Cripping Research Culture

In the last episode of Cripping Research Culture, Élaina is joined by Daniel P. Jones to interview two members of the Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University, Haf Serajee and Louise Creechan. To wrap up our whirlwind journey into how to build disability-inclusive research cultures, we talk about what it takes to plan and deliver inclusive events. Spoiler: you just have to decide to d...

In this episode, Élaina is co-hosting with Armineh Soorenian, the lead on the Environment and Recruitment priority for WAARC. They are both joined by Freya Douglas-Oloyede and Lucy Killerby from Talent Spaces , a company that specialises in optimising the inclusivity of recruitment processes. Topics covered: The lack of consistent disability accommodations throughout the recruitment process as a s...

In this episode, Élaina interviews Alison Buxton, a Senior Fellow and Innovation at the University of Sheffield about collaborative impact-forward research. After the credits, instead of a Crip Corner, we get a short talk with Emily Ennis, the Research Culture Manager at the University of Leeds and new co-host of the ⁠Research Culture Uncovered⁠ podcast. Topics covered: Taking time to build mutual...

Sometimes, we already have the concepts and the frameworks to achieve more disability inclusion. We don’t need to re-invent the wheel, we need to tackle structural change with the tools we have. In this episode, Élaina speaks to Stuart Moore, a co-director of the National Association for Disabled Staff Networks (NADSN) and an EDI lead for NHS England. Topics covered: Applying Universal Design in t...

Disabled researchers are here now. Bethan Evans, Anna Ruddock, Alison Allam, and Morag Rose have developed inclusive methods for researchers and participants with energy limiting conditions and illnesses, showcasing what research led by disabled scholars can look like. In this episode, we discuss: The management labour needed to create a disability-inclusive workplace Access intimacy How disabled-...

Let’s get down to the nitty gritty: How can we address the barriers disabled people face when applying for a job in higher education? In this episode, Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril and Armineh Soorenian talk to Jason Olsen, the founder of Disability Research Specialists Ltd. , disabled people-led company focused on employment policies for disabled researchers. We discuss: How HR processes can be made mo...

Co-production and collaborative research are very important to today's university. But it takes a lot of work to make sure our methods are not harmfully extractive, taking from our partner communities without giving back to them. In this episode of Cripping Research Culture, Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril and Daniel P. Jones interview Nicole Brown, an Associate Professor at the UCL Institute of Educa...

EDIT: While the Reparative Rest programme that Ash and Élaina mention in this episode is funded by Wellcome, the scheme was created and implemented by the creative collective Studio Susegad . Many marginalised members of staff in higher education, including disabled researchers, are employed on precarious contracts. This makes career progression difficult and often forces the industry to lose impo...

The trailer for Cripping Research Culture, a new podcast by the Wellcome Anti-ableist Research Culture project at the University of Sheffield. Subscribe now to Cripping Research Culture wherever you listen to podcasts so you won’t miss a single episode. Hosted and produced by Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril