Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Nordic Network on Disability Research

	PRESIDENTS	CHIEF EDITORS (SJDR)	CONFERENCES	KEY ACTIVITIES AND DEVELOPMENTS
1990s	1997: Jan Tøssebro 1998–1999: Anders Gustavsson	From 1998: Mårten Söder	1998: Jyväskylä, Finland 1999: Trondheim, Norway	1997: NNDR established 1999: First issue of SJDR published 1999: First PhD course (Trondheim conference)
2000s	2000–2007: Rannveig Traustadóttir 2007–2011: Borgunn Ytterhus	–2001: Mårten Söder 2002–2004: Jan Tøssebro 2005–2007: Anders Gustavsson and Karin Barron 2008–2010: John Eriksen, Anne Horgen and Per Solvang	2000: Malmö, Sweden 2001: Copenhagen, Denmark 2002: Reykjavík, Iceland 2003: Jyväskylä, Finland 2005: Oslo, Norway 2007: Gothenburg, Sweden 2009: Nyborg, Denmark	2002: Research council funding secured (Norway and Sweden); editorial board established 2003: Conferences become biennial 2005: SJDR published by Taylor & Francis 2009: PhD course organised; permanent NNDR website established
2010s	–2011: Borgunn Ytterhus 2011–2017: Simo Vehmas 2017–2025: Patrick Kermit	–2013: John Eriksen, Jannicke Solstad Vedeler and Bill Hughes 2013–2016: Jan Grue, Halvor Hanisch, Bill Hughes and Jannicke Solstad Vedeler 2016–2017: Hanna Bertilsdotter-Rosqvist, Janice McLaughlin and Hisayo Katsui 2017–2018: Janice McLaughlin and Hisayo Katsui 2019–2021: Inger Marie Lid, Janice McLaughlin and Hisayo Katsui	2011: Reykjavík, Iceland 2013: Turku, Finland 2015: Bergen, Norway 2017: Örebro, Sweden 2019: Copenhagen, Denmark	2011: PhD course organised 2018: SJDR transitions to Open Access (Stockholm University Press); full archive made openly available
2020s	–2025: Patrick Kermit 2025–present: Hisayo Katsui	–2021: Inger Marie Lid, Janice McLaughlin and Hisayo Katsui 2022–present: Leslie Swartz (Editor-in-Chief), with international editorial team	2023: Reykjavík, Iceland 2025: Helsinki, Finland	2021: Conference postponed due to COVID-19; online PhD workshop held 2023: PhD course organised 2025: Expanded PhD course organised

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.1570 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011

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Language: English

Page range: 419 - 427

Submitted on: Jun 11, 2026

Accepted on: Aug 24, 2026

Published on: Sep 9, 2026

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

disability research,

disability studies,

Nordic countries,

NNDR,

SJDR,

interdisciplinary research,

academic networks,

international collaboration

© 2026 Jan Tøssebro, Anders Gustavsson, Rannveig Traustadóttir, Borgunn Ytterhus, Simo Vehmas, Patrick Kermit, Hisayo Katsui, published by Stockholm University Press
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