Knowledge Library

View of being human

How do we look at each other? 12 videos invite reflection on how our view of being human plays a role in creating a more open and inclusive society.

Sine Lysdahl Jensen

Sine is a PhD student at DPU at Aarhus University, where she researches the inclusion of students with mental disorders.

Louise Bøttcher

Louise Bøttcher is Associate Professor of Neuropsychology at DPU. She is working on a research project entitled “Inclusion in higher education through the design of multiple study courses

Jos Boys

Jos Boys is a visiting professor at the Royal Academy.

Yanki Lee

Dr. Yanki Lee is a visiting professor in Universal Design at Design School Kolding.

Eva Gjessing

Eva Gjessing is an Architect MAA and PhD student at Aarhus University, where she explores how school architecture sets the framework for inclusive communities and lived life at school.

Carsten Hvid Nielsen

Carsten Hvid Nielsen researches urban spaces and how people use them. His postdoctoral project investigates how people with different functional abilities can gain better access to city spaces.

Jura

Aysel Küçüksu

Aysel Küçüksu is Assistant Professor of Law and Artificial Intelligence at iCourts. She is the co-founder of the Public AI Database, Denmark's first database on the use of AI in the public sector.

Pedagogy

Bjørg Kjaer

Bjørg Kjær is a cultural researcher specialising in ethnographic studies of day care centres and leisure homes. She deals with inclusive pedagogy, special pedagogy and pedagogical quality.

Christine Bjerke

Christine Bjerke is a PhD student at the Royal Academy, where she investigates our human vision in relation to teaching architecture and design over the past 270 years.

Zanitha Hamilton Månegaard

Zanitha Hamilton Månegaard is a PhD student at Design School Kolding and researches play among neurodivergent children.

Thorben Peter Høj Simonsen

Thorben Peter Høj Simonsen is a senior researcher at VIVE — The National Research and Analysis Centre for Welfare. He is concerned with investigating the spatial organization of psychiatric practice.

Marie Gorm Aabo

Marie Gorm Aabo is a PhD student at the Centre for Humanistic Health Research (CoRE). Her PhD deals with tinnitus, sound environment and sensory methods.

Engineering

Kristoffer Negendahl

Kristoffer Negendahl is an associate professor at the Technical University of Denmark and affiliated with the Department of Construction and Mechanical Technology. Travel Grant winner 2023.

Ole B. Jensen

Ole B. Jensen is a professor at Aalborg University and affiliated with the Department of Architecture and Media Technology. Ole is the Bevica Scholarship Travel Grant winner 2023.

Akrimar Tongkaew

Akrimar Tongkaew is a PhD student at DTU Skylab. Akrimar's research interests include inclusive design, inclusive education and change management.

Senja Ruohonen

Senja is a PhD student at Aalborg University. In her PhD project, she investigates how people with impaired vision experience and use lighting in their everyday lives.

Philosophy

Anthony Fernandez

Anthony Fernadez is Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Denmark and affiliated with the Research Unit for Movement, Culture and Society at the Department of Sport and Biomechanics.

Valeria Borsotti

Valeria Borsotti is a postdoc at the University of Copenhagen. She is a socio-technical researcher with a mixed background in computer science (PhD) and anthropology (MS).

Landscape Architecture

Ulrika K. Stigsdotter

Ulrika is a professor of landscape architecture with special assignments within Health Design at the University of Copenhagen. She is responsible for the Nature, Health and Design Laboratory.

Thomas Skovgaard

Thomas is Head of Research for Active Living, Department of Sport and Biomechanics, SDU. Thomas has extensive experience from the university world and has worked in the NGO and consultancy industry.

Turid Borgestrand Øien

Turid Borgestrand Øien is a postdoc at Aalborg University, where she is part of the research group for universal design. She researches the relationship between humans and the built environment.

Stine Bekke-Hansen

Stine Bekke-Hansen is a PhD student at the University of Copenhagen. She researches the effect of nature on people with movement disabilities and the importance of accessibility for health.

Thomas Bredgaard

Thomas Bredgaard is Professor (PhD) in Labour Market Policy and Head of the Centre for Labour Market Research at Aalborg University (CARMA). Thomas is an affiliated member of the research network.

