Research Spotlight event
Showcasing research being undertaken across the division on disability.
Professor Nandini Gooptu, Associate Head of the Social Sciences Division for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, will be joined by the following speakers:
- Hamish Low, James Meade Professor of Economics and the Head of the Department of Economics
'Disability Insurance: Error Rates and Gender Differences'
- Heloise Robinson, Singer Fellow in Law at Exeter College
'Disability as a Starting Point, and the Law's Philosophical Foundations'
- Jill Porter, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of Education and formerly Professor of Education, University of Reading
'Understanding and Responding to the Experience of Disability'
- Iyiola Solanke, Jacques Delors Professor of European Union Law at the University of Oxford
'Legal protection against weight discrimination?'
Wednesday 15th May, 16.00-17.30, Seminar Room 2, Oxford Department of International Development
Register to attend (in person or online).
DPhil Research Spotlight event
Showcasing research being undertaken by DPhil students across the division on disability.
Professor Nandini Gooptu, Associate Head of the Social Sciences Division for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, will be joined by the following speakers:
- Urania Chiu, DPhil in Socio-Legal Studies
'Critically analysing discourses around mental dis/ability in criminal law: a reflection on methodology'
- Hillary Chua, DPhil in Law
'Intellectual Disability and Intimacy – A Legal Perspective from Singapore'
- Louise Nicolson, DPhil in Education
'Proof vs Potential: Applying Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach to investigate student experiences of UK pre-Masters programmes'
- Ishani Mookherjee, DPhil in Law
'Interrogating the Quest for Human Perfection through Women: Regulation of Disability-Selective Abortions in India'
Wednesday 29th May, 16.00-17.30, Seminar Room 2, Oxford Department of International Development
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Inaugural Annual SSD EDI Lecture – Focus on Disability
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, a US-based author, educator, scholar, and thought leader in disability justice and culture will be joining us. Professor Garland-Thomson will speak about her academic and scholarly work to develop the field of critical disability studies and to bring forward disability culture, access, and justice to a broad range of institutions and communities.
Professor Jonathan Herring of the Oxford Law Faculty will act as the discussant after the lecture.
The lecture will be followed by refreshments in the foyer of the Weston Library.
Thursday 6th June, 17.30-19.00, The Weston Library Lecture Theatre, Broad Street
Register by 28th May to attend (in person or online).
