📢 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...

📣 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. 🔗

📢 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

📘 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.

🌕 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

📖 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 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

📖 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...

📖 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

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

📖 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/...

📬 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

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

📢 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-...

🎥 TESS Talk Recording Now Available | Black Studies in Babylon Dr Rita Gayle (University of Birmingham) reflects on Black Studies in Britain, drawing on her research on millennial Black women’s creative collectives (2013–2020). ▶️ youtu.be/aAfVozrnEMc @gunjans.bsky.social @openarc.bsky.social

🌍 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

🎙️ 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

📚 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

🚨 April GCSJ Seminar: Decolonisation as a Contested Practice: Evidence from The Open University 📅 10 Apr 2026 | ⏰ 12–1 PM 🎙️ Dr Shannon Martin Opening: Allan Laville | Respondent: Darren Gray 🪢 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982763523...

⏰Next week, Friday, learn more about Partnering for Equitable Research at the launch of the PEERS Gallery & OpenLearn course. Explore how we build fairer research partnerships across institutions & communities 📅 Friday, 20 March 2026 | 2:00 PM Register via 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...

This Monday novelist Kit de Waal will be talking to our colleague Dan Taylor about working class writers and the class ceiling, part of our series, Borders in Literature, with @mklitfest.bsky.social 16 Mar, 7pm, Zoom. Tickets (free): bit.ly/mklfdewaal #classceiling #workingclasswriters #literature

📖 Policy publication | From Disorder to Harm? Governing the Moon and Protecting its Sites of Interest Alessandra Marino examines how sites of interest on the Moon could be protected & explores possibilities for more effective environmental governance in space: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

📣 Call for book proposals! 📖 Did you know that we've got an open-access book series on Global Development? If you've got a good idea for a new volume, please get in touch! www.eadi.org/news-2/call-...

🚨 This Friday 13 March! Join us for our next upcoming GCSJ seminar on Public Opinion & National Security in the UK: A People-Centred Approach | Dr Thomas Martin 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-opi... @jamiegaskarth.bsky.social @simonusherwood.bsky.social #nationalsecurity #politics #research

Tomorrow's workshop at the River Stories exhibition —🎧 Conversations with the Irk: a sound & creative writing workshop with Fiona Brehony and Joe Shute. 📅 Tue 10 March | 1–2:30pm 📍 Manchester Histories Hub 🔗 manchesterhistories.co.uk/news-list/ri... @colinlorne.bsky.social @openarc.bsky.social

International Women’s Day | Research Spotlight 💡 In “Fighting for a Share: How Rural Women Push Back on Land Inheritance in Northern India,” Ece Kocabıçak explores how rural women challenge social norms and legal barriers to claim their rightful inheritance. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2tp8f6yn

📢 Next TESS Seminar “Whiteness as a Spectre in Space? The Case of Post-Apartheid Cape Town” 📅 20 Mar 2026 | ⏰ 12:00–13:30 (online) | 👥 Danielle Isler Online & free event: 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/whiteness-... @gunjans.bsky.social

⏳ Still time to see River Stories exhibition & explore our relationships with local waterways through community-created artworks by Many Hands Craft Collective with artists Fiona Brehony & Liz Wewiora. 📍 Manchester Histories Hub 📅 Until 21 March 🔗

🎥 In our latest GCSJ book talk, Renu Bhandari discusses "Examining Stereotypes and Parenting Behaviors of Asian Heritage Parents", centring the lived experiences of South Asian parents in the UK and challenging stereotypes through authentic family narratives. Watch here 👉️

Starting shortly 👇⏱️

At a time of significant global instability, how does the public understand national security — and what role should citizens play in shaping it? 👉️ GCSJ seminar "Public Opinion & National Security in the UK: A People-Centred Approach" with 🎙️Thomas Martin 📆 Fri 13 March ⏰ 12:00–13:00 🔗 in comments

🎥 How does innovation affect income inequality? This GCSJ seminar with Dr Thanos Fragkandreas explores how innovation systems can both increase and reduce inequality. 👉️ Watch now: youtu.be/LmhmOCAolG0 @gunjans.bsky.social

A very timely topic, congratulations on the publication on the new book Religion, Spirituality and Public Health.

In South Africa, a woman is killed every 4 hours. In the past two years, 101 female and trans women sex workers have died — many under 40, 45% murdered. To learn more, watch Dr Bev Orton’s GCSJ seminar “Marginalised and stigmatised: sex work should not cost my life”. 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/5HOF_eGjZY8

This Thursday: GCSJ Roundtable 📆 5 March | 13:00–14:00 📍 In person or Teams 👉 Exploring Social Justice Narratives: a view from SSGS with Contributors to The Palgrave Handbook of Social Justice. Contact: [email protected] Follow us also on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/gcsj

📩 Our February newsletter is out! Catch up on the latest updates, research highlights & events from GCSJ. Read the February edition here: 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/februa... Follow us on LinkedIn for more insights and research details. @gunjans.bsky.social @ou-ld-social.bsky.social