Sofie Skoubo

Sofie Skoubo is a PhD student at Aarhus University. She is researching the use of telepresence robots to reduce school absenteeism among children and adolescents with neuromuscular diseases.

Roberta Cassi

Roberta Cassi is a postdoc at the Royal Academy. Her academic interest focuses on investigating the role of the built environment in human life and discovering new potentials for design.

Mia Høj Matthiasson

Mia Høj Mathiasson is assistant professor at the University of Southern Denmark and researches the role of libraries in sustainability, social inclusion and innovation.

Olivia Dahl Nielsen

Olivia Dahl is post doc t at the University of Copenhagen. She does research in the fields of disability studies, disability discrimination, social interaction, and the sociology of everyday life.

Mikkel Hjort

Mikkel Hjort is a postdoc at the City of Copenhagen and the Bevica Scholarship Travel Grant winner 2023. Mikkel is an affiliated member of the research network.

Masashi Kajita

Masashi Kajita is Assistant Professor, PhD and Architect MAA. His research focuses on the relationship between body, material and space in architecture.

Marie Christoffersen Gramkow

Marie Christoffersen Gramkow is employed as project manager at Folkemødet with responsibility for improving accessibility for people with disabilities.

John Paulin Hansen

John Paulin Hansen er professor ved DTU Management. Hans forskningsarbejde inkluderer gaze tracking, virtual reality og AI. John Paulin Hansen er affiliated medlem af forskernetværket.

Leif Olsen

Leif Olsen is a senior researcher at VIVE — the National Research and Analysis Centre for Welfare. Leif is an affiliated member of the research network.

Dagny Valgeirsdóttir

Dagný Valgeirsdóttir is assistant professor at DTU. She works under the programme 'Technology Leaving No One Behind', where she engages engineering students in developing sustainable solutions.

Jannick Friis Christensen

Jannick Friis Christensen er Lead D&I Engagement Partner i Novo Nordisk og driver initiativer, der fremmer inklusion og trivsel. Jannick er affiliated medlem af forskernetværket.

Media/Representation

Leif Hemming Pedersen

Leif Hemming Pedersen is a postdoc at Roskilde University, researching how alternative news media influence public debate and challenge mainstream journalism in the AlterUse project.

Inge Storgaard Bonfils

Inge Storgaard Bonfils is a docent at the Department of Social Worker Training at Copenhagen University College. She is an affiliated member of the research network.

Frederick Gybel Jensen

Frederik Gybel Jensen is an audiologist and PhD and works with aphasia, communicative accessibility and adaptation of digital health tools for people with language difficulties.

Anne Kathrine Frandsen

Anne Kathrine Frandsen is a senior researcher at Aalborg University. Among other things, she researches how to maintain the ambition to create universal design throughout the construction process.

Emil Ballegaard

Emil Ballegaard is an architect MAA and PhD student at the Royal Danish Academy. He researches digital user–architecture interactions to inform and improve the design of residential architecture.

Barbara Nino Carreras

Barbara is a postdoc at the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen. Her current research is part of the European research project NewWorkTech.

Emil Falster

Emil Falster has done extensive research on children and young people with disabilities and their everyday lives and is now researching the Danish concept of disability.

Students sit around tables in an auditorium listening to lecture

Leaders are trained in universal design

In Partnership with

Technical University of Denmark

DTU students develop inclusive bar for Folkemødet

The students behind Inkluderbar sell beer at Folkemødet

Engineering

In Partnership with

Technical University of Denmark

The body in space

In Partnership with

The Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation

Bevica Seed Grant

In Partnership with

Technical University of Denmark

A playground for everyone

In Partnership with

The Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation

Design that goes with age

In Partnership with

The Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation

Student Academy 2023: 'A Society Built for Every Body — Leaving No One Behind'

In Partnership with

The Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation

Kenneth walks around Copenhagen. Screendump from the movie.

Young people with disabilities: “The disability forces us to ask for help”

In Partnership with

Technical University of Denmark

The Playbook for Universal Design

communication

In Partnership with

Technical University of Denmark

Person interacts with hanging glass art in an exhibition space while other visitors consider the works in the background.

