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DARE · Disability Advocacy Research in Europe

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2019-01-01 → 2022-12-31
EU contribution
€3,845,925
Participants
19
Scheme
MSCA-ITN

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Results in brief

Disability Advocacy Research in Europe

DARE’s objective is to train a new generation of disability scholars and policy specialists. It comprised an ambitious research programme, providing interdisciplinary, intersectoral training which equipped the ESRs to have a real impact on law and policy reform and on the real lives of persons with disabilities. The goal of DARE is to give legitimacy, through research, to the lived experience of persons with disabilities, as a basis for law reform. This is not just a desirable policy goal - it is legally required by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which is binding in the EU alongside its Member States. DARE innovates intersectorally by bringing non-academic partners into the very heart of the research and training programme as co-supervisors of the ESRs. It innovates intersectionally by emphasising how various identities (such as gender and age) interact to create layers of discrimination against persons with disabilities. It innovates by training the ESRs in emancipatory and participatory research methods to ensure that the voices of persons with disabilities take centre stage in the research process. Through a carefully tailored secondment strategy in the advocacy community, DARE has exposed the ESRs to organisations outside academia and at the epicentre of reform. DARE has drawn on on a panel of international policy & disability experts to enable the ESRs to continually refine their research to ensure it has societal impact. It has made Europe a highly attractive educational space for research on the implementation of the UN Convention. DARE trained a new kind of disability researcher to address these challenges, giving primacy to the lived experience of persons with disabilities. It equipped this new generation of researchers with the skills to achieve social and legal change. This required a deep understanding not just of the relevant legal and policy instruments (including the UN Convention and related European instruments) but also an understanding of the process of change. DARE has trained researchers on the barriers and opportunities that must be faced in the process of change and how to interact with, and persuade, a wide range of stakeholders (including government, civil society, service providers and the general public) of the need for change. This training has ensured that the DARE researchers are well positioned to become agents for change in their own countries and throughout the world.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

DARE will train a new generation of disability scholars and policy specialists. It sets out an ambitious research programme, providing interdisciplinary, intersectoral training which will equip the ESRs to have a real impact on law and policy reform and on the real lives of persons with disabilities. The goal of DARE is to give legitimacy, through research, to the lived experience of persons with disabilities, as a basis for law reform. This is not just a desirable policy goal - it is legally required by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which is binding in the EU alongside its Member States. DARE innovates intersectorally by bringing non-academic partners into the very heart of the research and training programme as co-supervisors of the ESRs. It innovates intersectionally by emphasising how various identities (such as gender and age) interact to create layers of discrimination against persons with disabilities. It innovates by training the ESRs in emancipatory and participatory research methods to ensure that the voices of persons with disabilities take centre stage in the research process. It will require the ESRs to adopt a lifecourse perspective in developing an evidence base for law and policy reform. Through a carefully tailored secondment strategy in the advocacy community, DARE will expose the ESRs to organisations outside academia and at the epicentre of reform. DARE will draw on a panel of international policy & disability experts to enable the ESRs to continually refine their research to ensure it has societal impact. DARE will make Europe a highly attractive educational space for research on the implementation of the UN Convention. It will give the ESRs a decisive advantage in seeking new employment roles in processes of reform at the international level, before Governments and in advocacy groups. Its graduates will be seen not merely as traditional ‘knowledge providers’ but also as ‘policy entrepreneurs.’

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY · GalwayCoordinatorIreland
  • AGE PLATFORM EUROPE · Bruxelles / BrusselBelgium
  • CBM-IT GMBH & CO. KG · BexbachGermany
  • DEVANDAS AGUILAR CATALINASwitzerland
  • EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR PALLIATIVE CARE · VilvoordeBelgium
  • EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES · Bruxelles / BrusselBelgium
  • EUROPEAN DISABILITY FORUM AISBL · BRUXELLESBelgium
  • EUROPEAN SOCIAL NETWORK · BRUXELLESBelgium
  • HASKOLI ISLANDS · ReykjavikIceland
  • INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CIENCIAS SOCIAIS E POLITICAS · LisboaPortugal
  • INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTORAL SYSTEMS · ArlingtonUnited States
  • Inclusive Research NetworkIreland
  • JUSTICE · LondonUnited Kingdom
  • LUMOS FOUNDATION · LondonUnited Kingdom
  • PI CONSULTANCY NL LLP · FelthamUnited Kingdom
  • Schweizer Paraplegiker-Forschung AG · NottwilSwitzerland
  • UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT · MaastrichtNetherlands
  • UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS · LeedsUnited Kingdom
  • VISION SENSE LIMITED · Tyne & WearUnited Kingdom

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union