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The OU's Open Societal Challenges Programme aims to tackle some of the most important societal challenges of our time through impact-driven research. Our Research Challenges are grouped following our three Research Themes of Living Well, Tackling Inequalities, and Sustainability, as well as through cross-cutting thematic clusters:

Challenge US
Children and young people
Democracy and active citizenship
Disability
Health
International Development
Justice System
Machine learning and AI
MKSmart
Nature
Participatory research
PolicyWISE
Transport