Philip O’Sullivan

Based in the Belfast office of The Open University (OU) , Philip is a Senior Lecturer and Staff Tutor in the Geography Department, which is  in the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies (SSGS) in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS).  In his fulltime role at the OU he currently is Associate Dean (Academic Communities) in FASS.
Philip’s academic background is in political theory and politics.  He first joined the OU as a tutor 16 years ago, and alongside his full time posts in the Faculty has worked continuously as a tutor ever since teaching OU students all across Northern Ireland and Ireland. He currently tutors on the course  'Environmental policy in an international context' (DD319) and (now a very long time ago!)  previously tutored the politics modules 'Power, Dissent, Equality' (DD203) and 'Living Political Ideas' (DD306).

One project of note in Ireland on which Philip has worked on is the Time to Think project and archive which originated from academic colleagues based in the Belfast office of The Open University.
The Time to Think archive is a unique oral history collection, documenting 100 plus educational journeys of Open University  staff, prison education staff and political prisoners who were Open University students during the conflict in and about Northern Ireland. Many of these Open University students and graduates went on to become politicians and community leaders, shaping and contributing to the transition from conflict to peace.

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