ESSD 2020 Programme
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Day 1 - Thursday, 24 September 2020
| 10:00 ‑ 10:30 CEST | Opening of the conference and general information Vice-Rector Ronald Maier (University of Vienna) President ESSD Dirk J. Korf (University of Amsterdam) | |
| 10:30 ‑ 11:15 CEST | Session 1: New trends in drug use Chair: Bernd Werse (Goethe University Frankfurt) | |
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| Nitrous oxide use among young people – intoxication, risks and policy developments | Vibeke A. Frank, Aarhus University, Sarah MacLean, La Trobe University & Maria D. Herold, Aarhus University | |
| A public health approach to New Psychoactive Substances (NPS); European epidemiological overview in the general and school populations | Julian Vicente, João Matias, Federica Mathis, EMCDDA, Begoña Brime, Noelia Llorens, PND & Sabrina Molinaro, CNR-IFC | |
| Gendered perspectives on academic achievement and performance-enhancing substance use among Danish college students in the ‘performance society’ | Jeanett Bjønness, Aarhus University | |
| 11:15 ‑ 11:45 CEST | Informal online networking | |
| 11:45 ‑ 12:30 CEST | Session 2: Drug use related implications of COVID-19 Chair: Vibeke A. Frank (Aarhus University) | |
| Changes of drug use in the general population due to COVID-19 | Martin Busch, Charlotte Klein, Tanja Schwarz & Julian Strizek, Austrian Public Health Institute | |
| Alcohol consumption and false rumors circulation during the COVID-19 pandemic | Virginia Martínez-Fernández, Miguel Hernández University | |
| Substance consumption styles during the Covid-19 lockdown: self-control or self-regulation? | Raimondo Maria Pavarin, University of Bologna, Local Health Unit of Bologna | |
| 12:30 ‑ 13:30 CEST | Lunch break | |
| 13:30 ‑ 14:15 CEST | Session 3: Methods and ethics Chair: Tom Decorte (Ghent University) | |
| Why we cannot remain flies on the wall: Ethnographic fieldwork in the largest open drug scene in Israel | Hagit Bonny-Noach, Ariel University & Sharon Toys, Ashkelon Academic College | |
Doing ethnographic drugs research: Ethical and moral dilemmas | Lisa Williams & Jessica Williamson, University of Manchester | |
| Rafaela Rigoni, Correlation European Harm Reduction Network, Tuukka Tamm, Finnish Institute of Health & Eberhard Schatz, Correlation European Harm Reduction Network | ||
| 14:15 ‑ 14:45 CEST | Informal online networking | |
| 14:45 ‑ 15:30 CEST | Session 4: Cannabis: Innovative approaches Chair: Angus Bancroft (University of Edinburgh) | |
The spectre of continued ambiguity: Tensions within cannabis policy change in Ireland | Chris Ó Rálaigh, Technological University Dublin & Sarah Morton, University College Dublin | |
| Kostas Skliamis, University of Amsterdam, Annemieke Benschop, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences & Dirk J. Korf, University of Amsterdam | ||
Cannabis use and coronavirus – results of a short online survey in Germany | Bernd Werse & Gerrit Kamphausen, Goethe University Frankfurt | |
| 15:30 ‑ 16:00 CEST | Informal online networking | |
| 16:00 ‑ 16:45 CEST | Session 5: Drug market dynamics in relation to COVID-19 Chair: Aileen O'Gorman (University of the West of Scotland) | |
Buying drugs in the UK under lockdown: Results of the Release COVID-19 Drug Market Survey | Judith Aldridge, University of Manchester & Niamh Eastwood, Release | |
| Agnese Zīle-Veisberga, Ministry of the Interior of Latvia | ||
| Antonio Molina Fernández, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Gisela Hansen, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, María L. Cuenca Montesino, Francisco Gil Rodríguez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid | ||
Day 2 - Friday, 25 September 2020
