Two NIHR School for Social Care Researchers are taking their research to the citizens of Sheffield as part of the Pint of Science festival in May. They will be sharing their impactful work and sparking important conversations about adult social care. It really is excellent to see applied adult social care research represented on the festival programme!
Pint of Science is an annual worldwide science festival, bringing university academics in 500 towns and cities around the world, into local pubs and bars to talk about their research in an informal setting.
Tom Ryan who leads an SSCR project No one wants to talk about it: Exploring transitions in family care for people with learning disabilities, and Craig Andrews who is working on his PhD on Carers of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Survivors, will be appearing as part of two specially themed nights on Monday 18th May 2026.
Monday 18th May at the Sheffield Tap
Craig Andrews (Postgraduate Researcher, SSCR and Sociology, Politics, and International Relations)
Carers of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Survivors
Craig discusses what an acquired brain injury (ABI) is, how it impacts survivors, and also those who provide care to them. He will explore how we identify ABI carer needs and evaluate how NHS and social services in the UK are currently accommodating to them.
Monday 18th May at 99 Mary St
Tom Ryan (Researcher, SSCR and Education )
Who is allowed to be funny? Learning disability, siblinghood and humour
When siblinghood and learning disability is discussed it is often with concern for non-disabled sibling experiences, with there being an assumption that this relationship is ‘lacking’ in some way. This presentation draws on interviews of siblings of people with learning disabilities to challenge this narrative. Stories of humour are used to present radical, affirmative understandings of disability and siblinghood.