Protecting the Right to Culture of Persons with Disabilities and Enhancing Cultural Diversity through European Union Law: Exploring New Paths

Project Information

DANCING

Grant agreement ID: 864182

DOI

10.3030/864182

Project closed

EC signature date 26 March 2020

Start date 1 September 2020

End date 31 August 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 999 337,00

EU contribution

€ 1 999 337,00

Coordinated by

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTH
Ireland

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Deliverables

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data ManagementPlan (DMP)

Open Research Data Pilot

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (22)

Challenging the Use of EU Funds: Locus Standi as a Roadblock for Disability Organisations:ECJ Order of 15 April 2021, Case C-622/20 P, Validity and Center for Independent Living v Commission

Author(s): Neža Šubic
Published in: European Constitutional Law Review, Issue Volume 18 Issue 1, 2022, Page(s) 59-81, ISSN 1744-5515
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s1574019622000037

The Employment Equality Directive and Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities: Some Reflections in Light of Tartu Vangla and Komisia za Zashtita ot Diskriminatsia

Author(s): Delia Ferri, Léa Urzel
Published in: SSRN Electronic Journal, Issue 2022, 2022, ISSN 1556-5068
Publisher: CUP
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4293925

Implementing the Right of People with Disabilities to Participate in Cultural Life across Five European Countries: Narratives and Counternarratives

Author(s): Delia Ferri, Ann Leahy, Neža Šubic, Léa Urzel
Published in: Journal of Human Rights Practice, Issue huac035, 2022, ISSN 1757-9627
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/jhuman/huac035

The Role of the European Union in Ensuring Accessibility of Cultural Goods and Services: All About that … Internal Market?

Author(s): Delia Ferri
Published in: SSRN Electronic Journal, 2023, ISSN 1556-5068
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4403323

Leveraging EU non-discrimination law to make the cultural and creative sectors more inclusive of professionals with disabilities: socio-legal perspectives

Author(s): Léa Urzel Francil
Published in: International Journal of Cultural Policy, 2025, Page(s) 1-19, ISSN 1028-6632
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2025.2455020

Advancing Disability Rights in the EU: A blueprint in the social agenda of the Spanish presidency

Author(s): Delia Ferri
Published in: Anales de Derecho, Issue 40 (2), 2023, Page(s) 85-107, ISSN 1989-5992
Publisher: Universidad de Murcia
DOI: 10.6018/analesderecho

Accessibility of Audiovisual Media Services for Persons withDisabilities in the European Union: Lights and Shadows of theAudiovisual Media Services Directive

Author(s): Vincenzo Tudisco
Published in: SANT'ANNA LEGAL STUDIES (STALS) Research Papers, Issue 6/2022, 2022, ISSN 1974-5656
Publisher: Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies Department of Law

Advancing an Embodied Understanding of Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities

Author(s): Delia Ferri
Published in: Journal of Human Rights Practice, Issue XX, 2024, Page(s) 1-18, ISSN 1757-9619
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/jhuman/huae049

Barriers and Facilitators to Cultural Participation by People with Disabilities: A Narrative Literature Review

Author(s): Ann Leahy, Delia Ferri
Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, Issue 24(1), 2022, Page(s) pp.68–81, ISSN 1745-3011
Publisher: Stockholm University Press
DOI: 10.16993/sjdr.863

The role of soft law in advancing the rights of persons with disabilities in the EU: A ‘hybridity’ approach to EU disability law

Author(s): Delia Ferri
Published in: European Law Journal, Issue 2023, 2023, ISSN 1468-0386
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1111/eulj.12454

BETWEEN DISABILITY AND CULTURE: THE SEARCH FOR A LEGAL TAXONOMY OF SIGN LANGUAGES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Author(s): Delia Ferri, Iryna Tekuchova, Eva Krolla
Published in: International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 2024, Page(s) 1-38, ISSN 0020-5893
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s0020589324000253

"The Directive on the European Disability Card and European Parking Card: Promoting Disability Rights and Making the EU ""More than a Market""?"

Author(s): Delia Ferri
Published in: European Law Review, 2025, ISSN 0307-5400
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5237089

An ambivalent approach to disability in older age: evidence from reporting by states parties under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Author(s): Ann Leahy
Published in: Ageing and Society, Issue 2024, 2024, Page(s) 1-22, ISSN 0144-686X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x24000485

Characterizing Access to Culture for People with Disabilities in EU Cultural Policy: European Identity, Market integration and Social Inclusion

Author(s): Neža Šubic, Delia Ferri
Published in: DPCE Online, Issue [S.l.], v. 52, n. 2, July, 2022, Page(s) 801-822, ISSN 2037-6677
Publisher: DPCE Online

Cultural Policies That Facilitate the Participation of Persons with Disabilities in the Arts: Findings from a Qualitative Multi-National Study

Author(s): Ann Leahy, Delia Ferri
Published in: Disabilities, Issue 4(3), 2024, Page(s) 539-555, ISSN 2673-7272
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/disabilities4030034

The right to participate in cultural life of persons with disabilities in Europe: Where is the paradigm shift?

