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> NNDR
> Nordic Network on Disability Research
> The 6th Annual Research Conference
> Reykjavik, Iceland
> August 22-24, 2002
>
> The conference is the annual conference of NNDR, Nordic Network on
> Disability Research, a multidisciplinary network of disability researchers
> using a social science perspective on disability.
>
> One emphasis of this year's conference is to examine the differences and
> similarities in disability research and the way disability is understood
> and conceptualised in the UK and in the Nordic countries.
>
> More information is on the conference home page:
> http://www.nndr.dk/iceland2002
>
> Deadline for abstracts is April 1, 2002
> Deadline for early registration fees April 1, 2002
>
> The official language of the conference is English
>
> Confernece venue: Grand Hotel Reykjavik, Reykjavík, Iceland
>
> *****************************************
> Preliminary Program
>
> Thursday, August 22
> 18:30-20:00 Reception at Reykjavik City Hall
>
> Friday, August 23
> 08:00 Registration at Grand Hotel Reykjavik
> 09:00-09:30 Conference opening
> 09:30-10:30 Plenary session: Dr. Tom Shakespeare, Policy, Ethics and
> Life
> Science Research Institute
> Rights, Risks and Responsibilities: New Genetics and Disability
> 10:30-11:00 Coffee / tea break
> 11:00-12:30 Parallel paper sessions
> 12:30-13:30 Lunch
> 13:30-15:00 Plenary symposium: Understanding Disability. The UK Social
> Model and
> the Nordic Relational Approach
> Dr. Tom Shakespeare, Policy, Ethics and Life Science
> Research Institute
> Dr. Jan Tøssebro, Norwegian University of Science and
> Technology
> Dr. Carol Thomas, Lancaster University
> Dr. Mårten Söder, University of Uppsala
> 15:00-15:30 Coffee / tea break
> 15:30-16:30 Parallel paper sessions
> 16:30-17:30 NNDR Annual Meeting
> 18:30 Blue Lagoon: Bath, cocktail and dinner
>
>
> Saturday, August 24
> 09:00-10:00 Plenary session: Dr. Colin Barnes, University of Leeds
> Emancipatory Disability Research: Ten Years on? (The British
> Experience)
> 10:00-10:30 Coffee / tea break
> 10:30-12:00 Parallel paper sessions
> 12:00-13:00 Lunch
> 13:00-14:30 Parallel paper sessions
> 14:30-15:00 Coffee / tea break
> 15:00-16:30 Parallel paper sessions / Round table
> 16:30-17:30 Plenary session: Dr. Kristjana Kristiansen, Norwegian
> University of
> Science and Technology
> Angels and the Uni-verse: Ontology Control in Mental Health
> Land
> 17:30-18:00 Closing session
> 19:30 Conference dinner: Grand Hotel Reykjavik
>
> **********************************************
> Keynote Speakers
>
> Dr. Colin Barnes, Professor
> University of Leeds
> Centre for Disability Studies
> Leeds,
> UK
>
> Dr. Kristjana Kristiansen, Associate Professor
> Norwegian University of Science and Technology
> Department of Social Work and Health Sciences
> Trondheim
> Norway
>
> Dr. Tom Shakespeare, Director of Outreach
> Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences Research Institute
> Bioscience Centre
> Newcastle
> UK
>
> Dr. Mårten Söder, Professor
> University of Uppsala
> Department of Sociology
> Uppsala
> Sweden
>
> Dr. Carol Thomas, Senior Lecturer
> Lancaster University
> Department of Applied Social Science
> Lancaster
> UK
>
> Dr. Jan Tøssebro, Professor
> Norwegian University of Science and Technology
> Department of Social Work and Health Sciences
> Trondheim
> Norway
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