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News, research, and insights from The @OpenUniversity Department of Economics.

[The OU Economics Department @Economics_OU]

Join us for the online launch of "Heterodox Economics" by Andrew Trigg with panel discussants: @danielle_guizzo, @JoMicheII, Sonal Raghuvanshi, Stephen T. Ziliak

🗓️Thurs 21 May
⏲️16:00 BST
Register: https://t.co/bXbCnbXWmG
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@IntDev_OU @OU_FASS

[The OU Economics Department @Economics_OU]

Beome a Rethinker and check out the Open University's offering of pluralist and inclusive economics courses.
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[The OU Economics Department @Economics_OU]

The recording from the last IKID seminar is now live.

Hear artists from the This is Essential Work exhibition speak about their work and experiences along with Rebecca Carson's theoretical engagement

@IntDev_OU
https://t.co/sqJ3JLtdoe

https://t.co/HoJMXgLTDo

[Innovation, Knowledge and Development (IKD) @IntDev_OU]

IKID Seminar: Researching Climate Change and Development from the Bottom Up
🗓️Wed 22 April
⌚️13.00pm BST
Global North & South voices share how participatory research with marginalised communities turns knowledge into action
Register-https://t.co/WsbZ7xcIZ8
@Economics_OU
@OU_GCSJ

[Innovation, Knowledge and Development (IKD) @IntDev_OU]

Seminar: This is Essential Work: Art, Social Theory and Activism
🗓️Wed 11 Mar
⌚️12.30pm GMT
Join artists from the online exhibition, This Is Essential Work in conversation with theorist Rebecca Carson
Register - https://t.co/4J3xlqG72p
@Economics_OU
@OU_GCSJ

[The OU Economics Department @Economics_OU]

OU Head of Economics, Emilie Rutledge on the emerging economic situation in the Middle East.

https://t.co/kynG0B3sfy

[The OU Economics Department @Economics_OU]

Join us for our first webinar of 2026 organised with @IntDev_OU 21/01/26 1pm

Professor Antonio Andreoni

"Under pressure: Global value chains, structural asymmetries and the political economy of industrial policy"

Register: https://t.co/3ODwA0Cvrs

[The OU Economics Department @Economics_OU]

Congratulations to colleagues at Makerere and OU on the publication of this innovative study.

[Makerere University School of Public Health @MakSPH]

How People Earn a Living is Contributing to Malaria Risk in Uganda, Study Finds

A new study led by @Makerere University School of Public Health researchers Dr @EdwinahAtusingw and Dr @DavidMusoke14, in collaboration with @OpenUniversity, UK, shows that the ways people earn a living, including farming, livestock keeping, construction, and night-time work, significantly increase exposure to malaria in Uganda. The research highlights how everyday economic activities shape malaria risk, sometimes undermining conventional prevention measures.

The study, Livelihoods as a key social determinant of malaria: Qualitative evidence from Uganda, was published on December 2, 2025, in Global Public Health and is based on fieldwork conducted in Busiro, Wakiso District. Using interviews and community discussions, the researchers examined how social, economic, and environmental conditions interact to influence malaria exposure.​

Read the full article on the school website to learn more about the study’s findings and implications: https://t.co/N63YJC9ll1

[The OU Economics Department @Economics_OU]

New PhD studentship opportunity to work with Prof Dimitris Sotiropoulos and Prof Susan Newman on issues of Debt, Growth, and Inequality in Financialised Capitalism

https://t.co/t2f3JTN8Yf

[The OU Economics Department @Economics_OU]

Find out more about Kevin's work here: https://t.co/BAAG4Imfae

[The OU Economics Department @Economics_OU]

New article on Livelihoods as a key social determinant of malaria by Kevin Deane, Edwinah Atusingwize & David Musoke now published in Global Public Health

https://t.co/nIHZSTbUGA

[The OU Economics Department @Economics_OU]

New book by Prof. Andrew Trigg on Heterodox Economics.

Part of Agenda Publishing's Short History series.

https://t.co/viMbQ4R57H

[The OU Economics Department @Economics_OU]

Registration for the OU Global Development Annual Lecture is open

Olivier De Schutter, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights will bne addressing the question "Eradicating poverty without growth: can it be done"

https://t.co/BSaaGtBIEr

[The OU Economics Department @Economics_OU]

The second edition of the online feminist exhibition exploring the value of essential work is open

Co-curated by @susanamynewman, OU Economics, along with Dr. Michal Nahman, UWE and Artist, Yuko Edwards.

Funded by OU Open Societal Challenges

https://t.co/sqJ3JLtdoe

[The OU Economics Department @Economics_OU]

New article published in the @timeshighered by OU Head of Economcis, Emilie Rutledge and Jonquil Lowe that explores teaching soft skills in a virtual learning environment that are useful in increasingly AI-integrated and hyprid work environments.

https://t.co/rnSRzfWkdh

[Lorena Lombardozzi 🍉 https://bsky.app/profile/lor @floretta_voice]

🥳Our special issue is out! "The Belt and Road Initiative and Dynamics of Structural Transformation" OpenAccess intro 👇https://t.co/ZdcCehZNad A multi-year labour of love w/t @lindacalab & Rhys Jenkins, @EADI editors @AntoAndreoni, and brilliant scholars. 🧵of 7 papers:

[The OU Economics Department @Economics_OU]

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[The OU Economics Department @Economics_OU]

📢Join us on 22/2 at 1pm to discuss 'Inflation: Price Shocks, Profits & Conflict' w. Laurence Jones-Williams @rethinkecon, @RafaelWildauer & @oeufling.
Register: https://t.co/T4kUyyEFBa

[Lorena Lombardozzi 🍉 https://bsky.app/profile/lor @floretta_voice]

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[Innovation, Knowledge and Development (IKD) @IntDev_OU]

Seminar: Digital Silk Road - Digital Roads of Kazakhstan🗓️Wed 6th December
⌚️12:30 - 14:00
Join us for the last IKD seminar in 2023 with amazing speakers @baloyuna @Digisilk_kcl @OU_FASS @OU_GCSJ @OU_CSGD
For more details and to register: https://t.co/meVFmjhkFs