To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2026, UCD SMARTlab, SMARTlab clg, Logitech, and project contributors have released the Open Accessibility Assessment Framework for Computer Peripherals and Consumer Electronics. This open-access framework provides practical tools to help assess and improve the accessibility of hardware products such as keyboards, mice, webcams, headsets, controllers, and other consumer electronic devices. The release includes a whitepaper, profession

Professor Lizbeth Goodman received the Honorary Doctorate of Science in recognition of her lifelong contributions to Inclusive Education and Creative Technology Innovation in Service of Society, at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, on 12th May 2026. This marks the fifth year of close collaboration between UCD, SMARTlab-IDRC and Jefferson across the domains of Architecture, Design, Engineering and the Health Professions!

SMARTlab PhD candidate Mary Nolan leads the field of Ethics of Care! In this talk, Mary Nolan explores how an ethics of care approach can help humanise engineering ethics education by moving beyond rule-based ethical decision-making towards more relational, contextual, and lived-experience-informed approaches. Drawing on inclusive design, real-world case studies, and her ongoing PhD research, the talk examines how engineering students can become more attuned to the social con

Lizbeth Goodman, Huw Williams, Anita McKeown, Lynne Heller, Jacki Morie, Chris Hales, Tara O'Neil, and Moisen Mahjoobnia of SMARTlab, along with Camille Baker (Royal College of Art), Zeynep Birsel (WAAG Society) and all from the VOICE team cordially invite you to share your VOICES at our Brussels VOICE project policy event, as part of the New European Bauhaus Festival in Brussels: 10th June! https://www.voice-community.eu/the-power-of-artist-led-interventions-for-a-sustainabl

A BIG Shout-out to PhD candidates John Burke and Helen Gavin- both for making it through to Stage 3 of the Enterprise Ireland New Frontiers Programme for their work on: John's early years educator support tool, Soogra and Helen's work on Empowering Social Media with AI, Social Jam Dr Joseph Young: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in 360 Sound Art and Cultural Heritage, SMARTlab@UCD Joseph Young (born UK, 1960) lives and works between Britain and Ireland. A former actor and award-

SMARTlab and IDRC researchers' work informs this latest report from the WHO and the Irish government: see the Assistive technology capacity assessment in Ireland Summary report

Over the past year, a transatlantic partnership has been taking shape, linking Philadelphia and Dublin through a shared commitment to improving the lives of people living with severe acquired brain injury (sABI). At Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, the Brain Injury Neuropsychology Laboratory led by Amanda Rabinowitz, PhD , has partnered with Kirby Wycoff, PsyD, EdM, MPH, NCSP , of the Thomas Jefferson University College of Health Professions to build a resea

Lizbeth Goodman Lizbeth is Chair of Creative Technology Innovation and Full Professor of Inclusive Design for Education at UCD. She is the Founder/Director of SMARTlab and the Inclusive Design Research Centre of Ireland. "In my long life, I have had relatively few female role models but I remember all the nuggets of wisdom and moments of truth that were shared by those remarkable women – my amazing mother, my grandmother, and some wonderful teachers and professors. In retro

Professor Lizbeth Goodman, Huw Williams, Cassandra Collins, Rob Harvie, Dr Phil Ryan, and Dr Jeb Weisman's work on the Screen4Care (26 million euro IHI project) was selected for the EU's Innovation Radar and now has been promoted by the IHI as best practice in patient-facing digital healthcare! Read all about it here! Article: https://link.europa.eu/GYhXKX LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7422231140293537792 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/i