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 within two years of conferment 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 author: Cara Molyneux
Thesis title: Disabled People, Work and Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs)
University awarding degree: Lancaster University, UK
Degree awarded and year: PhD, 2021
This UK based study explored disabled people’s experiences of working in small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) as well as the attitudes of SME employers and their experience of hiring and retaining disabled people in their workplace. The findings suggest a social relational approach to workplace flex-ability is needed. As a value-based and inclusive approach, flex-ability differs to more traditional understandings of flexibility because it aims to operationalise more enabling employment practice by changing ableist workplace culture and practice.
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