Different Bodies

In Partnership with

The Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation

Picture of people sitting on the The bench that is specially constructed for diversity in bodies

'The a seat for all bench'

In Partnership with

The Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation

Picture of Thomas Sinkjær and John Petersson

Parasport Denmark

In Partnership with

Parasport Denmark

Aalborg University - AAU Innovation

In Partnership with

AAU Innovation - Aalborg University

Outdoor debate event at Israel Square with the audience, including several in wheelchairs, in front of a stage under a tent with the sign “A place for all.”

City of Copenhagen

In Partnership with

Copenhagen Municipality

Foreningen Folkemødet

In Partnership with

Folkemødet

Students set up works for the exhibition

The Inclusive Urban Space — TOGETHER

In Partnership with

The Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation

The inside of a tent with purple and beige fabric, in which various colorful children's drawings and cards hang from the ceiling on cords. The motifs include rainbows, faces and text messages, including a sign that reads: “Religion can be anything else”. There are tables and chairs under the decorations and a garden with shrubs and trees outside the tent. The mood is creative and playful.

Young Voices

In Partnership with

The Danish association of Youth With Disabilities (SUMH)

A better functioning flexible job market

The word research written on a piece of paper and viewed through a magnifying glass

Occupation

In Partnership with

AAU Innovation - Aalborg University

Life with a Movement Disability from a Child and Adolescent Perspective

Book cover entitled “Life with movement disabilities — Perspectives of children and young people” by Emil Falster, Isabella Vagtholm and Hanne Warming.

Disability Studies

In Partnership with

The image of flower - Move Copenhagen Copyright

Growing — Mature Human Living

In Partnership with

The Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

In Partnership with

Technical University of Denmark

Woman working out in gym. Photo: Kasper Rander, Egmont High School

Fitness for everyone

In Partnership with

Parasport Denmark

Photo of the roof of the Experimentarium during the 2020 Olympics. Photo: David Trood

Let the Games Begin

In Partnership with

Parasport Denmark

Design and dialogue tool for the construction industry

Photo of man standing in a dark room with VR glasses on

Building Design

In Partnership with

The Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation

UIA Verdenskongres 2023

In Partnership with

The Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation

Mand med proteses på ladcykel i København

Universelt design kan hjælpe os ud af usikkerheden

Universelt design kan være en nøgle til at skabe rum, hvor vi kan mødes med hinanden og dermed fjerne usikkerheden ved at møde mennesker med handicap.

Students from Kolding Design School and a representative from the Association of Young People with Disabilities work together.

Design School Kolding and Bevica strengthen cooperation

Design School Kolding and the Bevica Foundation are extending their partnership with a new grant totalling DKK 12 mio., of which 5 mio. is the Design School's own funding in the form of research time.

DTU Skylab wins Diversity Prize 2025

Every year, the Foundation for Entrepreneurship celebrates educational institutions and initiatives that promote diversity and push the framework for entrepreneurship education.

Medlemmer fra SUMH i samtale i forbindelse med Bevica Fondens jubilæum.

Bevica Fonden grants 12 million DKK to support SUMH

With a grant of 12 million DKK, the Bevica Fonden secures the operations of the Danish assosation of Youth With (SUMH) until 2030.

A photo of a modern walker with an aluminum frame, black handles and large rubber wheels. The walker has yellow details on the frame and grips, as well as a black seat plate and a small screen holder at the front. It stands on a light floor in a room with a white wall.

Statera rethinks the walker

Statera receives DKK 30,000 in the Bevica Seed Grant for the further development of a walker that combines mobility and rehabilitation with universal design.

Mobile guidance line guides through roadworks

BlindGuide will receive DKK 40,000 for the next phase in the development of a mobile management line to make temporary urban spaces more accessible and safe to move in.

New partnership to promote equality and inclusion

The Royal Academy of Architecture, Design, Conservation, the Bevica Foundation, the Ramboll Foundation and the Dreyers Foundation enter into a long-term partnership to create greater equality.

Foto af Bevica Scholars 2025-2026 på scenen til Bevica Scholarship Awards

DTU vinder to rejselegater til Bevica Scholarship

DTU vinder to rejselegater til Bevica Scholarship Programme 2025-2026

The Bevica Foundation allocates 10 million for new research

The Bevica Foundation invites efforts to strengthen the interdisciplinary field of knowledge on universal design in Denmark. A total of DKK 10.5 million has been allocated for a PhD call.

