The International Confederation of Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drug (ATOD) Research Associations (ICARA) is an ‘umbrella’ organisation for groups of ATOD researchers. We provide guidance on governance of research associations/societies and support networking and capacity building. One of the objectives of ICARA is to promote the development of ATOD societies, especially in low- or middle-income countries and in countries with emerging ATOD problems. This workshop will be a chance for alcohol researchers from low- and middle-income countries, and other researchers who are involved in or interested in research in LMICs to come together to network and hear about the work of ICARA. The workshop will be an informal gathering, with an emphasis on making connections, and we will also share copies of ICARA’s new guidelines on management of relationships with organizations with vested interests.
Membership of ICARA is for organizations or institutes, and more information can be obtained that meeting.
This workshop serves a concrete support and information session for all researchers who publish in journals in the addiction field. We will discuss: a) ethical and career hazards associated with publishing in rogue journals managed by Predatory Publishers; b) how to evaluate the quality of a journal and c) questions of heterogeneity in the addiction publication field in terms of language use/geography and epistemology (qualitative, inductive and other marginalized approaches). Written by an international group of experts, Publishing Addiction Science is a comprehensive publication guide geared toward addiction professionals and aspiring students. This open access book (https://www.ubiquitypress.com/site/books/10.5334/bbd/) will be discussed with particular attention to the issue of how to choose a journal to publish your research.
This year the combined workshop will discuss progress and ideas about future projects in a speed-dating format. The aim of the workshop is to get to know each other and our gender/culture/HTO research better and to facilitate new research collaborations. The “couple”/station will be six minutes, so that each partner will have approximately three minutes to talk about themselves and their ideas for collaboration. The three areas we suggest couples discuss are:
Following the speed-dating there will be time for feedback and discussion of key research ideas that emerge from the workshop. All welcome!
This is the second Early Career Researchers (ECRs) Continuing Professional Development session to be organised during a KBS meeting. The session will focus on increasing research impact. This is a crucial aspect for ECRs as research is more and more expected to demonstrates how it reaches and benefits society as a whole.
Two trainers will share their experience and have participants work in groups. The trainers will be:
- Dr. Katherine Severi, Chief Executive of the Institute of Alcohol Studies, UK.
- Professor Tom Babor, Professor of Community Medicine and Public Health, Dept. of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
During the workshops, food will be served to pre-registered participants (see RSVP).
