Publications

Work Package 1 – Experiential

WP1 identifies features of cultural access experienced as exclusionary by people experiencing different types of disability. Read more about WP1.

10. Urzel Francil, L., Leahy, A., & Ferri, D. (2024). Human rights approach to accessibility for visitors with disabilities in museums: Reflections from the DANCING Project. In G. Dore & M. Arisi (Eds.), Open Up Museums! Prospects and Challenges of Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion (pp. 53–76). Ledizioni.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14281624

9. Leahy, A. (2024). An ambivalent approach to disability in older age: Evidence from reporting by states parties under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ageing and Society, 1–22.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X24000485

8. Leahy, A., & Ferri, D. (2024). Cultural policies that facilitate the participation of persons with disabilities in the arts: Findings from a qualitative multi-national study. Disabilities, 4(3), 539–555.
https://doi.org/10.3390/disabilities4030034

7. Leahy, A., & Ferri, D. (2024). Rethinking and advancing a ‘bottom-up’ approach to cultural participation of persons with disabilities as key to realising inclusive equality. International Journal of Law in Context, 20(2), 267–285.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744552324000041

6. Leahy, A., & Ferri, D. (2023). Cultivating cultural capital and transforming cultural fields: A study with arts and disability organisations in Europe. The Sociological Review, 1–19.
https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261231202879

5. Leahy, A., & Ferri, D. (2023). Barriers to cultural participation by people with disabilities in Europe: A study across 28 countries. Disability and Society, 2465–2487.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2023.2222898

4. Ferri, D., & Leahy, A. (2023). The right of people with disabilities to participate in cultural life: Is Cinderella going to the ball? In S. Robinson & K. R. Fisher (Eds.), Research Handbook on Disability Policy. 102-117. Edward Elgar.
Available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=4165588

3. Leahy, A., & Ferri, D. (2022). The right to participate in cultural life of persons with disabilities in Europe: Where is the paradigm shift? Alter, 16(4), 5–29.
Available at https://journals.openedition.org/alterjdr/1430

2. Ferri, D., Leahy, A., Šubic, N., & Urzel, L. (2022). Implementing the right of people with disabilities to participate in cultural life across five European countries: Narratives and counter-narratives. Journal of Human Rights Practice, 859–878.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jhuman/huac035

1. Leahy, A., & Ferri, D. (2022). Barriers and facilitators to cultural participation by people with disabilities: A narrative literature review. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 24(1), 68–81.
https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.863

Work Package 2 – Normative

WP2 explores the intersection between cultural rights of people with disabilities and cultural diversity in EU law. Read more about WP2.

11. Ferri, D., Tekuchova, I., & Krolla, E. (2024). Between disability and culture: The search for a legal taxonomy of sign languages in the European Union. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 73(3), 669–706.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589324000253

10. Ferri, D. (2024). The role of disability studies in the advancement of EU law scholarship. In R. Deplano, G. Gentile, L. Lonardo, & T. Nowak (Eds.), Interdisciplinary Research Methods in EU law: A Handbook (pp. 39–58). Edward Elgar.
Available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4406745

9. Ferri, D. (2023). Advancing disability rights in the EU: A blueprint in the social agenda of the Spanish presidency. Anales de Derecho, 40(2), 85–107.
https://doi.org/10.6018/analesderecho.586401

8. Ferri, D., & Šubic, N. (2023). The European Union: Federal trends in disability rights. In D. Ferri, F. Palermo, & G. Martinico (Eds.), Federalism and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (pp. 23–42). Hart Publishing.
Available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4697115

7. Ferri, D. (2023). The role of the European Union in ensuring accessibility of cultural goods and services: All about that… internal market? European Law Review, 48(3), 257–280.
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4403323

6. Ferri, D. (2023). The role of soft law in advancing the rights of persons with disabilities in the EU: A ‘hybridity’ approach to EU disability law. European Law Journal, 28(4-6), 134–153.
https://doi.org/10.1111/eulj.12454

5. Tudisco, V. (2022). Accessibility of audiovisual media services for persons with disabilities in the European Union: Lights and shadows of the audiovisual media services directive. STALS Research Paper, 6/2022.
Available at https://www.stals.santannapisa.it/sites/default/files/tudisco.pdf

4. Ferri, D., & Urzel, L. (2022). The Employment Equality Directive and access to justice for persons with disabilities: Some reflections in light of Tartu Vangla and Komisia za Zashtita ot Diskriminatsia. In P. Czech, L. Heschl, K. Lukas, M. Nowak, & G. Oberleitner (Eds.), European Yearbook on Human Rights 2022 (pp. 75–104). Intersentia.
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4293925

3. Šubic, N., & Ferri, D. (2022). Characterizing access to culture for people with disabilities in EU cultural policy: European identity, market integration, and social inclusion. DPCE Online, 52(2).
Available at http://www.dpceonline.it/index.php/dpceonline/article/view/1611

2. Šubic, N., & Ferri, D. (2022). National disability strategies as rights-based cultural policy tools. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 467–483.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2022.2053960

1. Šubic, N. (2022). Challenging the use of EU funds: Locus standi as a roadblock for disability organisations: ECJ Order of 15 April 2021, Case C-622/20 P, Validity and Center for Independent Living v Commission. European Constitutional Law Review, 18(1), 59–81.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1574019622000037