Seminar Series

The Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, in collaboration with the Institute for Global Health at the Institute of Child Health, were awarded a UCL Futures grant to hold a series of seminars. These events began in 2009 and include a one-day conference on The Future of Global Disability Research which took place in October 2010.

If you would like to be updated with future events, you can join our mailing list by emailing ellie.cole@ucl.ac.uk.

25 April 2013: Disability and Ageing Mark Gorman, Director of Strategic Development, Help Age International Presentation [link] Audio [link]
7 March 2013: Promoting Decent Work for People with Disabilities in Developing Countries: what way forward? Barbara Murray, Senior Disability Specialist, International Labour Organization Presentation [link] Audio [link]
17 January 2013: Poverty and Disability in Developing Countries Dr Daniel Mont Presentation [link] Audio [link]
29 November 2012: Children with Disabilities, Learning Difficulties and Disadvantages in OECD/EU Countries - Statistics and Indicators Marcella Deluca, Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, UCL. Presentation [link]
22 March 2012: Digging deeper into 'inclusive development': insights from a discursive analysis of the construction and problematisation of disability in international development policy Nina Marshall, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol
16th February 2012: Entry, engagement and empowerment: Dilemmas for inclusive education in an Indian context Dr Nidhi Singal, Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education, Faculty of Education, Cambridge University
19 January 2012:Inclusive Development: the Australian experience Hon Bob McMullan
8th December 2011: Poverty and Disability: A Critical Review of the Literature in Low and Middle-income Countries Dr Maria Kett, Assistant Director, Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, UCL Presentation [link]
5th July 2011: Building Communities of Trust between the Global South and the Global North Disability and Development Stakeholders Dr Tsitsi Chataika (Stellenbosch University)
2nd June 2011: Do what you want: Making access accessible Professor Nick Tyler, Accessibility Research Group, UCL Presentation [link]
5th May 2011: Disability and Poverty in Developing Countries: a snapshot from the World Health Survey Dr Sophie Mitra, Department of Economics, Fordham University Link to the World Health Survey Discussion Paper [link]
14th April 2011: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Low-Income Countries: Access for all? Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH): Improving Access for All Hazel Jones, WEDC, Loughborough University Presentation [link] Inclusive WASH Experience from WaterAid: What we have learned Louisa Gosling, WaterAid Presentation [link]
3rd March 2011: 'Disability to the Rescue?!' Strengthening Human Rights and Health Systems in Africa. Dr Mac MacLachlan, Centre for Global Health and School of Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin Presentation [link]
11th October 2010: The Future of Global Disability Research 'The Future of Global Disability Research' Dr Tom Shakespeare, World Health Organization Presentation [link] 'NGO Perspective on Global Disability Research' Sunanda Mavillapalli, Leonard Cheshire Disability Presentation [link] 'Disability Research in a Developing Country' Dr Naila Z. Khan, Bangladesh Institute of Child Health, Dhaka Shishu Children’s Hospital Presentation [link] 'The Future of Global Disability Research' Michele Moore, Editor, Disability & Society Presentation [link] 'What are the gaps in disability research? NGO perspectives...' Diane Mulligan, Programme Development Adviser. Presentation [link]
18th March 2010: Disability and Poverty - A Perspective from the World Bank 'Exploring the Relationship between Disability and Poverty' Daniel Mont, Senior Poverty Specialist, The World Bank Presentation [link] Audio [link]
11th February 2010: Humanitarian Disaster Relief: Disability and the new Sphere Guidelines 'Humanitarian Disaster Relief: Disability and the new Sphere guidelines' Dr Maria Kett, Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, UCL. Presentation [link] 'Beyond Standards: what Sphere can't do for disability in disasters' - Dr John Twigg, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geometric Engineering, UCL. Presentation [link] 'HEA Responses: what happens to disabled people when disaster strikes?' Jazz Shaban - World Vision Presentation [link]
10th June 2009: 'Don't see disability without ability' Listening to the voices of adolescents with disabilities in South India Gayatri Kembhavi, Institute of Child Health, UCL. Presentation [link]
20th May 2009: ‘Barriers to Including Disabled People in the Disability Policy-Making Process’ Dr Raymond Lang, Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, UCL. Presentation [link]
21st January 2009: 'Reconstructing development and disability' The challenges and opportunities raised by focusing on the social inclusion of disabled people in development programming' Lorraine Wapling, Disability and Development Specialist. Presentation [link]

