PORTFOLIO SantESiH

Since its inception, the SantESiH laboratory has pursued a coherent line of research focused on analyzing the processes by which disability and vulnerability are created and reduced in various contexts, such as education, health care, sports, and recreation, among others.

The six items selected for this portfolio illustrate this dynamic of scientific continuity, its scientific and institutional recognition, its ability to adapt to the social context, its commitment to promoting research findings, and the support it provides to early-career researchers.

The first contribution is an article published in the journal *Social Inclusion*, co-authored by several members of the research group and international colleagues. It offers a critical examination of the inclusive goals of the Paris Paralympic Games, based on a historical analysis of their institutionalization. The article aligns with the research group’s core themes and demonstrates its ability to contribute to the most current international debates.

The second component, the exhibition “Paralympic Stories: From Sports Integration to Social Inclusion (1948–2024),” presented at the Panthéon in Paris, illustrates the impact of the unit’s research in the public sphere. Two members of SantESiH served as scientific curators for this exhibition, organized as part of the Cultural Olympiad. This project drew on more than a decade of work conducted within the laboratory on disability policies, the life trajectories of Paralympic athletes, and representations of the body. It reflects recognition built up over the long term and the laboratory’s ability to translate its research into ambitious outreach initiatives.

The third element is a short video produced as part of the ANR Paraperf project and widely shared during the Paris 2024 Games, particularly at Club France venues and on social media. This video presents, in an engaging and accessible way, the results of a study from Work Package 3 on the training conditions of Paralympic athletes. This element illustrates the unit’s ability to develop original and highly visible outreach formats.

The fourth contribution is an article published in *Communication & Sport*, a leading international journal in the field of sports science. The first author is a postdoctoral researcher at the laboratory, recruited as part of the ANR PARAPERF project. The article analyzes forms of inequality in Paralympic athletes’ access to sponsors, in relation to media representations of their bodies. By conceptualizing the figures of the “cyborg,” the “supercrip,” and the logic of “inspiration porn,” it offers an innovative theoretical framework for disability studies. This text also demonstrates SantESiH’s commitment to supporting young researchers in achieving high-impact publications, as well as its critical and international orientation.

The fifth issue is a special edition of the journal *Téoros*, focusing on outdoor sports activities for people with disabilities. Published in 2021, this issue brings together eight articles exploring forms of accessibility, organizational adaptations, and the social uses of natural spaces. It reflects the unit’s commitment to its historical mission, as well as its desire to open up new perspectives by linking issues of inclusion with those of ecology, mobility, and tourism. This special issue anticipates one of the development priorities (on social participation and the challenges of ecological transition; see Part 4, “The Unit’s Trajectory”) of the upcoming five-year project.

Finally, the sixth piece highlights the connection between research and education. It is an article published in *Le Touriste Scientifique*, a journal edited since 2021 by students in the Master’s program in Sports Tourism Management at the University of Montpellier and hosted on the Department of Sports Management’s website, with methodological and scientific support from members of SantESiH. Anna Siegel’s article analyzes the limitations of the “Tourism & Disability” public policy based on a qualitative field study in the Hautes-Pyrénées. This work illustrates the laboratory’s ability to provide training through research, to involve students in the process of knowledge production, and to integrate its research themes into educational projects.

Through these six elements, the SantESiH laboratory demonstrates the coherence of its research priorities, the diversity of its outreach formats, its commitment to young researchers, and its ability to engage with professional, cultural, and civic communities.