The Open Psychology Research Centre is the research centre of the School of Psychology & Counselling at The Open University. The Centre represents a progressive approach to psychological research, theory and practice that is tightly connected with other social sciences and humanities disciplines. It champions creative, critical and credible psychological research that makes a difference to real social issues, that informs practice, and that inspires a positive vision for living together fairly, equitably and imaginatively. Our engaged research also feeds into scholarship for teaching at the OU.
I want the world to recognise with me the open door of every consciousness.
Frantz Fanon
The dream is the small hidden door ... which opens to that cosmic night ... long before there was conscious ego ...
Carl Jung
When we are open to new possibilites, we find them. Be open and sceptical of everything.
Todd Kashdan
Let us keep our minds open ... [but not] so open that your brains fall out! There are still things ... which are true and things which are false.
Walter Kotschnig
To pass freely through open doors, it is necessary to respect the fact that they have solid frames.
Robert Musil
Zealous conviction is a dangerous substitute for an open mind.
Elizabeth Loftus
Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Helen Keller
Dr David Jones has led a critical exploration of ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’ (BPD) in a Special Edition of The Journal of Psychosocial...
A piece of textile art inspired by a Psychology research project has gone on display at Northern Ireland’s Linen Biennale. ‘The Belfast Quilt’ was...
A new publication co-edited by Dr Lara Frumkin, The Open University, considers a range of issues faced by those researching terrorism and counter...
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Centre Directors and Manager can be contacted at FASS-Psych-Co-ResearchCentre-Enq@open.ac.uk.