Alter, European Society for Disability Research

Alter, European Society for Disability Research

Alter ESDR is an international learned society dedicated to the advancement of interdisciplinary research in social sciences and humanities in the area of disabilities. Particular emphasis is placed on the plurality of scientific approaches and knowledge (theoretical, applied, grounded on the experience of disability) provided by this research area.

Established with a focus on Europe, the society welcomes scholars in the international scientific community. Alter ESDR welcomes all having an interest in disability research, without exception or particular orientation.

Alter, European Journal of Disability Research

Alter, European Journal of Disability Research is a European, bilingual, peer reviewed journal of human and social sciences on disability. Alter is the journal of Alter, European Society for Disability Research / Société Européenne de Recherche sur le Handicap, hence its title.

Alter addresses everyone interested in the results of research on disability and otherness: researchers, students, teachers, persons concerned by disability, political decision-makers, professionals, organisations of people with disabilities…