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By Dimitris Christopoulos, Professor at the Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University of Athens

Written by Dr Neil Graffin, Lecturer in International Law at the Open University

Written by Dr Clara Sandelind, University of Sheffield.

Written by Marco Antonsich, Department of Geography, Loughborough University.

Simon Lavis reflects on the Interdisciplinary Belonging Symposium which took place at The Open University on 18/19 April 2018.

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, but far from being a dull cinder of a world, it has instead turned out to be a real eye opener for geologists. Among the revelations by NASA’s MESSENGER probe, which first flew past Mercury in 2008 and orbited it between 2011 and 2015, is the discovery of a hundred or so bright red spots scattered across the globe.

Written by Dr Avi Boukli, The Open University and Dr Flora Renz, the University of Kent

Written by Dr Kesi Mahendran, a social and political psychologist working on migration-mobility, non-mobility, belonging, integration and citizenship - including public narratives of European citizenship.

Open University (OU) academics have been awarded £282,000 to gain insights from the past to inform young people’s understanding of religious diversity and tolerance, working in collaboration with partners from across Europe.