Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
At a conference in Fredrikshavn in 1997 the Nordic Network on Disability Research was established. One of the purposes of this network was to publish a journal in English: Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. Its main purpose is todisseminate results from social research on disability. ‘Social Research’ is – in this context – understood as a multidisciplinary fi eld, including for example educational, sociological, socio-psychological, historical, legal, economical and socio-medical research. Its defi ning characteristic is a focus on the relation between persons with disabilities and their environments. The journal welcomes articles from all over the world.
Editor
John Eriksen, NOVA – Norwegian Social Research, Oslo,Norway
Book reviews editor
Per Solvang, Oslo University College, Norway
Consulting editors
Karin Barron, Uppsala University, Sweden
Robert C. Bogdan, Syracuse University, USA
Hilary Brown, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Marcel Calvez, University of Rennes II, France
Ingemar Emanuelsson, Gothenburg University, Sweden
Anita Ghai, Jesus & Mary College, New Delhi, India
Lars Grue, Norwegian Social Research, Norway
Anders Gustavsson, Stockholm University, Sweden
Erland Hjelmquist, Gothenburg University, Sweden
Lars Christer Hydén, Linköping University, Sweden
Max Kreuzer, Niederrhein University, Germany
Ingeborg Kriwet, University of Hannover, Germany
Gwynnyth Llewellyn, University of Sydney, Australia
Ruth Luckasson, University of New Mexico, USA
Leena Matikka, Finnish Association on Mental Retardation, Finland
Robyn Munford, Massey University, New Zealand
Anders Möller, Nordic School of Public Health Gothenburg, Sweden
Mark Priestley, University of Leeds, UK
Timo Saloviita, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Ann-Mari Sellerberg, Lund University, Sweden
Tom Shakespeare, University of Newcastle, UK
Eva Simonsen, University of Oslo, Norway
Per Solvang, University of Bergen, Norway
Karin Sonnander, Uppsala University, Sweden
Steven Taylor, Syracuse University, USA
Carol Thomas, University of Lancaster, UK
Rannveig Traustadóttir, University of Iceland, Iceland
Jan Tøssebro, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Nick Watson, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Susan Wendell, Simon Fraser University, Canada
NNDR and SJDR board members 2009–2011
Borgunn Ytterhus, Associate Professor (President)
Department of Social Work and Health Science (ISH)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Email: borgunn.ytterhus@svt.ntnu.no
Thomas Strandberg, Senior Lecturer (Treasurer)
School of Health and Medical Sciences
Örebro University
Swedish Institute for Disability Research (SIDR), Sweden
Email: thomas.strandberg@oru.se
Snæfridur Thora Egilson, Associate Professor (Secretary)
Department of Health Sciences
University of Akureyri
Solborg, 600 Akureyri, Iceland
Email: sne@unak.is
Steen Bengtsson, Senior Researcher
The Danish National Centre for Social Research
Research Unit on Social Policy and Marginalization
Herluf Trolles Gade 11
DK- 1052 København K, Denmark
Email: sb@sfi.dk
Joel Kivirauma, Professor
University of Turku, Department of Education
20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland
Email: joekiv@utu.fi