Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Scope

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research is an international peer-reviewed journal, which aims to disseminate innovative, high quality, social research on disability. The journal’s defining characteristic is a focus on the relationship between people with disabilities and their environments. The scope is multi-disciplinary, incorporating research from a variety of perspectives including, Education, Sociology, History, Cultural Studies and others. The journal recognises that a wide range of methodological and theoretical perspectives can be valuable, but asks that contributions acknowledge the political debates around disability, for example the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Disability Movement. Empirical work is very welcome, but it should also contain discussion of the conceptual and/or practical implications of the findings highlighted. Finally, the journal invites work from a broad range of international contexts that take debates out of the familiar contexts of the Global North.