Universal design makes commitment concrete

Article

Denmark ratified the UN Convention on Disability in 2009. When we need to make that work concrete, universal design is an indispensable tool, believes Naima Yasin, Bevica Scholarship Ambassador.

Bo Rygaard: We were not born in a factory

Article

Bo Rygaard had no doubts when asked if he would get involved in the work as an ambassador for the Bevica Scholarship Programme 2025-2026.

A young person stands next to a large green sign with the letters “DTU” and talks to another person. There are trees in the background and the two seem to be in conversation outdoors.

Boundless at Folkemødet

Boundless is a new app developed by three DTU students to make festivals more accessible to more people.

CPH:DOX receives Politiken's Ibyen award Krammer of the Year

This year's Hugs are given to those who, by and large, work with our common framework so that more bodies can participate. This year the award goes to the documentary film festival CPH:DOX.

Woman feels on tactile map of festival toilet

Bevica Seed Grant 2025

Three startups from DTU Skylab receive Bevica Seed Grants.

Zanitha Hamilton Månegaard receives Autism Prize 2025

Member of Universal Design Hub's research network and PhD at Design School Kolding receives Autism Prize 2025.

Parasport can create an inclusion revolution

Parasport has the potential to create a necessary inclusion revolution, writes the head of the Bevica Foundation and chairman of Parasport Danmark in Politiken.

Book launch and panel debate on universal design in a bright auditorium, where a presenter stands at a lectern in front of a large canvas of presentation, while a large audience sits close and listens attentively to the conversation between panelists on stage.

Universal design in Nordic architecture

Recommendation

An insightful introduction to universal design in architecture with a special focus on the differences and nuances that characterize the understanding and practice in Denmark and Norway

The chairman and chairman of the Bevica Foundation and Parasport Danmark are seated on a sofa.

Bevica Foundation and Parasport Denmark in new partnership

The parasport is an important lever to create positive awareness of what the body can do when the frames are right. The Bevica Foundation and Parasport Danmark enter into a new top partnership.

Architecture of the future requires universal design

Book

Research Director Camilla Ryhl explores the concept of universal design and how it is perceived and used among architects in the Nordic region.

Here are the winners of the Bevica Seed Grant 2024.

The winners of the Bevica Seed Grant 2024 go to a project that will make the festival experience accessible to more people. The Seed Grant is awarded in cooperation with the DTU partnership.

People gatheret in front of a public housing building

This is what universal design can look like

How can residents' perspectives on universal design be included in the way urban areas are renovated, built and decorated, with a particular focus on urban spaces and communal areas?

Four people stand around a large architectural model of an urban area. The model shows buildings, roads and green spaces in miniature form. The characters look concentrated; one woman in a pink and black sweater gesticulates as if she is explaining something. The space around them resembles a modern office environment with glass walls and wooden details.

Focus on Universal Design rather than classic accessibility

Research project

With the development of a new process tool, a team of researchers wants the Toveshøj residential area in western Aarhus to be developed based on universal design.

The partnership distributes the first funds

Distribution of first funds. The vision is to implement Universal Design as part of the way the general sector renovates, builds and furnishes homes and urban areas.

Hands and Post-its on wall during workshop

Bevica Foundation and AAU Innovation enter into partnership

New partnership

The Bevica Foundation and Aalborg University have a new partnership as a three-year pilot project to integrate universal design into innovation and entrepreneurship education at AAU Innovation.

Design School Kolding Honored Internationally

Design School Kolding has received international honors for a project that, through body scanning and digital design, creates inclusive fashion for multiple body types.

There's nothing beautiful about exclusionary architecture

Under the heading 'From accessibility to universal design', the City of Copenhagen is working to develop the city based on the concept of universal design.

People in country shirts sitting together

What does it mean when the Paralympic Games come to town?

When PL comes to cities around the world, it actually means a great deal for people with disabilities to use and stay in the city afterwards.

The Body in Space - PhD project The Royal Academy

PhD project

Bodies in Spaces: Inclusion at Danish Architecture and Design Education. Find out how the body and bodily diversity are included in the teaching of architecture and design programmes.

