Centre for Social Research on Alcoholand Drugs (SoRAD)
PROGRAM 11-12 May 2015 (version 23/4-15)
The Sonad network (Socialvetenskapligt nätverk inom alkohol- och drogforskning/Alcohol and Drug
Research Network within Social Sciences) is financed by Forte (Swedish Research Council for Health,
Working Life and Welfare) and administered by SoRAD, Stockholm University, Sweden.
Location: Scandic Grand Central, Kungsgatan 70, Stockholm
Theories of different types of addictions and (bio-)medicalization:
Meaning, implications and translation into policy
MONDAY 11 MAJ
11.15-11.30
Welcome to Sonad’s 10th Anniversary – Jessica Storbjörk & Josefin Månsson,
SoRAD, Stockholm University, Sweden
11.30-12.30
Dr Scott Vrecko, King’s College London, UK: What’s in a pleasure system?
Addiction, emotions, and the mind/body/society problems of desire
12.30-13.30
Lunch
13.30-14.15
Ass. Prof. Johan Edman, SoRAD: Medicalization of substance use and behaviours
in Sweden
14.15-15.00
Ass. Prof. Alexandra Bogren & PhD-Candidate Katarina Winter, SoRAD:
Popularization, communication and interpretation of biomedical alcohol research
15.00-15.30
Panel discussion on medicalization: Vrecko, Edman, and Jan Blomqvist (SoRAD)
15.30-16.00
Coffee break
16.00-18.00
Krogar mot knark 1 (Study visit, in Swedish): Scandic Grand Central & Rose/Fou,
Hamngatan 2
19.30
Conference Dinner at Scandic Grand Central
1
Chair
Studiebesöket inleds på Scandic Grand Central med en genomgång av vad vi vet om narkotika på krogen, om
polisens arbete i krogmiljön, hur man letar efter tecken på narkotikapåverkan, samt en redogörelse för metoden
Krogar mot knark. Efter genomgången går vi till nattklubben Rose/Fou för en demonstration av hur man arbetar på
plats för att minska narkotikaanvändning, t.ex. förändringar i den fysiska miljön. Medverkande är Daniel Müller på
STAD, ansvarig för Krogar mot knark i Stockholm, Erik von Essen från polisen samt Rose/Fou.
Storbjörk
Registration and Coffee
Anders Ledberg
10.45-11.15
TUESDAY 12 MAJ
09.00-10.00
Prof. Robert West, University College London, UK: PRIME Theory: a broad
theory to help tackle a broad problem
10.00-10.30
Coffee break
11.30-12.30
Prof. Suzanne Fraser, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University,
Australia: Analysing addiction in a world made of habits
10.30-11.30
Prof. Nancy Campbell, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA: Troubling Addictions: From ‘Narcotic
Bondage’ to ‘Neuroplasticity’
12.30-13.30
Lunch
Månsson
Chair
13.30-14.00
Gabriel Wikström, Minister for Health Care, Public Health and Sport, Ministry of
Health and Social Affairs: The Government’s Alcohol and Drug Policy
14.00-14.30
Coffee break
14.30-15.00
Comments on Wikström’s presentation by Guest Prof. Kerstin Stenius (National
Institute for Health and Welfare, Thl, and Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social
Issues, NVC, Finland), Prof. Bengt Svensson (Malmö Högskola), Dr. Jenny
Cisneros Örnberg (SoRAD)
15.00-15.45
Open discussion with Wikström
15.45-16.00
Concluding remarks, plans for next year’s meeting and discussion about funding
and new network grant application – Jessica Storbjörk & Josefin Månsson
Welcome!
For more information about Sonad and previous meetings:
http://www.sorad.su.se/samverkan/sonad (in Swedish)
Lena Eriksson
The afternoon is held in Swedish: