Elizabeth Farries
@elizabethfarries.bsky.social
Director, UCD Digital Policy Centre @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social, https://digitalpolicy.ie/
Coordinator, @forsee-research.bsky.social
Director, Digital Policy Education https://digitalpolicy.ie/education/
Asst Prof, ICS @ucdischool.bsky.social
Coordinator, @forsee-research.bsky.social
Director, Digital Policy Education https://digitalpolicy.ie/education/
Asst Prof, ICS @ucdischool.bsky.social
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Our own @elizabethfarries.bsky.social spoke with Silicon Republic about the new Horizon Europe funded project, FORSEE, and its aims to create safe and reliable AI policies and regulations, check out the link below.
Yeehaw!
#successfulAI #FORSEE #UCDDigitalPolicy
Yeehaw!
#successfulAI #FORSEE #UCDDigitalPolicy
The horse may have bolted, but that just means we have to ride out and catch it, says Dr Elizabeth Farries, whose new project aims to create policies for safer AI development.
I'm grateful to share my chat with Silicon Republic as my first post on Bluesky.
Long story short: The AI horse IS bolting. But we can run with it. FORSEE aims to do just that!
Long story short: The AI horse IS bolting. But we can run with it. FORSEE aims to do just that!
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📺 Tune in tonight!
Professor @niamhmcherry.bsky.social and Dr @deanphelan.bsky.social from UCD School of Geography feature in RTÉ One’s 10 Things to Know About…
Episode 1: “Change”
🗓️ Mon 10 Nov | 8:30 pm | RTÉ One & Player
Learn more about the CONUNDRUM project 👉 bit.ly/3LyCGKc
Professor @niamhmcherry.bsky.social and Dr @deanphelan.bsky.social from UCD School of Geography feature in RTÉ One’s 10 Things to Know About…
Episode 1: “Change”
🗓️ Mon 10 Nov | 8:30 pm | RTÉ One & Player
Learn more about the CONUNDRUM project 👉 bit.ly/3LyCGKc
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
📺 Tune in tonight!
Professor @niamhmcherry.bsky.social and Dr @deanphelan.bsky.social from UCD School of Geography feature in RTÉ One’s 10 Things to Know About…
Episode 1: “Change”
🗓️ Mon 10 Nov | 8:30 pm | RTÉ One & Player
Learn more about the CONUNDRUM project 👉 bit.ly/3LyCGKc
Professor @niamhmcherry.bsky.social and Dr @deanphelan.bsky.social from UCD School of Geography feature in RTÉ One’s 10 Things to Know About…
Episode 1: “Change”
🗓️ Mon 10 Nov | 8:30 pm | RTÉ One & Player
Learn more about the CONUNDRUM project 👉 bit.ly/3LyCGKc
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We're so grateful to Dean Phealan & Christo Jacob for discussing their contribtions to @paraickerrigan.bsky.social @elizabethfarries.bsky.social & @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social's "Platforming Cancel Culture" and to Pat Brodie for introducing his & @pbresnihan.bsky.social's "From the Bog to the Cloud"
October 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
We're so grateful to Dean Phealan & Christo Jacob for discussing their contribtions to @paraickerrigan.bsky.social @elizabethfarries.bsky.social & @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social's "Platforming Cancel Culture" and to Pat Brodie for introducing his & @pbresnihan.bsky.social's "From the Bog to the Cloud"
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Liz's (@elizabethfarries.bsky.social ) new book, Platforming Cancel Culture, just out! Read it before you get cancelled!
September 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Liz's (@elizabethfarries.bsky.social ) new book, Platforming Cancel Culture, just out! Read it before you get cancelled!
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The DPC announced its findings against the Dept of Social Protection and its use of facial recognition technology as part of the registration process, called SAFE 2, for the Public Services Card (PSC), in July. It published the decision yesterday afternoon
September 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The DPC announced its findings against the Dept of Social Protection and its use of facial recognition technology as part of the registration process, called SAFE 2, for the Public Services Card (PSC), in July. It published the decision yesterday afternoon
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Do our members ever take a break? Nah!
Dr Alexandros Minotakis has recently published an article on generative AI and news media, "Concerned, Unprepared and Burdened by the Past: Generative AI in Greek Newsroom."
Read the full piece at the link below ⬇️
Dr Alexandros Minotakis has recently published an article on generative AI and news media, "Concerned, Unprepared and Burdened by the Past: Generative AI in Greek Newsroom."
