Dr Caroline Jagoe is Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies, Trinity College, The University of Dublin and a visiting scholar in the School of Human and Community Development at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. She holds a professional qualification in speech-language therapy and audiology from the University of the Witwatersrand, and a PhD from Trinity College Dublin. She is currently completing a Masters in Law, focusing on human rights and international justice. With a clinical background in speech and language therapy, Caroline has worked in the public health system in South Africa and in Ireland, as well as on collaborative projects in a wide range of countries including Central African Republic, Cambodia, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Mozambique, Myanmar and Somalia. The thread of ‘inclusive societies’ runs through her research: from a micro-focus on participation in conversations involving people with communication disability and their communication partners; extending to a macro-focus on disability rights in humanitarian and development contexts. The participation of people who are frequently marginalised in research and programming is at the heart of her work, with a specific focus on the inclusion of people with communication disabilities. She is a recipient of the prestigious Irish Research Council Laureate Grant, for the project Co-Construct (Communication disabilities and conversational success: Relevance-based pragmatic universals to support interaction) and was the academic lead of a multi-year partnership between Trinity College Dublin and the United Nations World Food Programme addressing inclusion in food assistance programming. Caroline is co-founder of the SADIE Network: Strengthening evidence-based Action on Disability and Inclusion in Emergencies.