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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

WATCH: Psychology talk on how we respond to disasters
27th November 2023
Professor Peter Hegarty (Co-Director of the Open Psychology Research Centre at The OU) hosted a talk with guest speaker Dr Evangelos Ntontis of...
£650k funding secured for OU trust in forensic science psychology project
22nd November 2023
The Open University (OU) has secured a funding grant worth £657,922 for a project investigating trust in forensic science.
Calling all Coronation Street fans who have regularly watched the show for the last 20 years!
24th October 2023
We would like to invite you to take part in our study on face recognition, which features characters from the show.
All participants will...