Academic network of European disability experts (ANED)

Start date: 1 January 2008
End date: 6 May 2019
Funder: European Commission
Primary investigator: Professor Mark Priestley
Co-investigators: 00036720; Anne Waldschmidt (University of Cologne); Jean-Francois Ravaud (INSERM); Lisa Waddington (University of Maastricht); Piet Leunis (Human European Consultancy)

ANED was created under the European Commission's PROGRESS programme in 2007. The purpose of the project is to establish and maintain an academic research network throughout the countries of the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) to inform disability policy making at the European level.

The academic network provides the European Commission with expertise and support to describe and analyse the situation of disabled people in the European Union and EFTA countries, and will develop the concept and methodology of mainstreaming in the main policies and strategies of the Community that are relevant for disabled people.

The project is co-ordinated in partnership between the University of Leeds and Human European Consultancy (Netherlands). The core research team includes Mark Priestley and Anna Lawson (Leeds), Anne Waldschmidt (Koln), Lisa Waddington (Maastricht) and Jean-Francois Ravaud (INSERM) supported by rapporteurs in each country and a high level advisory group, involving the European Disability Forum.

The Network will promote and encourage active participation from members of the research community in all European countries. The official website of the ANED will be launched in 2008.

For further details, please consult The Centre for Disability Studies ANED webpage.

Project Publications

Priestley, M. (2007) In search of European disability policy: Between national and global, ALTER, Revue européenne de recherche sur le handicap, 1(1): 61-74.