En gruppe mennesker sidder samlet omkring et bord og arbejder koncentreret med kortspilslignende kort og post-its. Kortene har overskrifter som "Universelt Design" og "Funktionsevne" og indgår tydeligvis i en kreativ workshop. Deltagerne bruger pen og papir og peger engageret, hvilket signalerer samarbejde og idéudvikling.

Partnerships develop tools for more inclusive event

Tool

Universally designed conversation cards that help event and cultural actors spot their blind spots and thus make their events more inclusive.

Author Emil Falster with his book Ableisme

New book tackles the myth of the normal body

New book

Is the world made for you? This is what author Emil Falster asks. Ableism is discrimination on the basis of the favoring of body-capable and “normal”.

Universal design in architectural firms' business models

Tool

How can architectural firms incorporate universal design into their business model?

Photo of participants from Team Tvilling for CPH Marathon 2017

When one cannot self: movement through others has an effect

Research project

The research project When Movement Moves has investigated whether people with disabilities get a better quality of life by participating in the initiatives Team Twin and Cycling Without Age.

Four books on disability, diversity and the human view lie on a round table: Abnormal People, Crip Theory, Disability Studies, and Life with Movement Disabilities.

Material on disability and human vision

Recommendation

Get inspired for books, films, podcasts and places that challenge the vision of disability and normality—focusing on inclusion, participation and universal design.

UIA Verdenskongressen for Arkitekter i København samlede 6.000 deltagere fra hele verden for at diskutere bæredygtig arkitektur. Resultatet blev "The Copenhagen Lessons" – 10 principper for radikal fo

A sign with title and text about the artwork Hidden Threads from the Royal Academy, 2023.

Is Copenhagen a city for many - or for everyone?

100 architecture and design students from the Royal Academy focus on inclusion and equal access to the city through sensuous installations. The project “TOGETHER — Is the city for everyone?”

Graphic poster with pink background and dark blue silhouettes of various persons and aids, including a pram, a person with a walker, people in standing and sitting position, and a person in a wheelchair. At the top is the text: “A Place for All — The Square of Israel September 16, 2023".

Is Copenhagen for everyone?

Come to a free event at Israel Square on September 16 with talks, poetry, wheelchair basketball and a debate on inclusion in urban spaces. Experience art, community singing and installations.

Student Academy 2023

Som en del af UIA Verdenskongres for arkitekter arrangerede Det Kongelige Akademi undervisningsforløbet A society for every body - leaving no one behind

Visualization of the harbor promenade with wooden tower, the Playhouse in the background and people in various activities, including one with a guide dog.

Architecture year 2023

During the spring, a number of World Goal pavilions will shoot up along the harbour run in Copenhagen and at selected locations in the city.

Mood at Folkemødet 2023 Photo: Gua Studio

A People's Meeting for All

The Bevica Foundation and Foreningen Folkemødet have entered into an ambitious 5-year project collaboration to ensure that Folkemødet is for everyone regardless of their physical starting point.

During the spring of 2023, a series of experimental pavilions will shoot up in Copenhagen. They point the way for the sustainable construction and community of the future.

Poems are duty reading for politicians and civil servants

Researcher: Caspar Eric's disability poems are duty reading for politicians and civil servants alike

Two women collaborate at a table during a workshop. One woman sits in a wheelchair and uses a digital device, while the other woman, wearing orange jacket, helps jot down something on a tablet. In the background, other participants are seen in conversation. The scene takes place in a bright room and signals inclusion and collaboration.

Universal design is good business

Inclusive technology, like the app Eyetell, shows the potential of universal design. It's not just good ethics — it's also good business, DTU and the Bevica Foundation believe.

Watch the video: A seat for all the bench

Video

In connection with the foundation's 150th anniversary celebration in 2022, the students of the academy, in close collaboration with volunteers from SUMH, have built the furniture “A place for all”.

Don't scold the norm criticism.

Chronicle

Don't scold the norm criticism. It is common practice in the field of disability.

Safe arrival for refugees with disabilities

Pictogram on red background with white icons: An elderly woman with cane, a small child, an adult woman, a person in a wheelchair and an adult man standing on a platform. On the right, a train is seen approaching. The image signals accessible public transport for all.

Transportation

Article

Refugees with disabilities now receive assistance with transport on arrival in Denmark through a collaboration between the Bevica Foundation, the Red Cross and Din Hjælperordning.

