Francisca Anita Adom-Opare

Francisca A. Adom-Opare is a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh whose interdisciplinary work sits at the intersection of gender, disability, inequality, data and development. Her research examines how intersecting forms of marginalisation shape everyday experiences of inclusion, with particular interests in disability justice, intersectionality, feminism, decoloniality, education, energy transitions and the politics of knowledge and representation. Her work draws primarily on perspectives and experiences from the Global South to critically engage with wider debates on social justice, policy and inclusive development.

Her research interests include:

• Disability
• Disability inclusion
• Gender
• Gender mainstreaming
• Mixed-methods
• Data disaggregation
• Intersectionality
• African feminism
• Development work
• Ghana
• West Africa.

Her current and notable publications include:

• Upcoming Event: Convenor of Panel 63: Rethinking Disability Connection and Agency for Development, Development Studies Association (DSA) Conference 2023
• Adom-Opare, F.A. (2022). Cultural Etiologies of Disability in Ghana: A Case of Food Taboos in Pregnancy Review of Disability Studies (RDS) Vol. 18 No. 1 & 2
• Adom-Opare, F.A. (2021). "Visible yet invisible: Counting albinism and kyphosis in Sub-Saharan African censuses" [Blog Post]
• Adom-Opare, F.A. (2021). "Aetiological perspectives of disability in Ghana: A case of food taboos in pregnancy" [Workshop Presentation]