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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

📣 Call for Chapters: Key Thinkers for Vegan Sociology: the revolutionary thinkers reshaping sociology 📅 Deadline for abstracts: 1st November 2026 (World Vegan Day!) 📩 To discuss your ideas or submit a 300 word abstract please email kate.stewart@uea.ac.uk and/or matthew.melsa@open.ac.uk.

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

📖 Drawing on 43 refugee women’s experiences, a new OU and Welsh Refugee Council report identifies barriers to education and employment in Wales—and practical solutions. 🔗 societal-challenges.open.ac.uk/media/projec... #RefugeeWomen #ResearchImpact

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Can migration theory be decolonised without rejecting modernity? Join GCSJ for “Unruly Modernity” with Professor Parvati Raghuram. 📅 16 October | 12:00–13:00 📧 Register: FASS-SSGS-Research-Centre@open.ac.uk #Migration #Decolonisation @gunjans.bsky.social @colinlorne.bsky.social

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Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thanks to BBC Surrey for the extended opportunity this morning to talk about Burnham's speech and what might come of it @oupolitics.bsky.social @ou-gcsj.bsky.social

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

📢 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)

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

📈 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...

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

🌕 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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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

📢 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 👇

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🚨 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

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

🎙️ 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 - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

📢 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...

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Olivia Kelly @oliviakellyou.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

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...

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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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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

📣 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

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

📚 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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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

📢 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

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Join us for this free event 🗓 15 May 2026 ⏰ 12:00–13:00 (UK time) 💻 Online 🗣️ Speaker: Dr Alessandra Marino | Chair: Dr Nick Bingham MoonRISE is funded with £1.245m from UKRI. @astrobiologyou.bsky.social @ukspaceagency.bsky.social @ukri.org @esa.int @nasaupdates.bsky.social

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

📅 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.

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

📖 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

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🎥 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

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

📜 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

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

📅 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

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

🎙️ 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

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

📅 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

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🎓 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-...

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🚀 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

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

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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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

📘 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

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Donna Smith @drdonnasmith.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

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.

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

🌕 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

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

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

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

📖 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

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

📖 New book | Radicals: The Working Classes and the Making of Modern Britain (out April) by Dr Geoff Andrews Explores how working-class movements shaped modern Britain—activism, resistance & social change. #Politics #History #NewBook

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

📖 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...

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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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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

📖 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

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

🔔 Taking place soon! Our next GCSJ seminar on 10th April on Decolonisation as a Contested Practice 👇

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

📖 New publications | Two forthcoming papers on medical device industries & innovation systems 🔹 East Africa: links between local manufacturing & healthcare systems 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1... 🔹 India: role & politics of industry associations 🔗 academic.oup.com/spp/article/...

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

📬 GCSJ March Newsletter is out now! Catch up on the latest papers, publications & events from the Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice 🌍 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/gcsj-m... Follow GCSJ on LinkedIn + subscribe to the newsletter for regular updates. #SocialJustice #Research

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GCSJ March’s Papers, Publications and Events

Welcome to the GCSJ March Newsletter, celebrating our successful news stories and events in SSGS. Wishing everyone a very happy Easter weekend ahead.

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Core programme includes: ☑️ Seminar Series ☑️ TESS Talks ☑️ Research Cafés ☑️ Book Launches ☑️ Roundtables ☑️ Annual Research Festival + Expanded PhD (PGR) engagement across SSGS 📅 Next highlight: GCSJ Research Festival (2–4 June 2026) Theme this year: Shifting global power relations.

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

↗️ Momentum is building: • ~30 events in 2024–25 • 23 events already (Oct–Feb 2025–26) +20 more coming GCSJ advances critical, interdisciplinary research on: • Inequality & power structures • Social justice & resistance • Policy impact & real-world change 🔗 fass.open.ac.uk/research/cen...

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Established in October 2021, the Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice (GCSJ) in the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies at The Open University provides critical, interdisciplinary…

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Research, dialogue & collaboration on #SocialJustice are growing fast at @OpenUniversity’s GCSJ 🌐 Since 2021, the Centre for Global Challenges & Social Justice has become a hub for interdisciplinary research tackling today’s biggest global issues. @gunjans.bsky.social

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

📢 Join tomorrow's TESS Talk on Whiteness as a Spectre in Space? The Case of Post-Apartheid Cape Town | Fri 20 March | 12:00–13:30 (online) 👥 Speaker: Danielle Isler 🖇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whiteness-...

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Whiteness as a Spectre in Space? The Case of Post-Apartheid Cape Town

Thinking Expansively Seminar Series (TESS) - Whiteness as a Spectre in Space? The Case of Post-Apartheid Cape Town.

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

...and provide the impetus for extra-parliamentary political and social movements. We search for ‘tribes’ and groups with which we can identify or feel affinity, but doing so can only be simultaneously exclusionary. So, what might a world without borders look like? @gunjans.bsky.social

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

We live in a world which is obsessed with borders. As Gracie Mae Bradley has observed in her book, Against Borders (co-authored with Dr Luke de Noronha), 'Borders divide workers and families, fuel racial division, and reinforce global disparities.' But it seems that they also win votes...

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🌍 What would a world beyond borders look like? Join Gracie Mae Bradley in conversation with Gunjan Sondhi @ MK Literary Festival. A discussion on #borders, #migration, and #globaljustice inspired by Against Borders. 🗓 23 Mar | 7–8 PM 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/milto... @mklitfest.bsky.social

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🎙️ BBC Radio 4 | Jamie Gaskarth on The Moral Maze: What role should morality play in foreign policy? Exploring ethical dilemmas in international relations, including UK–US tensions over the Iran crisis:🎧 Listen: www.bbc.com/audio/play/m... @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social @gunjans.bsky.social

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BBC Audio | Moral Maze | Pragmatism and Principle: what is the role of morality in foreign policy?

Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.

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GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice @ou-gcsj.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

📚 Happening tonight! Author Kit de Waal in conversation with Dan Taylor on literature, identity & borders. 🗓 16 Mar ⏰ 7–8 PM GMT 💻 Online Part of the Borders: Routes and Roots series. 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/milto... @ifmkfest.bsky.social @kitdewaal.com @oupolitics.bsky.social

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