Four points of attention for policy discussions

The Government's proposals in the specialised social field have good elements. But we have to ask ourselves whether we can expect change if we keep doing the same.

The National Audit Office's study of the disability sector

Behind the National Audit Office's study of the disability sector lies hard experience for children and young people with disabilities

Image of a page from the book Disability: The Basics

Disability Studies

Recommendation

Disability: The Basics

Tom Shakespeare's book provides an engaged introduction to disability as a human condition and explores barriers, rights and the role of society.

The outdoor area of the Wadden Sea Centre

HKH Prince Joachim opens the new Wadden Sea Centre

The Wadden Sea Centre has reopened as a modern dissemination and experience centre focusing on accessibility, architecture and the Wadden Sea as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Copenhagen seen from above, from Indre By towards Nørrebro. Queen Louise's Bridge in the middle is a social and traffic hub of the city. Photo: Astrid Maria Rasmussen

World Capital of Architecture 2023 Copenhagen

Photo: Astrid Maria Rasmussen - Copenhagen seen from above, from Indre By towards Nørrebro. Queen Louise's Bridge in the middle is a social and traffic hub of the city. |Photo: Astrid Maria Rasmussen - The activity roof in Bella Kvarter opened in 2020. The multifunctional urban space can be used for play and sports and is accessible to everyone. |Photo: Astrid Maria Rasmussen - The Circle Bridge in Copenhagen, designed by Olafur Elisasson is a bridge, a work of art and an urban space at the same time. Created to tie the port together, both traffic-wise and culturally. |Guide focusing on inclusion of people with disabilities|Two participants at the event 'A place for all' who have retreated to the back of the square with their children and listen to the debate via connected earphones||||||||||||A sign at Torvehallerne informing about the event 'A Place for All'

Copenhagen is Architecture Capital 2023

Titled as Architecture Capital 2023, the city focused on universal design in many different contexts.

Quiet river landscape surrounded by dense green trees, with a small wooden structure in the middle of the water.

New design lab will ensure everyone's access to nature

Newly established wooden bridge to increase accessibility at Møntsted Kalkgruber

Prime Minister inaugurates newly restored Mønsted Kalkgruber

Prime Minister inaugurates the newly restored Mønsted Kalkgruber

Person trains in a bright and modern gym with weights and exercise machines.

Waving Athletics Is for Everyone

Viking Athletics in Rønne renovated based on universal design. This will make it easier for more people - including people with disabilities and those in wheelchairs - to use the association's gym.

Image of Emil Falster and Hanne Warming with the Disability Foundation's Research Prize

Emil Falster wins research prize

Emil Falster and Hanne Warming win the Disability Foundation's Research Prize for research that gives voice to children and young people with movement disabilities and challenges body norms.

Quote graphic with coloured hexagons and the text: “Right now we need special efforts if unemployment among people with disabilities is not to increase”.

Use Homework for Inclusion

Homework can remove barriers and secure jobs for more people with disabilities. Actors from research and industry are calling for a new outlook on the workplace and tasks.

Photo: Astrid Maria Rasmussen - The Circle Bridge in Copenhagen, designed by Olafur Elisasson is a bridge, a work of art and an urban space at the same time. Created to tie the harbour together, both traffic-wise and culturally.

Copenhagen is the architecture capital of the world in 2023

Copenhagen will be awarded the title of Capital of Architecture 2023. It is a unique opportunity to celebrate Copenhagen's architecture and show the city's vision for sustainable development"

Vores menneskesyn trænger til et realitetstjek

Vores menneskesyn trænger til et realitetstjek, skriver Marianne Kofoed og Camilla Ryhl i dette debatindlæg fra december 2020.

Universal Design Hub

An interdisciplinary research network under the Bevica Foundation is investigating how universal design can be used as a strategy to realize the UN's promise: Leave No One Behind.

No two people are alike, yet we design our environment for the average person. 'DIFFERENT BODIES' puts accessibility and universal design on the agenda in a new way.

Accessibility Award 2018

The Royal Academy receives the Bevica Foundation's Accessibility Award 2018

Accessibility Award 2017

Gimle, Smukfest, Sølund Musik-Festival and STARS received the Bevica Foundation's Accessibility Award 2017 for their efforts towards accessibility in the music industry.

