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School of Sociology and Social Policy academics and students raise awareness to combat Islamophobia
Ahead of the upcoming United Nations International Day to Combat Islamophobia in March, we look back at activities led by SSP academics last semester to mark Islamophobia Awareness Month 2024.
Collective Action and Civil Society: Disability Advocacy and EU Decision Making
A new book explores how changing structures of governance have created an opportunity for disability advocacy groups to challenge policy making.
Transformative work underway with the MS Domestic Violence and Abuse Research Initiative
A Leeds cross-faculty research project is the first UK study aimed at understanding the nature and prevalence of Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) in the lives of people with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Latest recognition for disability studies expert
A new government committee appointment has been awarded to disability studies expert, Dr Miro Griffiths.
Postgraduate researchers connect at Disability Studies symposium with Dr Sami Schalk
Centre for Disability Studies (CDS) members Johanna Knebel and Ruby Goodley, both Postgraduate Researchers (PGRs), reflect on a PGR Symposium held in the week of the 2024 Disability Studies Conference