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COVID-19 and what the digital divide means for people’s livelihoods in Kenya
17 April 2020Measures to control the current pandemic impact more heavily on everyone whose access to internet and digital technologies is limited. But in some countries, the impact can be particularly devastating, says Anna Colom.
Interdisciplinary research routes on gender and social policy
7 February 2020This blog by Dr Lorena Lombardozzi, Lecturer in Economics, outlines an event held by the Open University's Gender and Social Policy research group: 'Building the OU gender - social policy network, global governance and policy impact'
World Access to Higher Education Day - The power of education
26 November 2019"The precious ‘real world’ insights that academics try to decipher in silent velvety libraries, are what many OU students experience in their lives". Dr Lorena Lombardozzi highlights the power of education.
The Golden Ticket
15 November 2019What might a visit to the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, the Museum of Modern Art, a UN diplomat, Saint Peter’s Cathedral, Geneva, and the World Conference on Online Learning have to do with interdisciplinarity?
Running at the Top of the World
13 November 2019Open University PhD student, Kirsteen Merrilees, has just completed the Everest Marathon! Before she set off, she wrote us a blog outlining her preparations.
Building a BRI Network at The Open University
5 November 2019Dr Lorena Lombardozzi reflects on an Open University workshop exploring China's Belt and Road Initiative and laying the foundations for a new research network.
Why no change? Sustainable development, extractivism and the environment in Bolivia
10 June 2019Today's blog is by Dr Jessica Hope, Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow at the University of Bristol & Chair of the Developing Areas Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society.
Opening up Development: including the elder refugee group in debates and policies
6 June 2019In this blog, Dr Sameen Zafar reminds us of the need to include overlooked elder refugee groups in development debates and policies
Innovation for Development in a new societal era
6 June 2019Innogen's Professor Theo Papaioannou reflects on the International Development Summer Course.
Financialization: in search of some much-needed coherence in its operationalization and in future empirical research
3 June 2019This blog, written by Pauline Gleadle, Visiting Professor at The Open University, reflects on a recent workshop she led
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