About us
Academic Network of European Disability experts
The Academic Network of European Disability experts (ANED) was created by the European Commission in December 2007. The aim is to establish and maintain a pan-European academic network in the disability field that will support policy development in collaboration with the Commission's Disability Unit.
ANED builds upon the expertise of existing disability research centres, supported by national experts, thematic rapporteurs, and links to relevant networks in the disability policy field. Its philosophy and aims support the objectives of European disability policy towards the goal of full participation and equal opportunities for all disabled people.
In this way, ANED provides a coordinating infrastructure of academic support for implementation of the European Disability Strategy and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Management and membership
The Network is managed by Human European Consultancy in partnership with the Centre for Disability studies at the University of Leeds.
The Network operates under a service contract with the European Commission and consists of institutional members, being academic institutions, and individual experts covering the EU Member States, candidate countries and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. In the service contract with the Commission there is one institution or individual expert for each of the countries which is the contact for ANED in that country. These institutions and individuals are responsible for the reporting on the situation in their country and they communicate with other institutions and experts in their country.
The European Disability Forum (EDF) and Age Platform Europe are partners in ANED, representing two major stakeholders organisations of EU persons with disabilities at EU level.
ANED management team
Project director
Ivette GroenendijkHuman European Consultancy
Wilhelminapark 61, 3581 NP Utrecht
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 30 232 6430
www.humanconsultancy.com
Email: ivette@humanconsultancy.com
Scientific director
Mark PriestleyProfessor of Disability Policy
Centre for Disability Studies
University of Leeds
LEEDS, LS2 9JT, UK
Tel: +44 113 343 4417
www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies/
Email: m.a.priestley@leeds.ac.uk
ANED research & content support
Research team
Name | Oganization | |
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Professor Anna Lawson | University of Leeds | A.M.M.Lawson@leeds.ac.uk |
Professor Paula Pinto | University of Lisbon | ppinto@iscsp.ulisboa.pt |
Stefanos Grammenos | Centre for European Social and Economic Policy (CESEP) | cesep@skynet.be |
Professor Rannveig Traustadóttir | University of Iceland | rannvt@hi.is |
Professor Lisa Waddington | Maastricht University | lisa.waddington@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
Content support
Name | Oganization | |
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Yuliya Kuznetsova | University of Lisbon | ykuznetsova@iscsp.ulisboa.pt |
NGO representatives
Name | Oganization | |
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Nadia Hadad | European Disability Forum | info@edf-feph.org |
Heidrun Mollenkopf | AGE Platform Europe | heidrun.mollenkopf@web.de |
ANED country members
In each of the countries ANED has one institute or individual expert as the contact for that country.
The contacts are: