GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice
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Welcome to *GCSJ* - the Open University's Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice in the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies.
🌍 Our July GCSJ Newsletter is now available. Read the full newsletter and stay up to date with the latest GCSJ news and activities 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/gcsj-n...
GCSJ Newsletter | July 2026
Welcome to this month’s update from GCSJ, the Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice. 📰 In the news & media Filippo Boni was interviewed by the Mapping Global China project at the University ...
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📢 Research Careers Day 2026 | 📅 23 Sept | 🕘 09:00–15:00 Join us for a day of expert talks, career insights and networking for researchers at all stages. Learn aboout funding, supervision, equity and the Researcher Development Programme. 📝 Register via My Learning Centre (Research Careers Day 2026)
📈 Alan Shipman writes about the US economy, which he says is picking up despite energy costs rising as a result of the US war with Iran. 🔗 Read the recent article republished by Yahoo Finance from The Conversation: uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/us-defi...
🌕 Watch again: Care-full lunar exploration – challenges and opportunities for protecting the Moon | GCSJ seminar with Alessandra Marino As interest in lunar exploration grows, how can we ensure activities on the Moon are guided by care, responsibility and protection? 🎥
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📢 Research Participants Wanted | For a PhD study exploring service co-design with, and for, women who are justice experienced. Interested in participating, or know someone who might be? Please get in touch and share this opportunity with your networks. All details & contact below 👇
Rachel A.Wood MSc GMBPsS@rachelawood.bsky.social · 2mo agoFuture Voices Friday 5th June 2026. Can you help? I’m looking to get lived and practitioner voices heard. If you would like to help, please get in contact at: Rachel.wood@open.ac.uk @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #design #research #psychology #servicedesign #codesign #designingjustice
🚨 We invite you to join us for next week’s GCSJ/OpenSpace seminar "Beyond Smoothness: The Textures of Logistical Life", which will take place as a hybrid event on Tuesday 16th June, 11.30-13.00. 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c1f342... @gunjans.bsky.social @colinlorne.bsky.social
🎙️ Prof Simon Usherwood spoke on Talk Radio about how politics is changing and the need to engage more in democracy. 🎧 internetradiouk.com/talk/ 👉 Featured at 22:08 and again on 4 June at 05:40 @simonusherwood.bsky.social @gunjans.bsky.social
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📢 GCSJ/OpenSpace Seminar | Beyond Smoothness: The Textures of Logistical Life 📅 16 June 2026 | ⏰ 11.30–13.00 | Hybrid Dr Debbie Hopkins (University of Oxford) explores the frictions, interruptions & uneven experiences that shape logistical life. 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c1f342...
Interesting article for @ou-gcsj.bsky.social students, particularly #D113 on how global politics and the environment is affecting coffee prices: BBC News - The £5 coffee that tells a story of global economic turmoil - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The £5 coffee that tells a story of global economic turmoil
Coffees at some city centre outlets now cost £5. It's a story of tariffs, the climate, Gen Z cultural tastes, and savvy coffee farmers playing the market, writes Faisal Islam
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📣 Happening next week | Join the GCSJ Research Festival 2026 Our 4th Annual Research Festival on Global Challenges and Social Justice is taking place on 2–3 June 2026. 📅 2–3 June 2026 📍 Online and hybrid ✅ Free event 🔗 Full programme and registration: tinyurl.com/mu6yp3nm @gunjans.bsky.social
📚 Publication highlight | Symposium on Sophie Grace Chappell’s Epiphanies: An Ethics of Experience. It brings together reflections and discussions on the book’s themes in ethics and moral philosophy. In: Zeitschrift für Ethik und Moralphilosophie. 🔗
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In her latest book "Epiphanies: An Ethics of Experience" (OUP, 2022), renowned philosopher Sophie Grace Chappell explores the phenomenon of epiphanies. She ...
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📢 The detailed programme is now available for the 4th Annual Research Festival on Global Challenges and Social Justice 📅 2–3 June 2026 💻 Free online 🔗 Registration + full programme: tinyurl.com/mu6yp3nm #SocialJustice #ResearchFestival #GlobalChallenges @gunjans.bsky.social
📅 Happening this Friday | 🌕 Care-full lunar exploration: challenges and opportunities for protecting the Moon Exploring scientific, legal, environmental, and cultural perspectives on protecting lunar environments and heritage & the first public presentation underpinning the new #MoonRISE project.
