EuRADE: Partner Engagement for Disability Research

1. Centre for Disability Studies European Research Agendas for Disability Equality (EuRADE)Researching the researchers…

2. Centre for Disability Studies Questions for potential partners? • What previous research have you done on disability? • Have you done research with other ‘vulnerable’ groups? • What previous research have you done relevant to the specific proposal? • Do you have an example of work you have published on these issues? • Do they have a more social or individual approach to disability? • What qualitative and/or quantitative skills does your team have? • Are you committed to participatory methods?

3. Centre for Disability Studies Questions for potential partners? • Do you have any knowledge in the very specific topic area? • How reliable are they and will they deliver to deadlines? (what project management experience and delivery • Have you participated in previous European project consortia? • What kind of resources can you offer in facilities, co-funding, people…? • What kind of role do you want in the project? • Do you want to be the co-odinator?

4. Centre for Disability Studies Questions for potential partners? • Would you be prepared to have a DPO as co-ordinator? • What country-specific knowledge can you bring to the proposal? • What country-specific contacts can you offer to the project? • Would you be willing to employ or work with people with (e.g. intellectual, physical, sensory) impairments as a colleague? • Do you know who we are and what we do, and about DPOs?

5. Centre for Disability Studies Questions for potential partners? • Have you read our proposal ideas? • What do you know about our organisation? • Do you use any model contracts or consortia agreements for these kinds of collaborations? • What model does your university use for calculating your costs in preparing a proposal budget? • Are they are restrictions on intellectual property rights? • Are you clear about the kinds of concepts and models that we are planning to use?

6. Centre for Disability Studies Questions for potential partners? • Can you provide the specific methodological skills and capacities that we are asking for in our description of our partner requirements?

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8. Centre for Disability Studies Who do we want? • ?

9. Centre for Disability Studies Roles for disabled people? • Research ‘subjects’ and participants • Project reference group • Consultants and advisors • Peer interviewers • Co-researchers • Academics • Project co-ordinators • Employers