The Citizen’s Project - CitPro - Everyday Citizenship for Persons in Vulnerable Situations
The Citizen’s Project - CitPro - Everyday Citizenship for Persons in Vulnerable Situations
The CitPro Project is one of three appointed Excellence in Research projects at VID Specialized University 2020-2024.
The CitPro Project is one of three appointed Excellence in Research projects at VID Specialized University 2020-2024.
Our vision is to provide a rich source of knowledge to inform implementation of the UN-Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in education and practice.
The overall objective is that CitPro evolves into Norway’s Centre of Excellence for collaborative disability research on everyday citizenship.
Our aims are to:
- Develop capacity within VID to conduct internationally-orientated research related to the everyday citizenship of persons with disability, including persons with dementia.
- Enhance students’ understanding of everyday citizenship in the context of disability.
- Create opportunities to advance and share knowledge of everyday citizenship for persons in vulnerable situations, in collaboration with community partners.
- Build collaborations with community partners to develop ethical and inclusive research practices.
The CitPro Project is led jointly by:
Professor Ruth Bartlett, VID Specialised University, Oslo, Faculty of Health Studies and Professor Inger Marie Lid, Faculty of Health Studies and Centre for Diaconia and Professional practice.
The CitPro Team includes:
- Associate Professor, PhD, Oddgeir Synnes
- Professor, Anita Gjermestad
- Professor, Kirsten Jæger Fjetland
- Associate Professor, PhD, Grete Breievne
- Post-doctoral fellow Rosemarie van den Breemer, PhD
- Post-doctoral fellow Ana Koncul, PhD
CiTPro is organised into these work packages:
- WP1: Investigate cases of everyday citizenship for persons in vulnerable situations
Lead: Ruth Bartlett
Aim: To find and examine cases of everyday citizenship, and translate these into teaching materials.
Collaborators: Grete Breievne, Anita Gjermestad, Kirsten j. Fjetland and Inger Marie Lid.
- WP2: Research Ethics
Lead: Inger Marie Lid
Aim: To build a sound research ethic for research projects using participatory research methodologies, including participatory action research.
Collaborators: Rosemarie van den Breemer, Anne Raustøl, Oddgeir Synnes, Norwegian National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and Humanities (NESH).
- WP3: Using and developing creative methods
Lead: Oddgeir Synnes
Aim: To examine the meaning of everyday citizenship for persons in vulnerable situations to persons with disability, including people with dementia, through creative craft workshops and other creative methods.
Collaborators: Ruth Bartlett; Kirsten J. Fjetland, Inger Marie Lid & Anita Gjermestad
- WP3a: The photo exhibition “Ulike hverdagsliv»
Leads: Kirsten J. Fjetland & Anita Gjermestad
Aim: To highlight/enlighten everyday life from the perspectives of people living with intellectual disability and dementia.
Collaborators: Colleagues from the Faculty of Health Science, Sandnes, people with intellectual disabilities and/or dementia in partnership with Bachelor students in practical education; Bachelor students from the social education and occupational therapy programme.
- WP4: Disability Family
Lead: Rosemarie van den Breemer
Aim: To study the everyday life experiences and role of families in the care of citizens born deafblind from a historical and contemporary comparative perspective.
Collaborators: Inger Marie Lid
The CitPro team runs a regular reading group to examine and discuss important texts relevant to everyday citizenship in vulnerable situations. The reading group takes places physically (usually at VID, Oslo campus) and is open to all VID students and staff, and anyone with an interest in everyday citizenship. For more details, contact Oddgeir.Synnes@vid.no
The CiTPro team will host a free public event each year:
- VID celebrates IDPWD. From 15.00 to 17.00hrs on 03.12.20, the CiTPro team will organise an online event with a physical hub at VID, Oslo to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities, https://idpwd.org/
- International (Virtual) Symposium on Everyday Citizenship. In 2021, the CitPro team will host a ‘Persons in Vulnerable Situations’ symposium. Exact date to be announced.
- International (Virtual) Symposium on ‘Inclusive research methods’. In 2021 and 2023, the CitPro team will host a free mini-conference on inclusive research methods. Exact date to be announced.
To register your interest in any of these events, please email: may.britt.johansen@vid.no.