[csaa-forum] Thinking 'addiction': SSAC October symposium

[Social Studies of Addiction Concepts]

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Social and legal studies of addiction concepts

A collaborative event co-hosted by the Monash University Faculty of Law and the Social Studies of Addiction Concepts Research Program, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University

Friday 7th October, 1pm-5pm
Auditorium 1 & 2
Monash University Law Chambers<http://www.monash.edu/law/about-us/location/mulc>
555 Lonsdale St, Melbourne

The symposium will be chaired by Associate Professor Helen Keane of the School of Sociology, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University.


Please RSVP soon as places are limited: SSAC at curtin.edu.au<mailto:SSAC at curtin.edu.au>


In 2013 Curtin University's National Drug Research Institute established the Social Studies of Addiction Concepts Research Program<https://addictionconcepts.com/>, or SSAC. Focusing on alcohol and other drug use, SSAC collaborates closely with the Faculty of Law at Monash University. The program takes ideas of addiction as its central object of study, mapping and monitoring changes in addiction concepts and language in Australian social and legal contexts and in select sites around the world. Since its establishment the program has undertaken research on a wide range of topics including Australian, Canadian and Swedish alcohol and other drug policy, personal experiences of addiction in Australia, addiction concepts on Twitter, legal interpretations of addiction, the Victorian drug court, compulsory drug treatment in China, and young people in drug treatment.  Drawing on a range of social scientific research methods such as in-depth interviewing, policy analysis, cultural studies, ethnographic observation and international comparative collaborative techniques, these projects aim to advance scholarship, inform policy, and tackle the stigma and discrimination associated with drug use in Australia and elsewhere.

Please join us in Melbourne on Friday, the 7th of October as we showcase the research underway in the program and facilitate an open discussion on emerging approaches and issues in critical social sciences of addiction. The discussion will consider future directions for addiction concepts research, with an interest in exploring potential new research collaborations.


Speakers

*         Professor Suzanne Fraser (Program Head)

*         Dr Kate Seear (SSAC Adjunct Research Fellow / Senior Lecturer Monash University Law)

*         Dr Robyn Dwyer (Research Fellow)

*         Dr Kiran Pienaar (Research Associate)

*         Dr Ella Dilkes-Frayne (Research Assistant)

*         Eliana Sarmiento (PhD Student)

*         Liz Normand (PhD Student)

*         Judy Chang (MPhil student)

*         Renae Fomiatti (PhD Student)


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