Read the full piece at the link below ⬇️
Concerned, Unprepared and Burdened by the Past: Generative AI in Greek Newsrooms
Over the past five years, innovative AI systems, including applications based on Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), have emerged. Text, image, video, and symbol manipulation are now wi...
www.tandfonline.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Do our members ever take a break? Nah!
Dr Alexandros Minotakis has recently published an article on generative AI and news media, "Concerned, Unprepared and Burdened by the Past: Generative AI in Greek Newsroom."
Read the full piece at the link below ⬇️
Dr Alexandros Minotakis has recently published an article on generative AI and news media, "Concerned, Unprepared and Burdened by the Past: Generative AI in Greek Newsroom."
Read the full piece at the link below ⬇️
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A new journal and call for papers?! 😀
Dr Alexandros Minotakis has joined the editorial board of the new academic journal Workers and Capital
We're thrilled to share this informationm and a CfP "Historical Materialism: Workers and Capital"
Read more about the CfP and journal at the link below 👇
Dr Alexandros Minotakis has joined the editorial board of the new academic journal Workers and Capital
We're thrilled to share this informationm and a CfP "Historical Materialism: Workers and Capital"
Read more about the CfP and journal at the link below 👇
CfP new journal: "Historical Materialism: Workers and Capital"
| Historical Materialism: Workers and Capital
workersandcapital.historicalmaterialism.org
August 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A new journal and call for papers?! 😀
Dr Alexandros Minotakis has joined the editorial board of the new academic journal Workers and Capital
We're thrilled to share this informationm and a CfP "Historical Materialism: Workers and Capital"
Read more about the CfP and journal at the link below 👇
Dr Alexandros Minotakis has joined the editorial board of the new academic journal Workers and Capital
We're thrilled to share this informationm and a CfP "Historical Materialism: Workers and Capital"
Read more about the CfP and journal at the link below 👇
Reposted by Elizabeth Farries
How can we ensure responsible use of AI in research? This question is explored in a recent submission to the European Strategy for AI in Science, written by FORSEE researchers Dave Lewis, Marta Lasek-Markey, and Delaram Golpayegani, with their colleague Beyza Yaman. forseeproject.eu/responsible-...
Responsible AI in Research: A submission to the European Strategy for AI in Science - FORSEE
This statement proposes three recommendations designed to advance an open, legally compliant, and FRIA-aligned evaluation framework.
forseeproject.eu
August 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
How can we ensure responsible use of AI in research? This question is explored in a recent submission to the European Strategy for AI in Science, written by FORSEE researchers Dave Lewis, Marta Lasek-Markey, and Delaram Golpayegani, with their colleague Beyza Yaman. forseeproject.eu/responsible-...
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Our first newsletter is now live! 💡
With this first edition, we are launching our themed newsletter series, offering updates on research results and perspectives on societally successful AI. Remember to check it out and subscribe!
Link to the newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/forseepr...
With this first edition, we are launching our themed newsletter series, offering updates on research results and perspectives on societally successful AI. Remember to check it out and subscribe!
Link to the newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/forseepr...
July 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Our first newsletter is now live! 💡
With this first edition, we are launching our themed newsletter series, offering updates on research results and perspectives on societally successful AI. Remember to check it out and subscribe!
Link to the newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/forseepr...
With this first edition, we are launching our themed newsletter series, offering updates on research results and perspectives on societally successful AI. Remember to check it out and subscribe!
Link to the newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/forseepr...
Pleased to contribute to this piece
How should we treat the environmental footprint of #AI supply chains from a policymaking perspective? FORSEE researchers contributed to the public consultation on Apply AI Strategy of the #EU with their take here: forseeproject.eu/embedding-the-environment-into-ai-policy/
Embedding the environment into AI policy - FORSEE submission to Apply AI Strategy - FORSEE
FORSEE submission to call for evidence of Apply AI Strategy – strengthening the AI continent Authors: Dr Elizabeth Farries, Dr Alexandros Miniotakis, Dr Patrick Brodie, Prof Eugenia Siapera, Sandra S...
forseeproject.eu
June 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Pleased to contribute to this piece
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Yesterday, The Centre collaborated with Coimisiún na Meán to deliver a packed workshop on the vetted researcher application process under Article 40 of the Digital Services Act. Naoise McNally and @kirstypark.bsky.social briefed the room on the status of the forthcoming application process.
