Collaborations

The Centre for Disability Studies has wide ranging collaborations with scholars, research institutions and universities in the Nordic countries as well as in a number of other European countries, Canada, the United States and Australia.

Collaboration with advocacy groups, disabled people’s organisations, policy makers, service providers, local and national governments is also an important aspect of the Centre’s work.

  • Stockholm University (Sweden)
  • NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)
  • UIT - The Arctic University of Norway
  • Centre for Disability Studies at Leeds University (UK)
  • University of Sheffield (UK)
  • Centre for Disability Law and Policy (National University of Ireland, Galway)
  • Norah Fry Research Centre (University of Bristol, UK)
  • University of Swansea (Wales, UK)
  • University of Toronto (Canada)
  • Western University (Canada)
  • University of Alberta (Canada)
  • Centre on Human Policy, Law and Disability Studies (Syracuse University, USA)
  • Montclair State University (USA)
  • Deakin University (Geelong, Australia)
  • Centre for Disability Research and Policy, Sydney University (Australia)

An important aspect of the Centre’s activities is collaboration with advocacy groups, disabled people’s organizations, policy makers, service providers, local and national governments. 

International collaboration with disabled people‘s organizations include Independent Living Institute in Stockholm https://www.independentliving.org/ and The Swedish Disability Rights Federation (Funktionsrätt Sverige) https://funktionsratt.se/om-oss/in-english/ and European Network on Independent Living https://enil.eu/

The Centre has also collaborated, through various projects, with EDF, the European Disability Forum http://www.edf-feph.org/ and EASPD, European Association of Service Providers for Persons with disabilities http://www.easpd.eu/.

NNDR, Nordic Network on Disability Research

The Centre for Disability Studies is informed and strengthened by its collaboration with NNDR, The Nordic Network on Disability Research, an interdisciplinary newtork of scholars in the field of disability.

NNDR is a multidisciplinary network of disability researchers interested in cultural, societal and environmental dimensions of disability and marginalization.

The purpose of NNDR is to advance research and development in the field of disability. NNDR provides a forum for researchers, particularly from the Nordic countries, to meet, present and discuss their research, as well as encouraging Nordic and international exchange and collaboration.

NNDR was established in Fredrikshavn, Denmark in 1997 and has grown into a large network of disability researchers, reflecting the growing interest in and importance of disability research in the Nordic countries.

The main meeting place for the network is the biannual NNDR conferences.

For more information please see NNDR web pages at http://nndr.org/

Nordic Welfare Centre

Over many years the Centre has collaborated with the Nordic Welfare Centre  
This work has, in particular, focused on disability issues https://nordicwelfare.org/en/disability-issues/.

The Nordic Welfare Centre is an institution under the Nordic Council of Ministers https://www.norden.org/en and disseminates knowledge on welfare issues to all the Nordic countries in order to strengthen tools for policy-making and well-being all citizens.

An important aspect of the Centre’s activities is collaboration with national advocacy and activist groups, disabled people’s organisations, policy makers, service providers, local and national governments. 

Disabled People’s Organisations

The collaboration with disabled people‘s organisations and activist groups in Iceland are at the core of the Centre’s activities.

Since its foundation the Centre has worked closely in advocating disability human rights with a wide range of disabled people‘s organisations in Iceland including

 

Members of the Centre also work with informal groups of disabled people such as a long-term collaborative work with a group of parents with intellectual disabilities.

Policy-making

The Centre has worked both independently and in collaboration with disabled people's organizations on advising Ministries and Alþingi (the Icelandic Parliament) on disability law and policy.

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