Previous Events

Friday, January 23, 2026 - 10:30 to 17:00

London

Joint PHeW/CuSP in-person event (De Morgan House, London).Any guest speakers: Valerie Walkerdine and Neelam Khawani-Connett from the Relational Practice Movement  

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 10:00 to 12:00

ONLINE

Purpose: CuSP online monthly meeting with internal discussion among CuSP members

Thursday, November 27, 2025 - 14:00 to Tuesday, January 27, 2026 - 15:30

ONLINE

Research presentation and discussion

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - 10:00 to 12:00

ONLINE

Purpose: CuSP online monthly meeting with presentations from external speakers and discussionGuest speakers: Edina Doci (Catholic University of Louvain) and Efraín García Sánchez (University of Granada)

Thursday, October 30, 2025 - 14:00 to 15:30

ONLINE

Paper discussion of the 'research-practice' gap and understanding where new research ideas come from. 

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - 15:00 to 17:00

ONLINE

Purpose: CuSP online monthly meeting with presentations from external speakers and discussionGuest speakers: Dionne Stephens (Florida International University) and Asia Eaton (Florida International University)

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 - 20:00 to 21:00

ONLINE

Professor Catriona Havard explores human and machine facial recognition errors, police justice impacts, and future risks in her interactive talk.

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 - 13:00 to 17:00

London

Our CuSP annual lecture will be taking place at the Anomalous Space in London on March 25th(1-5pm).

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 - 19:00 to 20:00

Online

Professor Zoe Walkington discusses fictional villains and our perception of them

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 - 19:00 to 20:00

Online

The first Open Psychology Research Centre (OPRC) online lecture of 2025 will be delivered by Louise Newbigging on the 12th from 7pm to 8pm. Details of the talk are below, if you want to find out more and attend please register here. 

Friday, January 17, 2025

The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes

An internal Open Psychology Research Centre sponsored event is being held at the Open University campus in Milton Keynes, and the following questions will be discussed:Why should psychologists be interested in Barbie and Oppenheimer? Why should Barbie and Oppenheimer be interested in social psycholo...

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:30

Online

The Association of Child Protection Professionals presents: Lunch & Learn talk by Dr J. Motzkau

Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 13:00 to 14:00

Berril Lecture Theatre, Walton Hall, The Open University, MK6 7AA

Professor Naomi Moller will be giving her Inaugural Lecture- Researching relationships: Attachment, affairs, and sex and intimacy over 65, and will talk about her research into relationships

Tuesday, July 2, 2024 - 14:00 to 19:00

Internal Event

An internal FCRG forensic psychology research event, with guest speakers 

Friday, June 14, 2024 - 12:00 to 17:00

Internal Event

Tuesday, June 4, 2024 - 11:00 to 17:00

Library Seminar Rooms 4, The Open University Campus, Milton Keynes

Are you a doctoral student or an academic staff interested in exploring decolonial principles in your work? Join us for a workshop on decolonial approaches to research methods in Psychology. In this workshop, participants will begin to understand the differences between colonisation, ...

Thursday, March 21, 2024 - 17:30 to 18:30

Online, or in-person (Berril Theatre, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA)

In her inaugural lecture, Rose Capdevila, Professor of Psychology at the OU, will discuss her research around the gendering of power in three contexts: activism, the history of psychology and social media.

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - 09:30 to 17:30

Internal Event

Dr Ailsa Strathie and Professor Lara Frumkin held an in-person internal meeting in The OU 's Edinburgh office.

Monday, March 4, 2024 - 09:30 to 17:30

Internal Event

Dr Sandra Obradovic and Professor Paul Stenner of the CusP Strand, held a joint internal event at the University of Sussex.

Tuesday, February 13, 2024 - 09:00 to 16:30

Internal Event

An internal event organised by Dr Sandra Obradovic of the CuSP Strand of the School of Psychology & Counselling, with guest speakers Gordon Summut, Xenia Chryssochoou, and Antonis Dimakis.

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 - 14:00 to 15:00

MS Teams

The Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership unites Brunel University, The Open University and the University of Oxford. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), it is one of 15 ESRC Doctoral Training Partnerships across the UK, providing postgraduate stud...

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - 09:30 to 17:30

Internal Event

Dr Ailsa Strathie and Professor Lara Frumkin held an in-person FCRG meeting in London.

Thursday, November 2, 2023 - 09:00 to 17:00

Internal Event

Dr David Jones led a  joint event between PHeW and Polity Press – the launch of a special issue of the Journal of Psychosocial Studies on “Borderline”. The issue is edited by David Jones and features papers by other Phew members eg the PhD student Nina Fellows. ...

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 - 10:30 to 18:30

Christodoulou CMR 11 and 14, OU Walton Hall Campus, Milton Keynes

The OPRC will be hosting an event on 10 and 11 July, inviting the OPRC Centre Advisory Board.

Monday, July 10, 2023 - 12:00 to 18:30

Christodoulou CMR 14 and 15, OU Walton Hall Campus, Milton Keynes

The OPRC will be hosting an event on 10 and 11 July, inviting the OPRC Centre Advisory Board. 

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 - 15:00 to 17:30

The Hub Theatre, OU Walton Hall Campus, Milton Keynes

As part of the Research Festival- Engaging Research on Global Challenges and Social Justice (14-21 June 2023), Professors Rose Capdevila and Lisa Lazard will be presenting at the roundtable discussion on 'Digital Research Methods' on the first day of the event- 14 June.  ...

Friday, June 9, 2023 - 12:00 to 21:00

Internal Event

This internal PHeW event, sponsored by the OPRC is a networking event, with the theme of Resistance and change in mental health care

Wednesday, March 8, 2023 - 15:30 to 17:30

Internal Event

FCRG is hosting four presentations by PhD students, exploring the range of research our students undertake.