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Professor Anna Lawson is a Professor of Law at the University of Leeds, affiliated with the School of Law within the Faculty of Social Sciences. Her expertise spans disability rights, human rights, and accessibility, with a focus on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. As a blind academic, her work integrates personal experience with rigorous scholarship to address systemic exclusion of disabled people globally.
Education: LLB (Leeds), BCL (Oxford), PhD (Leeds).
Research Interests: Disability equality, human rights law, accessibility, reasonable accommodation, and access to justice. She leads major projects like the Inclusive Public Space (ERC Advanced Grant) and University of Leeds East Asia Disability Forum (ULEAD). Her work bridges academia and policy, influencing EU and national frameworks.
Responsibilities include co-directing the Centre for Disability Studies and coordinating the Disability Law Hub. She advises governments, intergovernmental bodies, and NGOs, including the Council of Europe and the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Awards: Honorary doctorate (UCLouvain), Bob Hepple Memorial Prize, Academy of Social Sciences fellowship.
Advising/Grants: Supervises PhDs in disability law, coordinates international research networks (e.g., European Disability Expertise, Disability Advocacy Research in Europe). Her work emphasizes interdisciplinary collaboration and user-led approaches to disability inclusion.
Labs/Teams: Core member of the interdisciplinary Centre for Disability Studies, leading initiatives like the Disability Law Hub and the European Disability Expertise network.
