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A poster which reads "It's a beautiful thing, the distruction of words." George Orwell. It also lists a number of words and phrases discouraged by US Federal Agencies 2025

WAARC Blog: A creative and anti-ableist higher education? Reflections from the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Conference

Liz Dew; Cassie Kill; Armineh Soorenian; Lauren White; Rebecca Lawthom
A wall of cuttings, drawings and scrawlings capturing some of the ambitions iHuman researchers have for Critical Disability Studies including slogans such as 'Love', 'Crip Killjoy', 'Work with bodies, desires and feelings', 'Difference, disagreement and conflict', 'remaking a different university differently'

A Manifesto for Critical Disability Studies

iHuman researchers had the opportunty to reimagine disability research through a creative workshop, developing a Manifesto for Critical Disability Studies
artistic visualisation from the joy in social research event
Artwork by Liam Callebout.

Joy in Social Research

This blog reflects on the ‘Joy in Social Research’ event, which created space for postgraduate and early career researchers to collaborate and critically engage in the concept of joy. It was funded by the Participatory Research Network and iHuman.
A wooden art piece of the word Helsinki framed by a speech bubble.
An art piece found in the foyer of the Helsinki City Hall

Disability in Education & Work: A Blog from Helsinki, Finland

By Rhea Halsey
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Towards joyful ways of learning

What is it about joy? What does it mean? Is it frivolous or juvenile to sit with joy, to seek it, to crave it, to feel it? What does it mean to ‘find’ it?
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Living with AI podcast focused on Equality

Lauren White talks about the interdisciplinary project entitled 'Reimagining TAS with Disabled Young People'
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A breath of fresh air: Cripping research contexts

In this post, iHuman and School of Education researcher Kirsty Liddiard discusses a new Wellcome Discovery Award project that begins at the university in January 2024.
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iHuman builds its links with Chilean researchers

Constanza López Radrigán joins the Marginalised Human theme and Critical Disability Studies community to share research and scholarship
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Why do governments not follow their own ethical advice in times of crisis?

Ethics and Expertise Beyond Times of Crisis: Learning from international varieties of ethics advice