Sarah McDonagh
Sarah McDonagh is a researcher, specialising in media accessibility, cultural heritage, and sustainability.
Her research interests include digital heritage, particularly contested heritage, and the intersections between sustainability and accessibility.
Sarah has been involved in several national and European projects (Accessibility, Culture, and Training project and Prisons Memory Archive.
Additionally, Sarah has been part of the H2020 GreenSCENT (Green Citizen Engagement for a Green Future) project, where she collaborated with an international team to engage people with environmental issues in their local communities through the development of accessible apps, digital platforms and educational resources.
She has published in international journals (Journal of Specialised Translation and Universal Access in the Information Society) and recently edited a book with Routledge on the European Green Deal in Education. Sarah is currently involved in two AI projects: ALFIE, which aims to improve the EU’s understanding of AI through expert collaboration and the development of an accessible AI tool, and MOSAIC, which seeks to create a multilingual, AI-driven platform for European media content. She is also a member of the Clear Climate network and a collaborator in the ENACT project. She has also contributed technical reports on accessibility and sustainability as a member of the Study Group on Accessibility and Inclusion in the ITU Metaverse Focus Group.
Aikaterini Tsaousi
Aikaterini (Katerina) Tsaousi is an audiovisual translator and linguist specializing in media accessibility. Her PhD, funded by an FI grant from the Catalan Government and carried out in the Department of Translation and Interpreting and East Asian Studies at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, focuses on the transmission of sound effects for deaf audiences.
In addition to collaborating with various academic institutions as a tutor, she has extensive professional experience in the field as a translator, project manager, and consultant. She is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher on the EU-funded InclusiVRity project, which aims to apply virtual reality technologies in secondary schools to promote access and learning for neurodiverse students. She is also a member of the Transmedia Catalonia research group.
Her academic interests mainly focus on learning and access to information for groups with sensory and cognitive functional diversity.
aikaterini.tsaousi@uab.cat