Accessibility Award 2016 - Egmont Højskolen

Egmont High School is a unique higher education institution with a special focus on people with mobility disabilities and values such as community, responsibility and accessibility.

Accessibility Award 2011

The Bevica Foundation's Accessibility Award goes to Mayor Michael Ziegler for his work on an ambitious disability policy in Høje-Taastrup Municipality. The award comes with DKK 100,000 DKK

Accessibility Award 2015

Volue is honored with the Bevica Foundation's Accessibility Award 2015 for creating better music experiences for young people with disabilities.

Accessibility Award 2013

Scandic Denmark is honored with the Bevica Foundation's Accessibility Award 2013 for putting accessibility at the center of the hotel experience.

Transportation

Accessibility Award 2012

The evica Foundation honours DSB with the Accessibility Award 2012 for their targeted work on mobility, user involvement and improved access to trains and stations.

Accessibility Award 2014

The Bevica Foundation honors Force4Architects for their intuitive approach to accessible architecture and projects such as Vandhalla and DH's house in Høj Taastrup.

kvinde med langt brunt hår, iført en lys rullekravebluse. Hun smiler og ser direkte mod kameraet. Baggrunden er et lyst rum med abstrakte, dæmpede vægmalerier i grønne og gule nuancer.

How to foster an inclusive mindset in design and engineering education.

Ph.d.-studerende Akrimar Tongkaew fra DTU giver en introduktion til, hvad en inclusive mindset er, og hvorfor den er central i design- og ingeniøruddannelser. Akrimar Tongkaew gennemgår de fire centrale elementer – awareness, motivation, attitude og understanding – og viser, hvordan de tilsammen danner grundlaget for inkluderende handlinger i både sociale møder og designprocesser.

Stillbillede fra en videooptagelse af en mand med kort gråt hår, skæg og runde briller, iført en mørk striktrøje

Fællesrum: Livet mellem husene i et universelt design perspektiv

Videoen giver indblik i universelle designvandringer som metode til at forstå, hvordan byrum kan opleves inkluderende eller ekskluderende. Gennem konkrete eksempler vises, hvordan små designændringer kan skabe større deltagelse og fællesskab for alle.

Afasi - når sproget forsvinder

Frederik Gybel giver en kort introduktion til afasi – en sproglig forstyrrelse efter erhvervet hjerneskade. Du får indsigt i, hvordan afasi påvirker tale, forståelse og identitet, samt hvordan man med tålmodighed og respekt møder mennesker med afasi.

Hvorfor måle på universelt design?

Engineering

Kristoffer Negendahl fra DTU Construct fortæller om sin forskning i universelt design, hvor han undersøger, hvordan mennesker reelt bruger bygninger og løsninger. Målet er at skabe mere præcise data, ændre lovgivning og sikre byggeriet for alle.

The Human Body in Danish Architectural and Design Education

PhD student Christine Bjerke investigates how bodies are represented — and omitted — in architecture and design education. Charting more than 250 years of educational history, she points to how the teaching of the future can become more inclusive and accommodate diverse bodies.

Universelt design for læring

Lektor Louise Bøttger fra Aarhus Universitet introducerer universelt design for læring og viser, hvordan undervisning kan tilpasses en mangfoldighed af studerende. Oplægget giver konkrete eksempler og principper for mere inkluderende læringsmiljøer.

Accessibility in computer science education

This Lunch Bag Bite explores two studies that are part of a PhD research project by Valeria Borsotti. The first study examines how norms and values related to gender and race are reproduced through humor traditions within the Department of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen.

AI and Universal Design

This Lunch Bag Lecture delves into the potential of combining artificial intelligence (AI) with universal design principles to create more inclusive solutions. We are currently in the midst of a technological revolution, with AI rapidly expanding its presence across numerous sectors of society. This ongoing shift presents a unique opportunity to harness AI as a powerful tool for inclusion, enabling marginalized individuals to participate more fully in social life.

Possibilities and barriers for children and youth with disabilities participating in sports

Universal design in active living

‍This video introduces the concept of active living for all, as a way of life that integrates physical activity into daily routines.

Nature and human health

More than half the world lives in cities, but people with mobility disabilities often face barriers to accessing green spaces. Inclusive landscape design can help remove these obstacles and ensure equal access to nature’s health benefits—without stigma or exclusion.

