Marie Sépulchre started her work in Disability Studies by analysing the claims of Swedish disability activists through the lens of citizenship. Drawing on disability activists’ suggestion to use the discrimination law as a tool for social change, Sépulchre examined, from an intersectional perspective, how the right to non-discrimination based on disability is understood and implemented in Sweden and the United States. Her current research projects centre disability rights and justice in higher education, and freedom as non-domination in relationships of power and dependency.

Sépulchre holds a PhD in Sociology from Uppsala University and is currently working as a senior lecturer at the School of Social Work at Lund University. Her research has been published in different journals, such as the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice, the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, Alter – the European Journal of Disability Research, and Social Inclusion. Her book Disability and Citizenship Studies (Routledge 2021) unpacks the struggle for citizenship of Swedish disability activists. Sépulchre is a member of the board of the Nordic Network on Disability Research (NNDR).

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Marie Sépulchre is currently teaching in the Social Work Programme. Her teaching includes introductions to social work as a topic and a profession; research methods; and supervision of student theses.