Duration: 10.2023 - 09.2025

Funding: Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) in co-operation with the University of Cologne

Project team: Prof. Dr Teresa Sansour, Dr Caren Keeley, Annalena Ziemski, Dr Michelle Murken

Project homepage: https://blog.uni-koeln.de/linked/ueber-linked/

Short description: The project aimed to investigate and visualise participation-oriented practice in the context of adults with complex disabilities. Using a multi-method research design based on the grounded theory approach, four field studies were conducted to investigate how moments of participation are constituted in the areas of work, housing and leisure. The results were translated into a practical guideline and visualised on an online platform (Qualitätsoffensive Teilhabe: https: //qualitaetsoffensive-teilhabe.de/impulse-praxis/linked/).

Publications:

Ziemski, A., Keeley, C., Sansour, T. & Murken, M. (2025) Opening up opportunities: Participation in work for people with complex disabilities - findings from the LINKED research project. Participation, 3, 92-97.

Murken, M., Sansour, T., Keeley, C. & Ziemski, A. (2025). How does good practice work? Conditions for success and barriers to participation-oriented practice for adults with complex disabilities. Zeitschrift Mensch, 1/2025, 74-78.

Keeley, C., & Sansour, T. (2024). Linked: Lighthouses of participation for people with complex disabilities. participation, 1, 41.

Ziemski, A., Keeley, C., Sansour, T. & Murken, M. (2024). Participation of people with complex disabilities: Approaches to a multi-perspective understanding of participation from theory and practice. heilpaedagogik.de journal, 4, 17-23.