 The Open University changes lives through its distance learning curriculum but we also transform lives through our research and use that academic excellence to inform our curriculum and promote an outstanding student experience. We are also applying some of our research expertise to some of the world's greatest challenges such as global inequalities, poverty and migration. Our Open University research plan is called Research Shaping the Future and that is exactly what we plan to do over the next five years. We have four priority research areas. Citizenship and Governance, International Development, Space Science and Technology Enhanced Learning. The new Citizenship and Governance research area is looking at the changing relationship between states, markets and citizens in the 21st century, focusing on a number of key areas such as leadership and governance, migration and security. Migration is a very topical issue and one strand of this research is looking at the experience of migrant mothers. My research has found that mothers are often deeply committed to bringing up their children as part of the society and indeed they play a key role in enabling their children to develop a sense of multicultural belonging. Open University research in international development is pioneering a new approach called inclusive innovation which seeks to involve poor and marginalised people in finding innovative solutions to their social problems. We are working with people in developing countries to help them to get better healthcare for less through a concept called innovative spending. Our work in development at the Open University's faculty of maths, computing and technology has shown that even a small health budget can go a long way. We draw attention to the need for creative or innovative ways of spending the money and resources that are available. Open University research into space science contributes to major global challenges through scientific exploitation of imaging and detection. We are one of the top three centres in the UK for space science in terms of research power. We have taken expertise and methods from space missions such as Rosetta and are now applying them on earth to new areas such as to sniff cancer, test perfumes and test air quality for submariners. What we have done is effectively build a robot dog that can work 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. One of the application areas we are exploring is prostate cancer, one of the most deadly cancers for men in the UK. The Open University's research in education is already a flagship area. We will continue to celebrate our pioneering work in technology enhanced learning using it to break down barriers for students across the world. We are at the forefront of the future of learning. Two years ago we saw that massive open online courses, MOOCs, were the big innovation in teaching and learning. Now those have become mainstream, millions of people are learning with these courses and where we are looking now is towards how these are developing. We are investing in these four areas over the next five years so that we can meet the global challenges of the 21st century and can continue to transform lives through our research and our teaching using that to promote social justice and a fairer world.