New from @meganpcook.bsky.social, @amypennay.bsky.social and myself in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social - we talk about the current focus on how women's consumption influences their risk of assault. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper by Maree Patsouras (+supervisors & @sarjomac.bsky.social). It explores how midlife women's drinking challenges/fits within ideals around femininity, 'good motherhood' and neoliberalism. A great final qual paper as part of Maree's mixed methods PhD! 😊 doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

Open access: Risk versus pleasure: understanding changing attitudes of non- and light-drinking young people as they age by @amypennay.bsky.social @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social @megancook.bsky.social @michaellivingston.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“Rethinking drug-related harms as emerging through global systems” by Gabriel Caluzzi & Thomas Norman #accepted

A pleasure hosting the @sarnalcohol.bsky.social mtg yesterday @dundee.ac.uk. Well-attended by researchers & practitioners from across Dundee & Scotland. Great presentations including from visitor @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social and our own @ptoner.bsky.social.

And @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social discusses #HarmReduction as an addition to structural reforms (pricing, marketing...) and the Q&A highlights the community aspect they may bring into #PublicMentalHealth strategies. One example vancouver.ca/people-progr... #SARN #SubstanceUse #Scotland #Vancouver

Nice to have this out in popNAD. It summarises key ideas around declines in youth drinking that we explore in our book. Worth a read for overview of this body of work! @amypennay.bsky.social @soc-researcher.bsky.social @jholmessheff.bsky.social @capraustralia.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdzajx8c

A new pill testing service is now open at 95 Brunswick St, Fitzroy to reduce drug-related harm in Victoria. https://www.vicpilltesting.org.au #harmreduction #drugchecking #pilltesting #humanrights #PWUD

Excited to be starting work to better understand the Alcohol Harm Paradox in Australia; thanks to the Conversation for their interest in this work @theconversation.com theconversation.com/why-alcohol-...

Young people represent a "unique social generation with regards to alcohol". Dr @amypennay.bsky.social explains why on our latest podcast with Prof @jholmessheff.bsky.social 🎙️ Listen here: ias.org.uk/podcast/why-...

I've written a piece for @addiction-ssa.org on Alcoholics Anonymous, exploring it's current role - and tensions - within the current recovery landscape 90 years after its first meetings were held. Please share 🙏 www.addiction-ssa.org/features/ess... #alcoholicsanonymous #recovery #addiction

What a big week at #KBS2025! The #CAPR team showed up in full force this year — presenting across a huge range of topics and joining global talks on alcohol research, policy, and harm Huge thanks to @kettilbruunsociety.bsky.social and everyone who made it such a vibrant and collaborative week! 🌍💬

“I Don’t Know for Certain”: A Content Analysis of Reddit Posters’ Accounts of Drink Spiking New paper looking at relationships, contexts and impacts of alcohol & drug-facilitated sexual violence ('drink spiking'). Led by Jess Ison & @alcoholandmedia.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#KBS2025 Day 4 started with a plenary session on Public Health Framing and Policy Processes. @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social presented his thoughts on Alcohol Harm Reduction.

Great presentation from @dremekadumbili.bsky.social on alcohol marketing in Nigeria as a commercial determinant of harm — framed in the context of the alcohol industry’s shift towards countries in the global south. #KBS2025

'Young People, Alcohol and Risk: A Culture of Caution' | @amypennay.bsky.social @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social @soc-researcher.bsky.social @jholmessheff.bsky.social et al @ias.org.uk www.ias.org.uk/2025/05/28/y...

A new book explores why young people in high-income countries are drinking less, linking the decline to growing health consciousness, closer parental relationships, and a broader culture of caution. In our latest blog, the authors discuss the findings. www.ias.org.uk/2025/05/28/y...

Have a read of our editorial in @apsad-dar.bsky.social, led by @meganpcook.bsky.social, where we argue that we need to start focusing more on men in non-medical alcohol research in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Men experience more alcohol-related harm than women, yet alcohol studies over the past decade have focused on women’s drinking. In our latest blog, researchers at La Trobe explore this mismatch - and why it matters for policy, health, and public perception. www.ias.org.uk/2025/05/14/m...