📖 New publication | Legacies of the Lost in Criminology This new edited collection explores loss, absence, and social harm in criminological research. Edited by Tammy Ayres, Daniel Briggs, Craig Kelly, and Stuart Taylor. 💡 bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/legacies-of-... #Criminology
🎥 Watch now | Public opinion & national security in the UK In this recent GCSJ seminar, Dr Thomas Martin explores a people-centred approach to national security, focusing on public opinion and everyday experiences. 📺 Watch: youtu.be/go3DRDhhXsE @simonusherwood.bsky.social @gunjans.bsky.social
📜 Programme overview now available | GCSJ Research Festival 2026 (2–3 June) Explore the 4th Annual GCSJ Research Festival—two days of global challenges research, panels & discussion (in person + online). @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social @gunjans.bsky.social @colinlorne.bsky.social
📅 Happening soon: 15 May 2026 | 🌕 Care-full lunar exploration: challenges and opportunities for protecting the Moon | GCSJ Seminar Series 🔹 Dr Alessandra Marino 🗓 15 May 2026 ⏰ 12:00–13:00 (Online) 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-cha... @astrobiologyou.bsky.social @gunjans.bsky.social
🎙️ Chatterton Mill massacre (1826) | Dr David Scott David discussed the 1826 uprising in Pennine Lancashire, where troops fired on mill workers, killing six. His research sheds light on the atrocity and 200th anniversary events. 🔗 profiles.open.ac.uk/david-scott 🔗 www.rossendaleradio.com
📅 Save the date | GCSJ Research Festival 2026 Join us 2–3 June for the annual GCSJ Research Festival 🌍 📍 In person (day1) + 💻 online (day2) Bringing together research on global challenges & social justice. 🔗 fass.open.ac.uk/research/cen... #GCSJ #ResearchFestival @gunjans.bsky.social
🎓 Next Generation Lecture Series | 30 Apr–21 May Join online talks by The Open University PhD students (FASS). 30-min sessions + Q&A, open to all. 🗓️ 30 Apr – Hilary Forbes 🗓️ 7 May – Chris Smith 🗓️ 14 May – Kirsteen Merrilees 🗓️ 21 May – Zohreh Moghfeli 🔗 Register: fass.open.ac.uk/events/next-...
🚀 Dr Alessandra Marino joined the UK delegation at the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (14–16 April), delivering two talks on science preservation on the Moon 🌕 With remarks from Sonia Farrey & Aarti Holla-Maini at United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. #COPUOS
Our upcoming GCSJ seminar "Care-full lunar exploration" on 🗓️ 15 May will be chaired by Nick Bingham. The seminar also relates to a new MoonRISE project project (Dr Alessandra Marino (PI) and Nick Bingham (Co-I))🖇️ tinyurl.com/26tmwdx3 Event link: tinyurl.com/5ffznkxy
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📘 Religion, Spirituality & Public Health: How do people really make health decisions? In a time of vaccine scepticism & rising alternative medicine, this book shows decisions aren’t science vs belief—they’re shaped by multiple knowledge systems, trust & lived experience. 🔗 tinyurl.com/bdcp3mje
It was a pleasure as @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social Honorary Secretary to present these prizes, including to my @ou-gcsj.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social colleagues @simonusherwood.bsky.social and @filippoboni.bsky.social, plus Emma Connolly.
Political Studies Association@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 4mo ago*PSA PRIZES* 🎖️ Congratulations to all 2025-26 Academic Prize Winners who were awarded their prizes at PSA26. Individual winner announcements will follow. ➡️
🌕 GCSJ Seminar | Care-full lunar exploration 🗓 15 May 2026 | ⏰ 12:00–13:00 (UK) | 💻 Online Explore how growing lunar activity raises urgent questions about protecting scientific, cultural & environmental sites. 🔗 fass.open.ac.uk/events/gcsj-... @astrobiologyou.bsky.social
Join tomorrow's OPRC lecture with Prof. Sarah Crafter for her talk on "Mistrust, Care & Child Development: Listening to Unaccompanied Minors and Social Care Professionals" #Psychology #ChildDevelopment #Migration #SocialCare #Research
The Open Psychology Research Centre@oprc.bsky.social · 4mo ago🚨 Happening Tomorrow | Public Lecture | Mistrust, Care & Child Development: Listening to Unaccompanied Minors and Social Care Professionals 🔹 Prof. Sarah Crafter 🗓 15 April | ⏰ 7–8 PM (UK) | 💻 Online 🔗 tinyurl.com/3u4cf3bp Exploring trust, care & the experiences of unaccompanied minors.
📖 New publication | Dr Marion Ernwein Co-authored intro chapter in: 📘 La ville verte au pied du mur (Presses de Sciences Po, 2026) Explores how austerity & local finance reshape urban environmental policy in France. #EnvironmentalGeography #UrbanStudies #Sustainability @gunjans.bsky.social
📖 New publications | Prof. Theo Papaioannou Two new papers on health innovation & welfare state futures: 🔹 India: role of industry associations in health innovation 🔗 academic.oup.com/spp/article/... 🔹 Entrepreneurial welfare state (with V. Takala) 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Exploring role, actions, and influence of industry associations in politics of health innovation in India
Abstract. This paper explores the politics related to the development of innovative healthcare technology industries in low-middle-income countries. The fo
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📖 New open access publication on global regulation of nurse recruitment & migration | Prof. Nicola Yeates European Journal for Nursing History and Ethics (with Jane Pillinger) 🔗 www.enhe.eu/enhe/issue/v... #GlobalHealth #Migration #nursing
