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The Value of Care Exhibition: Arts based Public Engagement

SSCR colleagues take part in the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences.
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School of Education researchers at Haute École Pédagogique in Lausanne

How can we identify and reduce ableist barriers to learning for students with disabilities in schools?
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Beyond Accommodation: Imagining Anti-Ableist Research Cultures in the University

On Wednesday 26th August, Dr Kirsty Liddiard visited the Disability Publics Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University to deliver a talk to students and staff entitled, The power, place and potentiality of disability in the university.

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The Wellcome Anti-Ableist Research Project at The University of British Columbia

Dr Antonios Ktenidis shares his experiences giving a presentation on the WAARC project at the University of British Columbia
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The importance of community and humanity: Nomadland, ageing and place

A recent ESRC research project (PlaceAge) explored urban contexts of how ageing-in-place occurs. The theories and data drawn on provide rich food for thought in relation to Chloe Zhao’s Oscar winning empathic film, Nomadland.
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Pregnancy beyond the human

Dr Emily Ross, Research Fellow, Department of Sociological Studies
*This post discusses baby and pregnancy loss*

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iHuman research featured in Chat magazine

iHuman affiliated researcher Sally Whitney, who is a key co-researcher in the ESRC-funded Life, Death, Disability and the Human: Living Life to the Fullest, has been featured in Chat magazine.

Making connections to support disabled young people to live their lives

Making connections to support disabled young people to live their lives

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Reflections on transdisciplinary approaches to multilingualism, pre- and post- COVID19

Jessica Bradley, University of Sheffield & James Simpson, University of Leeds