Posted on 06 May 2020
The organising committees of both the Lancaster Disability Conference due to occur this September and the NNDR Conference due to be held in Iceland in 2021 have discussed the implications of the current COVID-19 crises. They have now issued a joint statement postponing both conferences: the Lancaster conference will now take place in September 2021 and the NNDR Conference will now take place in Iceland in May 2022.
Read more details about this important change here.
This is very important news for the international disability community. The SJDR editors are at the early stages of discussions with NNDR and the Lancaster Conference committee about ways we can help support online interaction in the meantime to ensure debate and connection can continue. We are seeing many worrying issues around the crisis and the treatment of people with disabilities, including in Higher Education and research, therefore it is important we create opportunities to ensure the issues are being discussed.
Posted on 29 Apr 2020
The world is facing massive challenges in light of the current pandemic. This is raising many issues for people with disabilities who are facing both heightened risk associated with the virus and also removal of care and support. The problems created by this will be felt by many people who submit to our journal and who review for us. At this stage, we wish to continue to accept manuscripts into the system, due to the impact closing submissions would have on early career researchers. However, we acknowledge that the difficulties many of us now face are likely to mean that review processes can be slower.
If you have a paper in the system and have concerns or questions, then do be in touch with the editor looking after your paper.
We offer solidarity to everyone during this time and hope people can stay safe and stay cared for.
Posted on 30 Mar 2020
The Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research (SJDR) is the journal of the Nordic Network of Disability Research (NNDR), and it is the network’s board that appoints the journal’s editors. In September 2019, the journal finalised the transition to a new Editor-in-Chief.
Hanna Bertildotter-Rosqvist is resigning after three years of service, and Professor Inger Marie Lid takes over the responsibility for the journal. The current Co-Editors – Janice McLaughlin and Hisayo Katsui – continue in their position. As President of the Nordic Network of Disability Research, it is a great pleasure for me to welcome our new Editor-in-Chief and to extend the network’s gratitude to our resigning Editor.
Read more about the new leadership of SJDR and the full thank you note to the resigning Editor [download PDF].
Posted on 02 Oct 2019
This special section of SJDR aims to advance knowledge and to trigger a critical discussion on how to develop research methods and practices in contexts outside the Global North. We are interested in considering the following questions (amongst others) for research on disability in the Global South:
Given the global power imbalances in knowledge, we are particularly interested in receiving submissions from scholars who live and work in the Global South, but submissions from anywhere in the world will be considered.
Read more about the background and the aims of this special issue here (click to download PDF).
All manuscripts will have to pass a rigorous peer-review process before they are accepted for publication.
Timeline
Contact the editors if you have any questions.
Posted on 02 Apr 2019
Cripping Time – Understanding the Life Course Through the Lens of Ableism: An upcoming special issue
Edited by: Katie Ellis, Karin Ljuslinder & Lotta Vikström
Disability studies have repeatedly contended “all of us live with disability at some point in our lives […], suggesting that becoming disabled is ‘only a matter of time’” (Kafer, 2013:26; cf. Oliver 1996). Depending on the nature of the impairment and when in one’s life it occurs, it is not necessarily understood by the person or others as a disability. The cultural understanding of what constitutes a disability is hence connected to understandings of time, ageing and the idea of a normative life course.
This special section of SJDR aims to advance knowledge and discussion of the ascribed disabled life course by employing perspectives on disability and time that draws from the understanding of ableist normalcy and crip time. The scope includes contributions to the recent and growing field of ableism studies by attracting papers on how ableist cultural norms and ideas shape both perceived and lived lives of people with disabilities.
All manuscripts will have to pass a rigorous peer-review process before they are accepted for publication.
Timeline
Contact the Guest Editors if you have any questions: Karin Ljuslinder and Lotta Vikström.
Posted on 07 Jun 2018
Special Section Editors: Damian Milton, Mitzi Waltz & Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist
Submission deadline: May 31st, 2018
Publication date: Q1 2019
We are at a crucial point in the development of critical autism studies. While there has been a growth in publications and events on this topic, there is also a growing divide between autistic-led and other scholarship in the area (Milton, 2016). Furthermore, critical research on neurodivergent ways of being different than autism, such as ADHD, is often situated outside of Disability Studies, primarily within the fields of medical sociology or critical mental health.
Read more about what kind of content the editors are looking for here (click to download PDF).
If you are interested in contributing to this special issue, please submit your paper online according to the instructions for authors.
Contact the Corresponding Guest Editor Damian Milton if you have any questions: damianmilton.sociology@yahoo.com
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