I’m pleased to share that I’ve secured new funding for Grounding Deaf Legal Theory (DLT) in Ghana, a two-year pilot project running from August 2025 to July 2027. The project is funded through the University of the West of England’s Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Award and will be delivered in partnership with the Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD).

This project is an important step in developing DLT beyond its original UK and European contexts. By working closely with deaf communities and organisations in Ghana, I aim to explore how law is experienced, navigated, and challenged by deaf people in Global Majority settings.

The project will use a participatory, co-produced approach, involving workshops, interviews, and storytelling activities that centre deaf perspectives and local knowledge. These insights will be used to test, refine, and extend the Deaf Legal Theory framework so that it is grounded in lived experience rather than abstract legal assumptions.

Over the course of the project, I will produce academic outputs alongside community-focused resources and accessible materials in Ghanaian Sign Language, International Sign, and English. Together, these outputs will support the continued development of Deaf Legal Theory as a framework for challenging the law’s hearing bias in diverse legal and cultural contexts.

I’ll share further updates as the project develops.