We have agreed to provide within the journal a list of completed theses in the field of Disability Studies. This will be an important resource for readers to follow through as well as provide the names of colleagues who are new entrants to the discipline.
This is an open invitation for theses completed from 2018 which fit with the Aims and Scope of Disability & Society.
Please provide the following information:
Name of author
Thesis title
University awarding degree
Degree awarded and year:
A 100 word synopsis of the thesis
Email address
Please forward this information to Helen Oliver, Disability & Society Editorial Office
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We will include this call for Doctoral Announcements in forthcoming issues of the journal.
Executive Editors
Name of the author: Adam Johnson
Thesis title: Disability access and local government: Co-researching the City of Bunbury’s aim to become the Most Accessible Regional City in Australia
University awarding degree: Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
Degree awarded and year: PhD, 2020
Using participatory action research, this PhD study investigated the facilitators of disability access in local government, with a focus on the City of Bunbury in Western Australia. The research group consisted of a PhD researcher with industry experience and co-researchers with lived experience of disability. The researchers engaged City of Bunbury executives and technical staff in dialogue about the impact of current design policies and practices on disability access in public infrastructure. The study identified examples of positive practice and recommended additional systemic safeguards to embed universal design into planning processes – in particular, co-design of infrastructure with people with disabilities.
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