Kelley Johnson

(Hon) Professor Kelley Johnson (BA, MA, PhD) is an internationally recognised scholar in the fields of disability, institutional closure, social inclusion, rights and gender. She currently holds honorary professorships at Deakin University and UNSW in Australia. Until 2016 Kelley was Professor of Disability and Policy and Director of the Social Policy Research Centre at the UNSW (University of New South Wales). Prior to this appointment she was Professor of Disability, Policy and Practice and Head of the Norah Fry Research Centre at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Kelley has held visiting positions at the University of Zagreb in Croatia the University of Iceland and NUI Galway. She has researched and authored extensively in the field of disability with particular focus on undertaking inclusive research with people with learning disabilities Her research is applied and involves people with disabilities in undertaking research about issues which are important to them. This research aims to support people with disabilities to have a heard voice and to work for change in policy, practice and advocacy. Her most recent book publication is Kakoullis, E and Johnson, K (2020) Recognising human rights in different cultural contexts. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Palgrave Macmillan)