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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

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Leeds Disability Studies Conference 3-5 September 2024: Reflections from postgraduate researchers

Postgraduate Research students Johanna Knebel and Ruby Goodley, both members of the Centre for Disability Studies, offer their reflections below on the 2024 Leeds Disability Studies Conference.

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Leading the conversation: pioneering disability studies academic tackles assisted dying

Dr Miro Griffiths, Lecturer in Social Policy and Disability Studies in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, is at the forefront of the ongoing discussion around assisted dying.

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Funded PhD opportunity to explore the lived experience of people living with Multiple Sclerosis

A new opportunity has opened up for a fully-funded PhD studentship in the School of Sociology and Social Policy to research health equity and lived experiences of people with Multiple Sclerosis.

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Disability Studies Conference 2024: Call for Papers

The Centre for Disability Studies (CDS) is launching a new biennial Disability Studies Conference. The Call for Papers for the September 2024 conference invites proposals to be submitted by 30 April.

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