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The Open Psychology Research Centre is the research centre of the School of Psychology & Counselling at The Open University. The Centre represents a progressive approach to psychological research, theory and practice that is tightly connected with other social sciences and humanities disciplines. It champions creative, critical and credible psychological research that makes a difference to real social issues, that informs practice, and that inspires a positive vision for living together fairly, equitably and imaginatively. Our engaged research also feeds into scholarship for teaching at the OU.

I want the world to recognise with me the open door of every consciousness.
Frantz Fanon

The dream is the small hidden door ... which opens to that cosmic night ... long before there was conscious ego ...
Carl Jung

When we are open to new possibilites, we find them. Be open and sceptical of everything.
Todd Kashdan

Let us keep our minds open ... [but not] so open that your brains fall out! There are still things ... which are true and things which are false.
Walter Kotschnig

To pass freely through open doors, it is necessary to respect the fact that they have solid frames.
Robert Musil

Zealous conviction is a dangerous substitute for an open mind.
Elizabeth Loftus

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Helen Keller

Open Psychology Research Centre publishes second annual review
16th March 2023
The Open Psychology Research Centre has published the second issue of its annual review, providing an overview of the Centre and its activities...
New training for working with Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children encourages ‘practising with care in mind’
7th March 2023
A new online course, jointly developed by experts at The Open University and the University of Northampton, is now available for social care...
Psychology talk covers neurodiversity and experiences of living with ADHD
16th February 2023
A new OU Psychology talk, ‘Neurodiversity, ADHD and Identity – an introduction to some qualitative research’ describes the neurodiversity movement...