (Lecturer in Visual Anthropology at the University of Bristol)
From 2019-2023 Adom successfully spearheaded the GCRF Surviving Storms project, digitally mapping hurricane survivals in Dominica. This paper tells a story of a community self help project by villagers displaced from their homes in the aftermath of fatal landslides brought by Tropical Storm Erika in 2015.
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.
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).
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.
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.