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Dr. Catriona Curtin is a postdoctoral researcher within the School of Applied Social Studies, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, University College Cork. She is currently working upon a project entitled, ‘The ‘RED Framework - Cocreating Rights Enabled by Design [RED] for IoT in Intellectual Disability’, This project explores how ‘The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ [CRPD) can be integrated into design practices and embedded into the Internet of Things (IoT), focusing specifically on applications in intellectual disability [ID]. The project is funded through, and sits within, the Taighde Éireann Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications  CONNECT Centre and lead by Professor Eleanor Bantry White, University College Cork (UCC), the project is an interdisciplinary collaboration between UCC, Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) and community partner Praxis Care. The project team also works closely with the id+ Futures Project in the School of Applied Social Studies, UCC, and colleagues within UCC’s Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century (ISS21), to help maximise impact in advancing inclusive research and innovation practices.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

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