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Society, Politics & Law
Methods in Motion: What does Open Methodologies mean?
A changing society needs changing methods to make sense of itself. Open Methodologies offers a new way of research. Elizabeth Silva explains more.
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Society, Politics & Law
Three weeks in June and one night in November
In the bleak year of 2016, Britain voted to leave the EU, and Donald Trump became the 45th American president. Both events will have dramatic and long-lasting implications for health and healthcare.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
How can honour killings be stopped?
Earlier today, the House of Commons heard a ten-minute rule bill presented by Nusrat Ghani to tackle so-called honour killings. The police have said that it will take community action to eradicate the crime. But communities still need to be supported by the legal system, argues Dr Hannana Siddiqui.
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Society, Politics & Law
The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban
It's important, believes Eric Kaufmann, to understand the difference between the intent of the two Trump policies - and not throw the word "racist" around too easily.
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Nature & Environment
Building over farmland: Will city expansion leave the world hungry?
Demand for building land is going to take 30 million hectares out of production. Where will the food for the new city dwellers come from?
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Society, Politics & Law
What's life like for Jordan's LGBTQ community?
Jordan removed legal punishments for same-gender relationships nearly two decades before the UK decriminalised consensual gay male intercourse. But day-to-day life for LGBTQ people in the country isn't easy. Nora B reports.
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Society, Politics & Law
Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?
Donald Trump's order preventing entry to the US for citizens of certain countries has proved controversial - but is it legal?
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Society, Politics & Law
Methods in Motion: Introducing Methods in Motion
The world is always changing around us. If we want to understand how, we need to think about how we understand. Elizabeth Silva explains why methods do not only describe the world, they build it.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?
Three short equations may help determine the likely outcome of Theresa May's dealings with the EU, believes Kalypso Nicolaïdis.
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Society, Politics & Law
Why would a nation move its capital city?
Eight countries in the last 100 years have elected to transplant the heart of their nations. This short video explores why nations go to the bother of such an upheaval.
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Society, Politics & Law
PodMag January 2017
PodMag is the monthly update of news, views and interviews from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Arts (FASS) at The Open University.
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Society, Politics & Law
How does Coronation Street bring politics home?
New research shows how dramas like Coronation Street can help make sense of abstract political debates, explains Robert Topinka.