Name of Institution

• University of Galway

Academic Discipline

• Gender, Disability and Human Rights

Main research interests

Gender, Disability and Settler Colonialism. Interests also include right to health, Indigenous rights, the concept of 'disablement/debilitation', and Question of Artificial Intelligence. 

If you had the opportunity to work on a research project on democracy, what would it be about?

I would focus on how democratic frameworks are shaped, limited, and sometimes hollowed out in colonial and settler colonial contexts. In particular, I would examine how democracy operates where colonial power structures remain intact, and how claims of democratic governance can coexist with systematic exclusion, racialisation, and denial of collective rights.

Areas of expertise

• Identity Politics
• Postcolonial, Indigenous and Decolonial Democracy

Professional organization or specialized research network related to or focused on current challenges to democracy to which you belong

I am currently a member of the Disability Advisory Committee of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. 

Contact

E-mail: a.issa1@universityofgalway.ie