The Impact of the AHRC Disability-Inclusive Development Networks

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded ten research networks to explore and develop various aspects of disability-inclusive sustainable development. This report analyses the impact associated with the portfolio of networks to provide new insights into what has been achieved, and where future opportunities exist. An impact framework was developed and used to guide the analysis. It included five domains of impact: capacity building; networks and connectivity; instrumental impact; conceptual impact; and impact that was inclusive of people with disabilities. The analysis undertaken revealed that across the five domains, the portfolio of networks achieved significant impact.