| 10:00 ‑ 10:45 CEST | Session 6: Digitisation of drug markets Chair: Judith Aldridge (University of Manchester) | |
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Waiting for the delivery man: Managing addiction, withdrawal and the pleasures of dope time | Angus Bancroft, University of Edinburgh | |
| Meropi Tzanetakis & Stefan Marx, University of Vienna | ||
| Non-medical use of central stimulants and the Corona-Crises – Time to change control policies | Alfred Springer, Medical University of Vienna | |
| 10:45 ‑ 11:15 CEST | Informal online networking | |
| 11:15 ‑ 12:00 CEST | Session 7: Theoretical approaches towards drug use and policing Chair: Agnese Zīle-Veisberga (Ministry of the Interior of Latvia) | |
| Debating decriminalization of drug use in the Nordic countries: A comparative analysis of stakeholders’ views in Finland and in Sweden | Tuulia Lerkkanen & Jessica Storbjörk, Stockholm University | |
| The symbolic crusade of policing drugs: drug discourses and the self-legitimacy of drug detectives | Steven Debbaut, Ghent University | |
| Identity construction of people with polydrug use | Jenni Savonen, University of Helsinki | |
| 12:00 ‑ 13:00 CEST | Lunch break | |
| 12:00 ‑ 13:00 CEST | Chair: Kristiāna Diāna Bebre (University of Latvia) | |
| 13:00 ‑ 13:45 CEST | Session 8: Drug services challenges due to COVID-19 Chair: Jessica Storbjörk (Stockholm University) | |
How COVID-19 affected PWUD and drug services in Austria at an early stage of containment measures | Ilonka Horváth, Irene Schmutterer & Tanja Schwarz, Austrian Public Health Institute | |
‘Open’ Drug Scenes in Germany – Changes and challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic | Luise Klaus & Bernd Werse, Goethe University Frankfurt | |
Digital technologies and Health Literacy ‑ prevention training | Susana Henriques, CIES-IUL ‑ Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, University Institute of Lisbon, Universidade Aberta | |
| 13:45 ‑ 14:15 CEST | Informal online networking | |
| 14:15 ‑ 15:00 CEST | Session 9: Patterns of drug use and using careers Chair: Susana Henriques (Universidade Aberta, CIES-IUL) | |
| Moritz Rosenkranz, Marcus-Sebastian Martens, Heike Zurhold, Peter Degkwitz & Uwe Verthein, University of Hamburg | ||
| Beyond the high ‑ Mapping patterns of use and motives for use of cannabis as medicine in Denmark through an anonymous online survey | Sinikka L. Kvamme, Michael M. Pedersen, Aarhus University, Sagi Alagem-Iversen, Consultant & Birgitte Thylstrup, Aarhus University | |
| ‘Never drop without your significant other, cause that way lies ruin’: The boundaries of couples’ MDMA use | Katie Anderson, Middlesex University | |
| 15:00 ‑ 15:30 CEST | Informal online networking | |
| 15:30 ‑ 16:15 CEST | Session 10: Drug policy: Critical reflections Chair: Moritz Rosenkranz ( University of Hamburg ) | |
Mapping NPS Policy in the EU: Legal frameworks, healthcare provision and outcomes | Jessica Neicun, Maastricht University | |
| “From searching pockets to treatment”: An investigation of a drug diversion programme in a Danish police precinct | Tobias Kammersgaard, Esben Houborg, Thomas Friis Søgaard & Sidsel Schrøder, Aarhus University | |
The management of cannabis engagement among residents of Riga, Latvia | Kristiāna Diāna Bebre, University of Latvia | |
| 16:15 ‑ 16:35 CEST | Closing session | |
Early Career Researcher Forum
The Early Career Researcher Forum is a side-event dedicated to early-career researchers to meet fellow early-career researchers from across Europe and beyond. It will take place on Friday, 25 September, during the lunch break from 12:00 – 13:00 CEST. The forum is open to anyone who considers themselves an early career researcher from any field related to social drug research, wanting to share research ideas and experiences.