Welcome to The Open University’s Innovation and International Development research portal. The ground-breaking research outlined here reflects our mission to promote educational opportunity and social justice.
Migration and forced displacement are among today's most pressing global challenges. Our research focuses on mobility, skills and development, integration and citizenship.
Transforming education is vital to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. We are investigating innovations to increase participation in learning.
This blog, written by Audace Mbonyingingo, Gérard Birantamije and Constantin Ntiranyibagira, argues that restrictions on who can engage in drumming in Burundi have caused it to lose its identity as an 'inclusive practice valuable to world heritage'
Geoff Crocker presents his book ‘Basic Income and Sovereign Money’ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) as part of the Open University International Development IKD Seminar Series
As COVID-19 reveals the weakness of many countries’ care systems and their vital importance to social reproduction, this paper argues for a care-led recovery with public investment in care services and care workers.
