About SIDR

The Swedish Institute for Disability Research (SIDR) was founded in 2000 as a cooperation between the Universities of Linköping and Örebro. In January 2012 the University of Jönköping became included in this cooperation. The SIDR graduate programme is a leading European research programme in disability. Disability research is an interdisciplinary subject and covers both medical and technical, as well as behavioural and cultural aspects. By making disability research a discipline it is possible to cover the different aspects of disability and let different perspectives meet, contrast and be enriched by each other.

The basis of SIDR can be summarized as follows:

• to do research from the perspective of the person having the particular disability
• to do research that encourages cooperation between authorities and industry
• to relate the research to ICF (the International Classification of Functioning)
• to produce world-class research and to develop a model for the graduate programme in disability research

Organisation

Members

The board of SIDR

Annual reports