May 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Yesterday, The Centre collaborated with Coimisiún na Meán to deliver a packed workshop on the vetted researcher application process under Article 40 of the Digital Services Act. Naoise McNally and @kirstypark.bsky.social briefed the room on the status of the forthcoming application process.
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Don't forget to follow - and submit to! - @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social, with
@kylzjarrett.bsky.social as Editor in Chief, this journal centres critical debate and reflections on digital societies and cultures See more at the link below
journals.sagepub.com/home/DDS
@kylzjarrett.bsky.social as Editor in Chief, this journal centres critical debate and reflections on digital societies and cultures See more at the link below
journals.sagepub.com/home/DDS
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Don't forget to follow - and submit to! - @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social, with
@kylzjarrett.bsky.social as Editor in Chief, this journal centres critical debate and reflections on digital societies and cultures See more at the link below
journals.sagepub.com/home/DDS
@kylzjarrett.bsky.social as Editor in Chief, this journal centres critical debate and reflections on digital societies and cultures See more at the link below
journals.sagepub.com/home/DDS
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🚨Publication alert🚨
In an important and insightful piece, @susanly.bsky.social and colleagues have released a paper entitled "Europe has a unique chance to establish local social media platforms, to counter the new US technopolitics"
Read more below 👇
informationdemocracy.org/2025/04/16/t...
In an important and insightful piece, @susanly.bsky.social and colleagues have released a paper entitled "Europe has a unique chance to establish local social media platforms, to counter the new US technopolitics"
Read more below 👇
informationdemocracy.org/2025/04/16/t...
The Forum publishes a call from academics to build European social media platforms - Forum Information & Democracy
In a shifting moment for tech governance, the Forum on Information and Democracy is publishing a position paper authored by a group of researchers calling for Europe to seize a unique opportunity to ...
informationdemocracy.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🚨Publication alert🚨
In an important and insightful piece, @susanly.bsky.social and colleagues have released a paper entitled "Europe has a unique chance to establish local social media platforms, to counter the new US technopolitics"
Read more below 👇
informationdemocracy.org/2025/04/16/t...
In an important and insightful piece, @susanly.bsky.social and colleagues have released a paper entitled "Europe has a unique chance to establish local social media platforms, to counter the new US technopolitics"
Read more below 👇
informationdemocracy.org/2025/04/16/t...
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More exciting updates from our Centre Members!
@paraickerrigan.bsky.social & Marguerite Barry have released an entry on Facial Recognition Technology to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Queer Studies, highlighting their intersection with gender and sexual minorities.
Read more at the link below!
@paraickerrigan.bsky.social & Marguerite Barry have released an entry on Facial Recognition Technology to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Queer Studies, highlighting their intersection with gender and sexual minorities.
Read more at the link below!
www.elgaronline.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
More exciting updates from our Centre Members!
@paraickerrigan.bsky.social & Marguerite Barry have released an entry on Facial Recognition Technology to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Queer Studies, highlighting their intersection with gender and sexual minorities.
Read more at the link below!
@paraickerrigan.bsky.social & Marguerite Barry have released an entry on Facial Recognition Technology to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Queer Studies, highlighting their intersection with gender and sexual minorities.
Read more at the link below!
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We're delighted to see @forsee-research.bsky.social social media pages go live🎉
This Horizon Europe funded research project queries what makes for "successful AI"🤔
Be sure to give them a follow here and on their LinkedIn page to keep up to date with research findings and events
#FORSEE #SuccessfulAI
This Horizon Europe funded research project queries what makes for "successful AI"🤔
Be sure to give them a follow here and on their LinkedIn page to keep up to date with research findings and events
#FORSEE #SuccessfulAI
Hello Bluesky!
The new Horizon Europe FORSEE project is launching here! We’re excited to expand our community here and explore how success in #AI can be defined and used to strengthen Europe’s position in the AI landscape. Follow us and find out more at: forseeproject.eu!
The new Horizon Europe FORSEE project is launching here! We’re excited to expand our community here and explore how success in #AI can be defined and used to strengthen Europe’s position in the AI landscape. Follow us and find out more at: forseeproject.eu!
