Welcome to *GCSJ* - the Open University's Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice in the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies.
GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice
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📈 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 👇
📚 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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📢 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...
📣 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
🚨 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
📢 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
🎙️ 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
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...
GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice
GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice
GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice
GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice
GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice
GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice
GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice
GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice
GCSJ - Centre for Global Challenges and Social Justice
Olivia Kelly
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
In her latest book "Epiphanies: An Ethics of Experience" (OUP, 2022), renowned philosopher Sophie Grace Chappell explores the phenomenon of epiphanies. She ...
Future 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: [email protected] @ougradsch.bsky.social #phd #design #research #psychology #servicedesign #codesign #designingjustice
