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Dr Fidele Mutwarasibo from The Open University draws on the work of political scientist Robert Putnam to develop ideas he shared in a previous blog post, relating to social capital

Dr Agnes Czajka explores what performing citizenship means, and inquires into how theories and methodologies of performativity can contribute to re-interpreting citizenship as an effective way of being, rather than a static, formal status

It’s been two years since a coalition of lobbying groups in the UK successfully challenged Home Office policy on the immigration detention of pregnant women. Under the new policy, enforced in mid-July 2016, pregnant women can now only be detained for a maximum of 72 hours (three days), or up to one week with the agreement of a minister.

In this podcast, Dr Tendayi Bloom interrogates citizenship from the margins, by tracing the exclusionary features of citizenship based on nationality, class, ‘race’, gender and sexuality. She also asks whether citizenship can be rethought to be inclusive

Today's podcast is led by Dr Sara de Jong. Listeners will hear her explore the scope of citizenship. Is politics confined to the realm of the state and its institutions, or does it extend beyond it, into the public realm of civil society?

In today's podcast, Dr Tendayi Bloom and Dr Sara de Jong explore the relationship between citizenship, the state and civil society, including asking where asking where politics and the political are located

The Open University has been awarded nearly £700,000 by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to lead an East Africa-India-UK research collaboration to improve access to cancer care in East Africa.

People's attitudes towards water usage, is one of the topics that OU academics discussed with Laurie Taylor, presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Thinking Aloud programme, for  Smart Cities in the Making: Learning from Milton Keynes, which will be broadcast on Wednesday 25 July at 4pm.

What is the Future of Education? How could the teaching and learning horizon evolve in years to come? Join the OU’s latest campaign, #TomorrowsEd to see what OU researchers predict.

This week we are sharing a series of podcasts produced by a team of academics at The Open University, which look at a different aspect of 'Citizenship' each day. Today we hear from Dr Agnes Czajka, a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Studies