Frontpage - FORSEE
Forging Successful AI Applications for European Economy and Society FORSEE defines societally successful AI. Our mission is to analyse existing successful AI applications to:
forseeproject.eu
April 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We're delighted to see @forsee-research.bsky.social social media pages go live🎉
This Horizon Europe funded research project queries what makes for "successful AI"🤔
Be sure to give them a follow here and on their LinkedIn page to keep up to date with research findings and events
#FORSEE #SuccessfulAI
This Horizon Europe funded research project queries what makes for "successful AI"🤔
Be sure to give them a follow here and on their LinkedIn page to keep up to date with research findings and events
#FORSEE #SuccessfulAI
Reposted by Elizabeth Farries
Hello Bluesky!
The new Horizon Europe FORSEE project is launching here! We’re excited to expand our community here and explore how success in #AI can be defined and used to strengthen Europe’s position in the AI landscape. Follow us and find out more at: forseeproject.eu!
The new Horizon Europe FORSEE project is launching here! We’re excited to expand our community here and explore how success in #AI can be defined and used to strengthen Europe’s position in the AI landscape. Follow us and find out more at: forseeproject.eu!
Frontpage - FORSEE
Forging Successful AI Applications for European Economy and Society FORSEE defines societally successful AI. Our mission is to analyse existing successful AI applications to:
forseeproject.eu
April 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Hello Bluesky!
The new Horizon Europe FORSEE project is launching here! We’re excited to expand our community here and explore how success in #AI can be defined and used to strengthen Europe’s position in the AI landscape. Follow us and find out more at: forseeproject.eu!
The new Horizon Europe FORSEE project is launching here! We’re excited to expand our community here and explore how success in #AI can be defined and used to strengthen Europe’s position in the AI landscape. Follow us and find out more at: forseeproject.eu!
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Brilliant piece by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on "end times fascism", an escapist resonance of Christian right and fascist Trumpers facilitating the End. They cite my oped on Huckabee, so that's pretty darn special!
@astra.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
@astra.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Brilliant piece by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on "end times fascism", an escapist resonance of Christian right and fascist Trumpers facilitating the End. They cite my oped on Huckabee, so that's pretty darn special!
@astra.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
@astra.bsky.social @naomiaklein.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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A symposium on "Truth & Trust in a Time of Trumpery" kicks off tomorrow 9.30am at East Quad, TU Dublin, Grangegorman. Read more about the event below and don't miss @ucdischool.bsky.social 's @aishaxr.bsky.social discuss repairing the public square!
Registration details included below 👇
Registration details included below 👇
April 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A symposium on "Truth & Trust in a Time of Trumpery" kicks off tomorrow 9.30am at East Quad, TU Dublin, Grangegorman. Read more about the event below and don't miss @ucdischool.bsky.social 's @aishaxr.bsky.social discuss repairing the public square!
Registration details included below 👇
Registration details included below 👇
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🚨New Publication alert🚨
@stnhfj.bsky.social and Sam Hind have recently published an article with @bigdatasoc.bsky.social entitled "Simulation and the reality gap: mom ents in a prehistory of synthetic data"
Follow the link below to read this fascinating piece!
@stnhfj.bsky.social and Sam Hind have recently published an article with @bigdatasoc.bsky.social entitled "Simulation and the reality gap: mom ents in a prehistory of synthetic data"
Follow the link below to read this fascinating piece!
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
April 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🚨New Publication alert🚨
@stnhfj.bsky.social and Sam Hind have recently published an article with @bigdatasoc.bsky.social entitled "Simulation and the reality gap: mom ents in a prehistory of synthetic data"
Follow the link below to read this fascinating piece!
@stnhfj.bsky.social and Sam Hind have recently published an article with @bigdatasoc.bsky.social entitled "Simulation and the reality gap: mom ents in a prehistory of synthetic data"
Follow the link below to read this fascinating piece!
Reposted by Elizabeth Farries
Our Centre Directors @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social and @elizabethfarries.bsky.social have been busy as usual, this time with a new publication on "Platform governance and civil society organisations: Tensions between reform and revolution continuum"
Read more below:
policyreview.info/articles/ana...
Read more below:
policyreview.info/articles/ana...
Platform governance and civil society organisations: Tensions between reform and revolution continuum
Ideological differences, financial precarity, and tensions within the milieu of digital rights civil society organisations involved in platform governance advocacy can undermine these organisations’ a...
policyreview.info
April 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Our Centre Directors @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social and @elizabethfarries.bsky.social have been busy as usual, this time with a new publication on "Platform governance and civil society organisations: Tensions between reform and revolution continuum"
Read more below:
policyreview.info/articles/ana...
