Research to explore if sharing photos online could reduce loneliness
Research by Shailey Minocha, Professor of Learning Technologies and Social Computing at the OU, is exploring if sharing photography online reduces feelings of loneliness in people aged 60 and over.
The research is funded by the Sir Halley Stewart Trust and supported by Age UK Milton Keynes, Kellie Payne of Campaign to End Loneliness, Ransackers Association, and Silver Robin.
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The Open University hosted its third lecture in its Global Development Annual Lecture series on 22 October 2026, delivered by Naila Kabeer, Professor Emeritus at the London School of Economics, a faculty member of their International Inequalities Institute, and on the government board of the Atlantic Fellowship for Social and Economic Equity.
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