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World Design Congress 2025
For the first time in over 50 years, the World Design Congress returns to London, taking place at the Barbican Centre on...
Design Award and Intangible Cultural Heritage
An academic in the Design Groupwithin the School of Engineering and Innovation was part of a team that won a Gold H.E. Teaching Award in...
Smart Contact Lenses
Researchers in the School of Engineering and Innovation are developing novel biosensor technologies for real-time analysis of diagnostic biomarkers...
Insights into the New Hydrogen Economy
A new Open Access book has been published which offers a comprehensive exploration of the future of the hydrogen industry. Written by former members...
The Coronation Challenge: CreaTech Report
he Open University is proud to celebrate its contribution to a major new government report, The Coronation Challenge: CreaTech Report, launched...
Reviewing Approaches for Communicating Drought Status and Risk
DEFRA has just published the results of the RADAR project (Reviewing Approaches for communicating Drought status And Risk) which...
Chalk Bournes project
On 23rd January 2025, Kevin Collins convened a stakeholder workshop near Canterbury on local understanding of the River Nailbourne as part of his...
Habitat Construction on the Moon
Researchers in the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics are developing methods suitable for the construction of lunar...
OECD Water Governance Initiative
On the 10th anniversary of establishing the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Principles of Water Governance, Kevin...
Design article in The Psychologist
Rachel Wood and Sam Osys, both working towards PhDs in Design at the Open University, published a joint article entitled 'Emotional engagement is an...
Prototyping Community Innovation Hubs
Theo Zamenopoulos and Katerina Alexiou in the School of Engineering and Innovation are the lead academics in an Open Societal Challenges Challenge...
Hydrogen storage in depleted gas reservoirs
Researchers in the School of Engineering and Innovation recently published a paper on H2 storage in depleted gas reservoirs with...