SDGs and Universal Design

Bæredygtighed handler om, at vi skal leve vores liv i balance med planeten – uden at ødelægge mulighederne for fremtidige generationer. Vi lever i antropocæn, en tid hvor mennesket påvirker Jorden så meget, at vores livsstil afgør, om planeten kan forblive et velfungerende system.

Recovery in mental health services

In the treatment of mental diseases, there is a growing awareness on recovery. Mental disease is not about being either sick or healthy; rather, recovery is a process in which each individual has to find their own path towards living a fulfilling life. Therefore, focus is not centred around medicine and symptoms, but instead on hope for the future and on the ambition to live well despite mental health challenges (Hummelvoll et al 2015).

The concept of disability

Disability affects everyone. This video introduces the biopsychosocial model, showing how disability arises from both personal and environmental factors.

How can we approach the body in universal design?

Sustainable development

‍The global sustainable development as we know it, articulated through 17 goals (SDGs), focus on 4 dimensions of our lives. This Lunch Bag Bite will take you through the 4 dimensions and point to the overall commitment to Leave No One Behind.

Universal design creates inclusive solutions that work for everyone—so no one is left behind, no matter their abilities or needs.

Sustainable accessibility

Light - briefly about atmosphere, visual impairment and affordances

Recognition and Universal Design

Media/Representation

Recognition supports Universal Design by promoting love, respect, and solidarity—ensuring everyone belongs, contributes, and has equal access.

Universal Design and Leave No One Behind

The fact that we are different, and the fact that all people experience one or more disabilities over the course of their lives, is at the core of universal design.

Centre for Universal Design Australia - Australia

The Centre for Universal Design Australia works to promote universal design in all aspects of society. They offer guidelines, cases and knowledge to help designers, urban planners and decision-makers create solutions that include everyone — regardless of age, ability or background.

Helen Hamlyn - England

The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design (Royal College of Art, London) combines industrial design, research and education to develop practical cases that make products, services and urban environments more inclusive for all user groups — from ergonomic hospital equipment to age-friendly urban spaces.

Zero -Austria

Zero Project (based in Austria) works globally for a world with zero barriers for people with disabilities. Through research, networking and annual international conferences, we collect and share best practice cases, policies and innovations that promote inclusion, accessibility and gender equality — especially in employment, education, ICT and independent living.

KS - Norway

KS is the employer and interest organisation for all Norwegian municipalities and regions. They work for sustainable and inclusive communities through policy development, innovation and mentoring — focusing, among other things, on universal design and accessible public services.

IIDEA Center - USA

The DEA Center (Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access) at the University at Buffalo's School of Architecture and Planning in the United States is a leader in universal design. The Centre researches, teaches and develops guidelines, tools and cases that promote accessibility and inclusion in the built environment.

Institute for Human Centered Design - USA

The Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to improving experiences for people of all ages, abilities and cultures through excellence in design.

Handicap Knowledge Centre - Denmark

The Disability Knowledge Centre works to ensure that people with disabilities have better opportunities to live an active life and experience full participation in society.

Rumsans - Denmark

Rumsans is a knowledge portal about universal design in the built environment.

Marika Prüsse Sandland

Marika is a consultant at the Landsbyggefonden and works to integrate universal design into the development of the public housing areas of the future — in partnership with the Bevica Foundation.

Louis Mølsted Andersen

Louis Mølsted Andersen is a project manager in the City of Copenhagen and is working to integrate universal design into the city's development — in close partnership with the Bevica Foundation.

Alice Ellen Moltke Ladekarl

Alice Ellen Moltke Ladekarl is project manager at the Royal Academy and is leading the work on universal design in collaboration with the Bevica Foundation.

Lene Nyhus Friis

Lene Nyhuus Friis is project manager at Design School Kolding. She leads the work to integrate universal design into teaching and research in collaboration with the Bevica Foundation.

Marie Christoffersen Gramkow

Marie Gramkow is the project manager for universal design at Folkemødet. She works to make Folkemødet more inclusive and accessible to all — in close partnership with the Bevica Foundation.

Mia Louise Justesen

Mia Louise Justesen is project manager at AAU Innovation and is at the forefront of integrating universal design into education and development — in collaboration with the Bevica Foundation.