Dr Mark Carew is an Assistant Professor at the International Centre for Evidence in Disability. He is a social psychologist by training who conducts research to address the evidence gaps that obstruct meaningful disability inclusion globally and ensure informed disability-inclusive policy and practice. He has conducted research both in the UK and internationally, particularly within low-and middle-income countries. He currently works on the £6.9 million project Programme for Evidence to Inform Disability Action [PENDA], funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth, & Development Office, and led by the International Centre for Evidence in Disability, where he leads process evaluations of complex, real world disability inclusion interventions.
Previously, Mark was Principal Researcher at the UK disability charity Leonard Cheshire and he currently sits on the board of the Disability Policy Centre as a Non-Executive Director.
Previously, Mark was Principal Researcher at the UK disability charity Leonard Cheshire and he currently sits on the board of the Disability Policy Centre as a Non-Executive Director.
Affiliations
Department of Population Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Teaching
Mark is currently on the supervisory team for three Ph.D students at LSHTM and is interested in hearing from new prospective Ph.D. students.
Research
Mark is a mixed methods researcher, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Areas he is particularly interested in include stigma and discrimination, inclusive education, disability and sexual health and climate change. Mark has co-authored work in each of these areas. Broadly speaking, Mark is also interested and strives to ensure that research projects and structures are inclusive, in the sense that they are spaces that involve and build the careers of future research leaders of different backgrounds, particularly researchers with disabilities and researchers from low and middle-income countries. He frequently works with non-academic stakeholders, including policymakers, NGOs, and Organisations of Persons with Disabilities.
Selected Publications
Beyond Disability Stigma: Examining Tolerance and Intolerance toward Disability Issues
2024
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
Process evaluation of a disability-inclusive employment programme: examining the design and implementation of STAR+
2024
Oxford Development Studies
Counting who makes the grade: Updated estimates of the share of over-age for grade learners in sub-Saharan Africa using MICS6 data
2024
International Journal of Educational Development
Student Teachers' Positive Perceptions of Characteristics and Personality of People on the Autism Spectrum: "Challenging in a Positive Way".
2023
Journal of autism and developmental disorders
Unprotected: the consequences of climate change for the health of persons with albinism.
2023
BMJ global health
"These attitudes are a pressure": women with disabilities' perceptions of how stigma shapes their sexual health choices.
2023
Culture, Health & Sexuality