Read more below:
policyreview.info/articles/ana...
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Recent research from @toledobastos.bsky.social, @paraickerrigan.bsky.social & Christo Jacobs reveals the inaccuracies shared by ChatGPTstating "“If anything, the more these tools are perceived to be accurate, the less likely users are to perform cross-checks on the information they receive.”
April 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Recent research from @toledobastos.bsky.social, @paraickerrigan.bsky.social & Christo Jacobs reveals the inaccuracies shared by ChatGPTstating "“If anything, the more these tools are perceived to be accurate, the less likely users are to perform cross-checks on the information they receive.”
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The Centre & @UCD_iSchool are still accepting applicants for MSc & MLIS students with a list of fee waviers for EU students available at:
www.ucd.ie/ics/study/eu...
The Centre specifically is offering one scholarship for an MSc student!
Read more here:
digitalpolicy.ie/education/
www.ucd.ie/ics/study/eu...
The Centre specifically is offering one scholarship for an MSc student!
Read more here:
digitalpolicy.ie/education/
EU Fee Waivers for MSc/MLIS students
Fee Waivers for MSc/MLIS EU students, EU Fee Waivers for MSc/MLIS students
www.ucd.ie
March 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The Centre & @UCD_iSchool are still accepting applicants for MSc & MLIS students with a list of fee waviers for EU students available at:
www.ucd.ie/ics/study/eu...
The Centre specifically is offering one scholarship for an MSc student!
Read more here:
digitalpolicy.ie/education/
www.ucd.ie/ics/study/eu...
The Centre specifically is offering one scholarship for an MSc student!
Read more here:
digitalpolicy.ie/education/
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When multiple members are in the top 5 articles for TV and New Media Journal? That's smart readership.
Celebrate with us and add these to your TBR folders!
@eugeniasiapera.bsky.social
@elizabethfarries.bsky.social
@ariadnamf.bsky.social
Celebrate with us and add these to your TBR folders!
@eugeniasiapera.bsky.social
@elizabethfarries.bsky.social
@ariadnamf.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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This is really nice praise from Chloe re the MSc Digitial Policy Programme.
A wonderful testimony on the importance of women's work in tech and education, and of our educational programmes:
"My professors were invested in learning about my interests and perspectives in a way that left me feeling empowered to share my beliefs with others."
Thank you Chloe!
"My professors were invested in learning about my interests and perspectives in a way that left me feeling empowered to share my beliefs with others."
Thank you Chloe!
Mitchell Scholar Blogs | cataloging excellence in public service
blog.mitchellscholars.org
March 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is really nice praise from Chloe re the MSc Digitial Policy Programme.
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Don't miss out on the upcoming AI and Responsible Conduct of Research symposium, with our own @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social, alongside Reggie Townsend, Maura Hiney, Grace Mulcahy and Patricia Maguire.
📅13 March
🕓14.00-16.30
📍William Fry Theatre (L143), UCD Sutherland School of Law, UCD
Register 👇
📅13 March
🕓14.00-16.30
📍William Fry Theatre (L143), UCD Sutherland School of Law, UCD
Register 👇
AI and Responsible Conduct of Research
With keynote Reggie Townsend, VP SAS Data Ethics Practice, and a leading voice on Trustworthy and Responsible AI.
www.eventbrite.ie
March 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Don't miss out on the upcoming AI and Responsible Conduct of Research symposium, with our own @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social, alongside Reggie Townsend, Maura Hiney, Grace Mulcahy and Patricia Maguire.
📅13 March
🕓14.00-16.30
📍William Fry Theatre (L143), UCD Sutherland School of Law, UCD
Register 👇
📅13 March
🕓14.00-16.30
📍William Fry Theatre (L143), UCD Sutherland School of Law, UCD
Register 👇
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This World Rare Disease Day @ucdsocscilaw was so pleased to host an Accessibility walking tour and lunch to hear from wonderful colleagues about living with rare disease. Thankyou to all in our College EDI committee for organising it.
February 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This World Rare Disease Day @ucdsocscilaw was so pleased to host an Accessibility walking tour and lunch to hear from wonderful colleagues about living with rare disease. Thankyou to all in our College EDI committee for organising it.