Prepared Research

06/03/2026

Don't miss out! Our Call 2 for proposals is closing in just 1 week's time on Friday 13th March.

If you are working with a supervisor Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas - ISCSP/ULisboa, or the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, University of Galway make sure you have all your documents ready and application complete before the deadline.

More information on the PREPARED Project and the application process can be found on the project's website - https://preparedresearch.eu/

13/02/2026

Call 2 for Proposals is open now! Don't miss your chance to hold a 3 year postdoctoral fellowship at the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas - ISCSP/ULisboa, Swiss Paraplegic Research or the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, University of Galway.

More information on the PREPARED project, Call 2 for Proposals. the application process and its eligibility requirements are available at the following link https://lnkd.in/ehJbFrNp

04/02/2026

Meet the Fellows!

We are delighted to introduce the fellows who have recently joined the project following our Call 1 for Proposals. Dr Philippa Duell-Piening recently started as a PREPARED Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, University of Galway

Her project, supervised by Dr János Fiala-Butora, is entitled 'Technology and disability rights: The impact of advanced digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, on the rights of people with disability'. Philippa’s 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. You can find out more about her work at https://preparedresearch.eu/fellows/

Call 2 for Proposals in the PREPARED Project is open now! Find out more https://preparedresearch.eu/call-for-proposals/

Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas - ISCSP/ULisboa |

02/02/2026

Meet the Fellows!

We are delighted to introduce the fellows who have recently joined the project following our Call 1 for Proposals. Dr Beatriz Pérez-Pérez recently started as a PREPARED Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, University of Galway .

Her project, supervised by Prof Eilionóir Flynn, is entitled 'Advancing Feminist/Disability/Mad Justice in Human Rights-Based Care and Support Systems (FeMaDis-J)'. It 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 her work at https://preparedresearch.eu/fellows/

Call 2 for Proposals in the PREPARED Project is open now! Find out more https://preparedresearch.eu/call-for-proposals/

Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas - ISCSP/ULisboa |

27/01/2026

If you missed the information session on the PREPARED Project's Call 2 for proposals the recording is available now on the Centre for Disability Law and Policy's YouTube Channel.

The session included key insights from PREPARED supervisors University of Galway, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas - ISCSP/ULisboa and Swiss Paraplegic Research. We also heard from some of the project's secondment partners INCLUSION INTERNATIONAL and CBM Global and from the fellows recruited in Call 1.

The deadline for applications is 13 March 2026 before 23.59 (GMT). More information about Call 2 is available on the PREPARED website https://preparedresearch.eu/call-for-proposals/

https://youtu.be/aIO1HQi9KnM

Online information session for prospective applicants for the PREPARED Project’s Call 2 for Proposals held on 27th January 2026. The session includes key ins...

23/01/2026

Are you interested in applying for our second Call for Proposals?
Do you have questions about the process or the PREPARED project? Join our online information session on Tuesday 27th January from 11am to 1pm GMT.

The session will include PREPARED supervisors and successful applicants from Call 1. Registration via Eventbrite is essential.

Register at the following link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/prepared-project-call-2-for-proposals-tickets-1981330815806?aff=oddtdtcreator

International Sign Language interpretation and captions will be provided at the event.

All queries, please contact [email protected]

More general information about the project is available at https://preparedresearch.eu/

16/01/2026

Call 2 for Proposals is open now!

We are recruiting up to four full-time, 3-year fixed term Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowships in Ireland, Portugal or Switzerland. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to work on your chosen research within a leading global interdisciplinary research team.

Deadline: Before 23:59 (GMT) on 13th March 2026
Location: Online application

All queries, please contact [email protected]

More information about the project is available at https://preparedresearch.eu/

16/12/2025

PREPARED Project’s Call 2 for Proposals opens soon.

Round 2 of our call for postdoctoral fellowship proposals will open in January 2026. Each postdoctoral researcher will be employed on a 3 year contract in one of 3 employing organisations – the University of Galway, the University of Lisbon and Swiss Paraplegic Research.

More information on the project and indicative documents are available at https://preparedresearch.eu/call-for-proposals/

28/03/2025

The PREPARED Project’s Call for Proposals - call 1 is open!

We are recruiting up to three, Full-time, 3-year fixed term Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowships in Ireland, Portugal or Switzerland.

For more information about the supervisor. Click here to learn about topic interests and about the countries they are based in. the link is also available here https://preparedresearch.eu/supervisors/

Apply Here: https://form.jotform.com/250544393180354

Guidelines and application Documents: https://preparedresearch.eu/call-for-proposals/

Deadline: Before 23:59 (GMT) on 16th April 2025
Location: Online application

All queries, please contact [email protected]

More general information about the project is available at https://preparedresearch.eu/

11/03/2025

The PREPARED Project Launch and Call for Proposals webinar took place last week.

If you couldn’t attend, don’t worry, you can watch back the recording from the website at the following link https://preparedresearch.eu/call-for-proposals/

If you are interested in one of these exciting 3-year Post-Doctoral Research positions in Ireland, Portugal or Switzerland. You can get more information, the online application link and application documents all from the website at https://preparedresearch.eu/

Check out the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page and if you have other queries contact the project manager at [email protected]

28/02/2025

We are delighted to invite you to the launch of our project and our first call for proposals.

This webinar will provide an overview of the project, and explain how PhD graduates can apply for the project positions, as well as how other organisations can join in the research by offering secondment opportunities to the PREPARED postdocs.

Date: 5 March 2025
Time: 11.30-13.00 (GMT)
Location: Zoom Webinar

Registration via Eventbrite at the following link is essential. https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/prepared-project-launch-tickets-1257996985849?aff=oddtdtcreator

International Sign Language interpretation and captions will be provided at the event. For other access requests or queries contact [email protected]