At the end the Research Week, Professor Delia Ferri has been awarded Maynooth University Research Achievement Award 2020, which is awarded in consideration of specific achievements over the last 3-5 years. She has also received the 2020 Faculty of Social Science Research Achievement Award. Professor Ferri is a recipient of a European Research Council Consolidator grant for her research project entitled Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity through European Union Law: Exploring New Paths (DANCING). She is co-investigator in the project SHAPES, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme and led by the ALL Institute. She also holds a position of co-investigator in the project Rethinking Digital Copyright Law for a Culturally Diverse, Accessible, Creative Europe (ReCreating Europe), funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme and coordinated by Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa. She has published several academic publications in multiple languages including a monograph, a textbook, four edited volumes and articles in internationally ranked peer reviewed law journals. Moreover, Delia has taken part into different policy-oriented studies on the rights of persons with disabilities, participatory processes and cultural diversity.
See more information on Professor Ferri's work here.
ALL Institute: Assisting Living & Learning
ToggleCongratulations to one of the ALL Directors Prof Delia Ferri in being awarded Maynooth University Research Achievement Award 2020
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ALL Member Matt McCann identified as 'exciting new business talent' by Independent Newspaper
Newspaper article entitled '30 under 30: From robotics to medtech to clothes-sharing - meet Ireland's young guns striving to break new ground'
Date: Sunday, 18 November 2018
Mac MacLachlan Delivers Keynote Presentation at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Conference Entitled: “Independent Living:Harnessing The Power of Technology to Achieve a Better Life”
Date: Friday, 09 November 2018
Article in The Atlantic Relating to Access Earth, Brainchild of ALL Member, Mathew McCann
A Smart City Is an Accessible City A new breed of accessibility apps can make life easier for people with disabilities. They can also make it harder.
Date: Tuesday, 06 November 2018
Mac MacLachlan, Director ALL Institute Receives 2018 Award for Promoting Equality of Opportunity
The award was given by the British Psychological Society
Date: Monday, 29 October 2018
Ana Maria Sanchez Rodriguez, ALL Member has New Book Chapter Published
Chapter 9: Addressing General Recommendation No. 35 from an Intersectional Perspective on Violence, Gender and Disability in Mexico Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez
Date: Sunday, 30 September 2018
The ALL PhotoCall
Every photo tells a story...Reveal positivity, collectivity or activity about Assisting Living and Learning and enter our photo competition.
Date: Friday, 28 September 2018
The ALL Institute had the pleasure of hosting the UNPRPD (United Nations Partnership for the Rights of People with Disability)
As well as a lot of hard and very engaged work, participants also had a tour of the historic campus - under the blazing Irish sun - and a close encounter with Ireland’s leading Traditional Group, the McVeigh Family Band.
Date: Friday, 28 September 2018
ALL Member Matt McCann Presents on Access Earth at the UNPRPD Knowledge Management Training Workshop
Presentation Entitled 'Access for Everyone".
Date: Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Dr. Delia Ferri, ALL Institute Member Presents at UN Partnership for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Knowledge Management Training Workshop
Dr.'s Ferri's Presentation: "The Role of the European Union in Protecting the Rights of Asylum Seekers with Disabilities: Insights for UNPRPD Projects"
Date: Monday, 10 September 2018
UN representatives attend training on disability rights run by Maynooth University ALL Institute: Assisting Living & Learning
UN representatives from 18 nations across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Arab states attend a training programme run by Professor Malcolm MacLachlan, Director of the ALL Institute: Assisting Living & Learning at Maynooth University.
Date: Monday, 10 September 2018