Szerző: Katona Vanda

2018/1: Sociologist. Assistant professor of Institute for General Theory of Special Needs Education at ELTE Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education. The field of her research and teaching activities are: disability studies, transition to adulthood and parenting of persons with disabilities, social history of disability, social inclusion, deinstitutionalization, inclusive research and inclusive methods in higher education.
2020/2: She graduated as a sociologist, and works as an assistant professor at the Institute for General Theory of Special Needs Education at ELTE Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education. She defended her PhD dissertation at ELTE PhD School of Education, in the Special Needs Education Program in 2015. The topic of her dissertation was the Independent Living of persons with physical disabilities, focused on their resilience, based on a participatory approach. She has conducted several participatory research projects and teaches students of special needs education on bachelor and master level. The field of her research and teaching activities are: disability studies, transition to adulthood and parenting of persons with disabilities, social history of disability, social inclusion, deinstitutionalization, inclusive research and inclusive methods in higher education. She is the leader of the Disability Studies Doctoral Workshop and a core member of Freekey and the Disability/Studies/and Social/Innovation Lab.
Affiliation: Eötvös Loránd University Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Special Needs Education Institute for General Theory of Special Needs Education
email: katona.vanda _at_ barczi.elte.hu
ORCID: 0000-0002-8632-1192