The Inclusion4EU project achieved recognition in the Impact Case Study category at the Technological University Dublin Research and Innovation Awards earlier last week. Emma Murphy and Dympna O’Sullivan accepted the award on behalf of the team, which includes researchers John Gilligan, Damian T. Gordon, Svetlana Hensman, Anna Becevel, and Andrea Curley, alongside partners Sarah Gavra Boland and Patrick Fitzgerald from St John of God Community Services, and Ulla Geisel from SAP.
The project addresses digital exclusion by promoting inclusivity in software engineering education and practice. The project explores co-design as a means to involve individuals from excluded groups in developing frameworks that make software development more inclusive. Existing outputs include open-source accessible resources for engaging in participatory research including a co-design toolkit and facilitation guide downloadable from the website. Future outputs will include new curricula, teaching resources, and best practices for accessible software design and development that align with the EU Accessibility Act.
Led by ADAPT members Dympna O’Sullivan (Principle Investigator), the academic lead of the Digital Futures Research Hub at TU Dublin and Emma Murphy, a lecturer at the School of Computer Science and an expert in digital accessibility, Inclusion4EU is a collaboration between TU Dublin, Mälardalen University, Télécom SudParis, Informatics Europe, and SAP. The award marks a milestone in their mission to make digital technology accessible to all.
