Norah Fry Centre for Disability Studies
We are a leading national centre of excellence for research and teaching, striving to make a positive difference to the lives of disabled people.
The Norah Fry Centre for Disability Studies was established in 1988. Our research examines how disabled people’s lives are shaped by social, political, and economic conditions around them. Across our studies, we explore how policy, services, and institutions can create barriers to participation, inclusion, rights and independent living.
The Centre has a long history of collaboration and shared interest with colleagues from across the School for Policy Studies, and we are particularly proud of our history and expertise in inclusive research with learning disabled people to influence policy, services, and social change.
Although the primary focus of the Centre is on research, we contribute teaching about disability studies across the School and a doctoral programme in Educational Psychology.
Staff at Norah Fry Centre for Disability Studies are drawn from a range of academic disciplines and professional backgrounds. We use quantitative and qualitative methods in our research, and our projects are conducted as inclusively as possible, with staff actively striving to seek the involvement of disabled people and creating conditions to allow their maximum contribution in the research process.
Group members
- Tom Porter (Lead)
- David Abbott
- Jo Clough
- Amanda Gaulter
- Rob Green
- Jak Lee
- Dan O’Hare
- Beverley Samways
- Lucy Series
- Nakita Singh
- Mary Stanley-Duke
- Beth Stone
- Beth Tarleton
- William Turner
- Joe Webb