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Spring Institute on Disability

The Spring Institute is a global, accessible, and fully-virtual initiative building community of inquiry at the intersection of disabilities and organizing. Our Spring Institute is multi-disciplinary and multi-method. 

We use an allyship model that connects international faculty and participants (PhD students, post-doctoral students, and early career researchers interested in better understanding abilities in organizational settings). 

The Spring Institute is entirely virtual and free of charge.

Our program

Find out more about our Keynote Speakers, Panelists, Disability Activists and the various topics that they will address throughout this Spring Institute

Learn more about our program

Recordings

We provide recordings of previous Spring Institutes.

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Apply

You want to join us in March? Then please apply for your free slot by no later than 10 March 2025.

Find out how to apply

New Edited Book “Routledge Companion to Disability and Work”

The Spring Institute Founders, Oana Branzei and Anica Zeyen, have recently edited and published the “Routledge Companion to Disability and Work”. It features 30 chapters by 59 authors on various topics of disability work. If you buy the book before the end of June through Routledge, you can use the discount code 25ESA1 to get…

New Book ” Entrepreneurship and Disability”

The founders of the Spring Institute, Anica Zeyen and Oana Branzei, have published a new book entitled “Disability and Entrepreneurship: A Global Map and Manifesto for Stigma Reversal”. If you buy the book before the end of June through Routledge, you can use the discount code 25ESA1 to get 20% off. Her sis the blurb…