While the negative impact of child‐raising and caring on women's career progression in academia is well‐established, less known about role academic lived experiences maternity leave as an institutional practice. This article presents findings a qualitative study female academics researchers Irish university. The analysis intrinsically links organizational structures problems with felt dimensions work. point to need for better structural accommodations which address relationship between...

ABSTRACT Adult day services are central to service provision for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in Ireland. Policy reform, the guise of New Directions, has sought address segregated institutionalized nature these specialist services. Directions aims reorient toward providing supports enable users make self‐directed choices decisions be included their communities, reflecting values Convention on Rights Persons Disabilities (CRPD). Yet, is increasing IDD continue...

This paper connects relational theorising within geographies of disability and fear violent crime (FOVC) to explore how disabled people navigate experience hostility in their everyday lives Ireland. Drawing on a two year qualitative study with range impairments, we the human non-human components assemblages – particular, encounters others, assistive supports 'objects' disability, physical environment that give rise diverse affectual sensory un/safety. Disabled have multiple understandings...

This research analyses the Russian patent landscape, particularly focussing on implications of Ukrainian situation and subsequent global economic sanctions. Utilising databases, study identifies that over last decade, 77,000 patents have been granted in Russia to foreign entities, with largest numbers attributed United States, Japan, Germany. An observable decrease applications by entities from 2018 onwards is documented. Amidst sanctions Russia’s new laws limiting infringement compensation,...

There are numerous barriers to third level education, all of which well documented. While several initiatives taking place locally indicating a range responses from community education further level, number gaps remain continue contribute educational inequality in Ireland. A issues warrant attention; the need move beyond ‘deficit model disadvantage’; address framework that challenges language disadvantage; recognise complexities and supports required tackle inequality; for more collaborative...

This paper offers a critical reflection on the use of walking and mobile interviews in context research with disabled people whose diverse corporealities cognitions challenge assumptions about as normative bodily act associated free, autonomous, mobility. While it has been suggested that methods hold out potential to open up dialogic participative spaces inquiry capture embodied, affectual, sensory knowledges place, there less discussion how social difference shapes politics practices move....

This research analyses the Russian patent landscape, particularly focussing on implications of Ukrainian situation and subsequent global economic sanctions. Utilising databases, study identifies that over last decade, 77,000 patents have been granted in Russia to foreign entities, with largest numbers attributed United States, Japan, Germany. An observable decrease applications by entities from 2018 onwards is documented. Amidst sanctions Russia’s new laws limiting infringement compensation,...