News
The Measurement Lab
New publication: Neurodiversity and the Contemporary in the 21st-Century Novel
A new open access monograph by Nick Simonetti sheds light on the intersections between neurodiversity, literature, and the growing field of Contemporary Studies.
‘The Sterilisation Seekers’
In the story of eugenics, disabled people are often depicted as passive victims. Coreen McGuire’s co-authored article in Aeon explores how, during the interwar years, some viewed it as an opportunity.
95 Measurement Theses: A Creative Output of the Measurement Heretics Workshop
Rebecca Jackson recaps the three-day workshop Measurement Heretics: Being, Meaning and Measuring Well.
Call for Abstracts: The New Measurement Heretics
We invite proposals from researchers in the philosophy, history, sociology and anthropology of measurement for a new edited collection. Deadline 15 June 2026.
Changes made to race based occupational pulmonary assessments
Research by disability historian and Measurement Lab co-lead Coreen McGuire has contributed to the removal of race equations from lung function testing.
The drop and the metric system: how an unruly unit survived revolutions
A recently published paper co-authored by PDRA Rebecca Jackson has won the Trevor Levere Best Paper Prize.