Pleased to be able to share my new article in @theconversation.com. It was inspired by recent papers with colleagues @chrysanthi-bltk.bsky.social @ioanaacristea.bsky.social @samuelacuff.bsky.social & ongoing work with @ambercopeland.bsky.social, and many others! theconversation.com/addiction-is...

Our book is out now! 🥳 In it, we review literature on factors that have shaped international declines in youth drinking. We draw on data from Australia, Sweden and the UK, positioning changes within a generational shift towards risk aversion and caution. (See @amypennay.bsky.social's 🧵 for detail)

In our latest article looking at the needs of young people leaving residential AOD services, we use the concept of biopedagogies to explore how services that teach young people skills for everyday living (to manage work, relationships and self-care) can be transformative. doi.org/10.1080/1446...

Another great paper by PhD candidate Maree Patsouras. This time a systematic review of alcohol use among working mothers - suggesting that societal level gender equity may have important impacts on alcohol consumption. Check it out! 🙂 doi.org/10.1016/j.dr...

A useful primer here from @nic-alcohol.bsky.social and Cass Wright on the evidence and politics behind Australia's Northern Territory removing their Minimum Unit Price for alcohol last month: www.ias.org.uk/2025/04/01/g...

Submit your qual work to Addiction! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🧐What is ‘alcohol harm reduction’ and how can we do it? Get insights from AIAS Visiting Fellow @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social who will present his research on alcohol harm reduction from theoretical, policy and practical perspectives. 📆7 April at 11:00 aias.au.dk/events/show/...

A little reminder that our next seminar is **this Friday** in-person at La Trobe University City Campus and online. We'll be hearing from Alejandra Zuluaga, who will be presenting her work on human rights in Colombian drug policy. We hope to see you there! More details below:

Two PhD scholarships @Torrens University, Australia working on a project to reduce #alcohol consumption in heavy-drinking groups of midlife women by developing/testing co-designed interventions. Contact Paul Ward (see poster) for more information! #academicsky #phdbluesky #publichealth #sociology

Fantastic new article by our PhD student Emma Vieira examining how alcohol-related harms among adolescents have shifted in countries that have seen a decline in adolescent drinking onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Very proud to be part of this systematic review, which has relevance for anyone working in the alcohol and/or gender space! Implications extend beyond alcohol, prompting us to consider how we understand and (re)construct gender in the context of interdisciplinary research.

Our next seminar for 2025 will be at 4pm on March 21st with Alejandra Zuluaga from ARCSHS. Alejandra will be presenting her work on human rights in Colombian drug policy. See details below and join us in-person at LTU city campus if you can! vicsubstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com

Alcohol is the most commonly used drug in "drink spiking" but we rarely associate the two. So we analysed Reddit posts to explore alcohol's role in drink spiking & sexual violence. Written with a team of non-Bluesky users & out in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Local environments, accessibility & affordability: qualitative analysis of alcohol purchasing across different SES areas #Victoria @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social @klaudia8292.bsky.social @nic-alcohol.bsky.social @sarahcallinan.bsky.social @amypennay.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our first seminar for 2025 will be at 4pm on February 21st with @meganpcook.bsky.social. Megan will be presenting her work on differences in how men and women are studied in alcohol research. See details below and join us in-person if you can! vicsubstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com

Turning to online communities for steroid advice is not unusual. Piatkowski says this can happen in an environment where there is widespread stigma […] we need open, nuanced and balanced discussions about these drugs. @theguardian.com @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

In our latest blog, Dr @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social explores how midlife women’s drinking is shaped by work pressures, caregiving demands, & class. Moving beyond the ‘wine mum’ stereotype, he highlights the need for a deeper understanding of these influences. www.ias.org.uk/2024/12/18/b...

This will be the culmination of a lot of work, thinking, conversations and debates over the past several years. Incredibly impressed by Amy, who not only led/pulled this together, but has driven research on young people and alcohol forward so much!