Societal Impact
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Digital 3D Modelling Through Touch
School of Engineering and Innovation researcher Lisa Bowers is leading efforts to ensure that The Open University is at the...
Sustainable Garment Mending
Ismay Mummery is a final year PhD student in the School of Engineering and Innovation. Her research considers how to increase garment mending by...
Methods as a Form of Engineering Knowledge
Methods comprise a significant part of the knowledge engineers are taught and that they use in professional practice. However, methods have been...
Engineering Applications of Honeycombs
Honeycombs have long been known to offer interesting properties, such as low mass-weight ratio, energy absorption, and mechanical and acoustic...
To Touch is To Know – Haptic Inquiry for Primary School Citizen Science
School of Engineering and Innovation researcher Lisa Bowers is co-author on a recent paper which introduces a new approach to citizen...
Building a Collaborative Economy around Place
On 8th May 2025, E&I academics Theo Zamenopoulos, Vera Hale, and Katerina Alexiou co-hosted an event with The Glass-House Community Led...
Co-production and Community Involvement in Flood Risk Management
Over recent decades, flood risk management has often involved communities adopting decentralised and people-centred approaches. This includes...
Community Innovation Hub in Milton Keynes – Showcase event
On the 4th of April 2025, Prof Katerina Alexiou and Prof Theo Zamenopoulos celebrated the conclusion of a six-month project funded by the OU's Open...
Transport Innovation, Complexity, and Resilience
Work by researchers in the School of Engineering and Innovation has informed recent horizon scans on Transport Innovations and Transport System...
The Cross-Pollination Approach
Researchers in the School of Engineering and Innovation published a collaborative paper reporting insights from their work supporting co-design...
BBC Radio 4 – Rare Earth
Academics from the OU STEM Faculty, including the School of Engineering and Innovation, have once again contributed to the BBC Radio 4...
Nature, Climate Change, and Systems Thinking
On 25th February 2025, Kevin Collins gave an invited talk on systems thinking for an online event on Nature and Climate Change. His presentation...