The Open University is open to everyone yet who belongs and where are not questions that can be taken for granted. It is important to understand how feelings of belonging are fostered or discourag...ed. What role might beauty, art, technology and inequalities play in including and excluding people from a sense of belonging to groups and wider society? This event will showcase FASS research around the theme of belonging – how people build and experience a sense of belonging, what they might belong to and what barriers might people from feeling they belong.