25 April 2013: Disability and Ageing

Mark Gorman, Director of Strategic Development, Help Age International

Presentation [link]

Audio [link]

7 March 2013: Promoting Decent Work for People with Disabilities in Developing Countries: what way forward?

Barbara Murray, Senior Disability Specialist, International Labour Organization

Presentation [link]

Audio [link]

17 January 2013: Poverty and Disability in Developing Countries
Dr Daniel Mont

Presentation [link]

Audio [link]

29 November 2012: Children with Disabilities, Learning Difficulties and Disadvantages in OECD/EU Countries - Statistics and Indicators

Marcella Deluca, Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, UCL.

Presentation [link]

22 March 2012: Digging deeper into 'inclusive development': insights from a discursive analysis of the construction and problematisation of disability in international development policy

Nina Marshall, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies at the University of Bristol

16th February 2012: Entry, engagement and empowerment: Dilemmas for inclusive education in an Indian context

Dr Nidhi Singal, Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education, Faculty of Education, Cambridge University

19 January 2012:Inclusive Development: the Australian experience
Hon Bob McMullan

8th December 2011: Poverty and Disability: A Critical Review of the Literature in Low and Middle-income Countries

Dr Maria Kett, Assistant Director, Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, UCL
Presentation [link]

5th July 2011: Building Communities of Trust between the Global South and the
Global North Disability and Development Stakeholders
Dr Tsitsi Chataika (Stellenbosch University)

2nd June 2011: Do what you want: Making access accessible

Professor Nick Tyler, Accessibility Research Group, UCL
Presentation [link]

5th May 2011: Disability and Poverty in Developing Countries: a snapshot from the World Health Survey

Dr Sophie Mitra, Department of Economics, Fordham University

Link to the World Health Survey Discussion Paper [link]

14th April 2011: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Low-Income Countries: Access for all?

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH): Improving Access for All

Hazel Jones, WEDC, Loughborough University
Presentation [link]

Inclusive WASH Experience from WaterAid: What we have learned

Louisa Gosling, WaterAid
Presentation [link]

3rd March 2011: 'Disability to the Rescue?!' Strengthening Human Rights and Health Systems in Africa.

Dr Mac MacLachlan, Centre for Global Health and School of Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin

Presentation [link]

11th October 2010: The Future of Global Disability Research

'The Future of Global Disability Research'

Dr Tom Shakespeare, World Health Organization
Presentation [link]

'NGO Perspective on Global Disability Research'

Sunanda Mavillapalli, Leonard Cheshire Disability
Presentation [link]

'Disability Research in a Developing Country'

Dr Naila Z. Khan, Bangladesh Institute of Child Health, Dhaka Shishu Children’s Hospital
Presentation [link]

'The Future of Global Disability Research'

Michele Moore, Editor, Disability & Society
Presentation [link]

'What are the gaps in disability research? NGO perspectives...'

Diane Mulligan, Programme Development Adviser.
Presentation [link]

18th March 2010: Disability and Poverty - A Perspective from the World Bank
'Exploring the Relationship between Disability and Poverty'

Daniel Mont, Senior Poverty Specialist, The World Bank

Presentation [link]

Audio [link]

11th February 2010: Humanitarian Disaster Relief: Disability and the new Sphere Guidelines
'Humanitarian Disaster Relief: Disability and the new Sphere guidelines'

Dr Maria Kett, Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, UCL.
Presentation [link]

'Beyond Standards: what Sphere can't do for disability in disasters' - Dr John Twigg, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geometric Engineering, UCL.
Presentation [link]

'HEA Responses: what happens to disabled people when disaster strikes?'

Jazz Shaban - World Vision
Presentation [link]

10th June 2009: 'Don't see disability without ability' Listening to the voices of adolescents with disabilities in South India

Gayatri Kembhavi, Institute of Child Health, UCL.
Presentation [link]

20th May 2009:
‘Barriers to Including Disabled People in the Disability Policy-Making Process’

Dr Raymond Lang, Leonard Cheshire Disability and Inclusive Development Centre, UCL.
Presentation [link]

21st January 2009: 'Reconstructing development and disability' The challenges and opportunities raised by focusing on the social inclusion of disabled people in development programming'

Lorraine Wapling, Disability and Development Specialist.
Presentation [link]