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I work within Critical Disability Studies and am interested in exploring disability as a socially constructed and socially produced phenomenon. My work focuses on everyday experiences of disabled people, and particularly how interactions with other people contribute to the experience of disability and disablement.
My current work focuses on disabled people's encounters with strangers in accessible parking spaces.
Other research interests include media and cultural studies, feminist and queer studies, both separately and in their interaction with disability studies.
I am currently the Programme Manager of the AHRC-funded GRCF Network+ Disability Under Siege programme. I am also undertaking a part-time PhD, researching the impact that encounters with strangers have on disabled people's experience and identity, focussing especially on the context of accessible parking spaces.
Prior to my current role, I was a Research Fellow on Disability Under Siege, investigating the impact of COVID-19 on disabled people in Low-and Middle-Income Countries, and working with the UN Partnership for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to create an analytical framework for a disability-inclusive recovery from COVID-19.
I also spent several years working in research support roles, including research facilitation, project management, and research communications. My current role allows me to combine this expertise with my knowledge and passion for disability studies, and my lived experience as a disabled activist and advocate.
I am particularly interested in how disabled identities are constructed, how disability is conceptualised in society, and the effects of these on the everyday lives and experiences of disabled people. I also draws on concepts from gender and queer studies, as well as media and critical discourse studies, in my analysis of the ways in which disabled people navigate an inaccessible and sometimes hostile world.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Master of Arts, Sociology, University of Warwick
Award Date: 31 Oct 2010
Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and Media, Coventry University
Award Date: 31 Oct 2009
Doctor of Social Science, The production of disability through interactions with strangers in the context of accessible parking spaces, School of Criminology, Politics and Social Policy
27 Sept 2021 → 26 Sept 2025
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Economic & Social Research Council
1/10/20 → 31/03/22
Project: Research Councils
Vera Kubenz (Presenter)
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
Vera Kubenz (Presenter)
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
Vera Kubenz (Presenter)
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
Vera Kubenz (Organiser)
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
Vera Kubenz (Presenter)
Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Conference, workshop or symposium
27/02/23 → 28/09/23
1 item of Media coverage, 2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Press / Media
22/01/21 → 3/11/22
2 items of Media coverage, 6 Media contributions
Press/Media: Press / Media