Author(s): Ann Leahy, Delia Ferri
Published in: Alter (online), Issue 16-4, 2022, Page(s) 5-29, ISSN 1875-0680
Publisher: Open Edition Journals

The Role Of Disability Studies in the Advancement of EU Law Scholarship

Author(s): Delia Ferri
Published in: SSRN Electronic Journal, 2023, ISSN 1556-5068
Publisher: Elgar
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4406745

Dance as a Powerful Tool to Advance Disability Inclusion: Reflections from an Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Author(s): Delia Ferri, Ann Leahy
Published in: Dance Research, Issue 43, 2025, Page(s) 1-19, ISSN 0264-2875
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.3366/drs.2025.0439

Rethinking and Advancing a ‘Bottom-up’ Approach to Cultural Participation of Persons with Disabilities as Key to Realising Inclusive Equality

Author(s): Ann Leahy, Delia Ferri
Published in: International Journal of Law in Context, 2024, Page(s) 1-19, ISSN 1744-5531
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s1744552324000041

Cultivating cultural capital and transforming cultural fields: A study with arts and disability organisations in Europe

Author(s): Ann Leahy, Delia Ferri
Published in: The Sociological Review, 2023, ISSN 1467-954X
Publisher: Sage Journals
DOI: 10.1177/00380261231202879

National disability strategies as rights-based cultural policy tools

Author(s): Neža Šubic; Delia Ferri
Published in: International Journal of Cultural Policy, 2022, ISSN 1477-2833
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2022.2053960

Barriers to cultural participation by people with disabilities in Europe: a study across 28 countries

Author(s): Ann Leahy, Delia Ferri
Published in: Disability and Society, 2023, ISSN 1360-0508
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Online
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2023.2222898

Monographic books (2)

Dismantling Barriers and Advancing the Right of Persons with Disabilities to Participate in Cultural Life

Author(s): Delia Ferri, Ann Leahy
Published in: 2025, ISBN 9781032619361
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.4324/9781032619361

Actors and Roles in EU Disability Law

Author(s): Delia Ferri; Eva S Krolla
Published in: 2025, ISBN 9781509984275
Publisher: Hart Publishing, Bloomsbury

Other (10)

Enhancing Cultural Participation of Persons with Disabilities: A Toolkit for Cultural Organisations

Author(s): Delia Ferri, Elodie Makhoul
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15017846

The ERC DANCING Final Conference

Author(s): Stefanovic, L.; Ferri, D.; Krolla, E. S.
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15805434

Role and Findings of Arts-based Research in the DANCING Project '…Usually in the world it is the other way around…'

Author(s): Delia Ferri; Ann Leahy
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13981502

Qualitative Data Collection and Archiving in the DANCING Project

Author(s): Ferri, Delia; McDonough, Tiarnán; Palladino, Alessia
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14499794

Resource List: Projects, Toolkits, and Resources related to Cultural Participation of Persons with Disabilities

Author(s): Elodie Makhoul, Delia Ferri, Alessia Palladino
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15019114

The ERC DANCING Mid-Term Academic Conference (30 October 2023). Available at and https://doi.org/

Author(s): Eva Sophie Krolla, Delia Ferri
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14801779

Enhancing Cultural Participation of Persons with Disabilities in the European Union. A Policy Brief

Author(s): Ferri, D., Makhoul, E., Stefanović, L., Urzel Francil, L. & Tekuchova, I.
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15592931

The Safeguarding of Braille as Intangible Cultural Heritage: At Their Fingertips.

Author(s): Eva Sophie Krolla
Published in: STALS Research Paper, Issue 4/2025, 2025
Publisher: Sant'Anna Legal Studies

The ERC DANCING WP4 Tools for Change

Author(s): Delia Ferri, Elodie Makhoul, Hilary Hooks
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15130425

The ERC DANCING Project Organisation and Management Report

Author(s): Ferri, D.; Hooks, H.; Makhoul, E.; Krolla, E. S.
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16928390

Book chapters (4)

The right of people with disabilities to participate in cultural life: is Cinderella going to the ball?

Author(s): Delia Ferri, Ann Leahy
Published in: Research Handbook on Disability Policy, 2024, Page(s) 102-117, ISBN 9781800373648
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
DOI: 10.4337/9781800373655.00016

The European Union: Federal Trends in Disability Rights

Author(s): Delia Ferri, Neza Šubic
Published in: Federalism and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities., 2023, Page(s) 23-42, ISBN 9781509962433
Publisher: Hart Publishing

Enhancing access to digital goods and services for consumers with disabilities: the transformative and yet untapped potential of the European Accessibility Act

Author(s): Delia Ferri
Published in: Empirics and Consumer Law in Changing Markets, 2025, Page(s) 159-175
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
DOI: 10.4337/9781035327096.00013

Human Rights Approach to Accessibility for Visitors with Disabilities in Museums. Reflections from the DANCING Project.

Author(s): Léa Urzel Francil, Ann Leahy, Delia Ferri
Published in: Open Up Museums! Prospects and Challenges of Accessibility, Diversity and Inclusion, 2024, Page(s) 53-76, ISBN 9791256000296
Publisher: Ledizioni
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14281623