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Our next India Critical Disability Studies reading group will take place on Friday 4th September.The theme for the session will be disability and climate justice. You can sign up to the meeting and find the readings on our website: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab…
Thank you again to our fantastic speakers for a wonderful online symposium and to everyone who came to the session. The recording and scripts of the papers are now available on our website: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab…
We can't wait to welcome you to our online symposium on China and disability tomorrow! Register and read the papers on our website: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab…
Happening next week! Disability Matters online symposium on China and disability 13th August 2026. Register here: tickettailor.com/events/disa…
The scripts for the papers are available here: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab…
Got your tickets yet? Our online symposium on China and disability ist happening on 13th August, with speakers presenting their work on disability inclusion in education and employment in China. Register here: tickettailor.com/events/disa…
Reminder that our India critical disability studies reading group will be meeting next Friday 7th August to discuss accessibility and creativity. Sign up here to receive the readings and Zoom link: mailchi.mp/9d4bbd72c932/disa…
For our next India critical disability studies reading group meeting on 7th August, we will be focusing on accessibility and creativity. Sign up here to receive the readings and Zoom link: mailchi.mp/9d4bbd72c932/disa…
Reminder: Our online symposium on China and disability is happening on 13th August 2026! Register here: tickettailor.com/events/disa…
Lots has been happening at Disability Matters! Read our latest news on our website: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab…
Congratulations to Dr Ankita Mishra for winning the @POWES_BPS and Feminism & Psychology Postgraduate Student Prize for her outstanding research on racially minoritised women survivors of domestic abuse in the COVID-19 Pandemic!
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A reminder that our monthly India Critical Disability Studies reading group is happening this Friday 3rd July 2-3.30pm BST/6.30-8pm IST! If you have already signed up, you should have received an email with the reading and Zoom link. mailchi.mp/9d4bbd72c932/disa…
ICYMI - We are running another online symposium in August on disability employment and education in China! Get tickets here: tickettailor.com/events/disa…
Join us for our online symposium on China and disability on 13th August 2026, with three brilliant speakers presenting their work on disability inclusion in education and employment in China: Register here: tickettailor.com/events/disa…
Our partners at the Disability Innovation Institute at UNSW are conducting a series of online workshops to explores methods that are most useful when researching people with disability and their health priorities. Learn more and register here: events.humanitix.com/disabil…
Join us for our online symposium on China and disability on 13th August 2026, with three brilliant speakers presenting their work on disability inclusion in education and employment in China: Register here: tickettailor.com/events/disa…
Disability Matters India Critical Disability Studies reading group is a monthly peer-led online space for students, academics, researchers, advocates, and readers of all backgrounds to learn and discuss disability in Indian contexts. Sign up here: forms.gle/Ff14bzc9UranCaY66
In April, we had another successful knowledge exchange workshop with presentatioons from Dr Armineh Soorenian, Dr Hadar Elraz and Dr Claire Graf on Inclusive Research Cultures and Workplace Environments. Watch the recording and read the blog here: sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/disab…
Dr Ankita Mishra and colleagues at iHuman, the University of Sheffield recently published a paper entitled ‘Open Science, Health Data and Epistemic Harms: A Multidisciplinary Reflection’ in Data Science Journal. Read here: datascience.codata.org/artic…
#DisabilityDialogues Quinn Clark writes about the lived experiences of disabled researchers and working with WAARC shef.ac.uk/ihuman/our-work/m…