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We are delighted to welcome the first two postdoctoral fellows to the PREPARED project. Recently Dr Philippa Duell-Piening and Dr Beatriz Pérez-Pérez started their fellowships at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, University of Galway. In their first week in their new roles they each presented their research at the Institute for Lifecourse and Society Research Day.  
 
Philippa's research project is entitled Technology and Disability rights: The impact of advanced digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, on the rights of people with disability' and is supervised by Dr János Fiala-Butora. This project explores the impact of artificial intelligence and other advanced digital technologies on the autonomy of people with disability. This project is interested in how these technologies may enhance or undermine the autonomy of people with disability.  
 
Beatriz's research project is entitled Advancing Feminist/Disability/Mad Justice in Human Rights-Based Care and Support Systems and is supervised by Prof Eilionóir Flynn. This project addresses the challenge of building integrated human rights-based care and support systems by tackling the international gap between gender- and disability-specific solutions. 

You can find out more about their research and follow their progress on the PREPARED website and across our social media channels.