The ESSD supports and encourages young drug scholars. Since 2016, the ESSD Board elects and awards the best conference presentation by an early career researcher.

2024

Richard Alexander
University of Utrecht
(The Netherlands)
Psychedelic Soldiers: Beyond Psychotherapy

2023

Jessica Williamson
University of Manchester
(UK)
Implementing the Three Ps Drug Policy: Harm Reduction or Risk Production?

2022

Kostas Skliamis
University of Amsterdam
(The Netherlands)
It's a magical weed: Drug-themed chants in Greek football

2019

James Morgan
London Metropolitan University
(UK)
Variations in the accomplishment of persistent heroin use: A typology of users’ lifestyles

2018

Luise Klaus
Centre for Drug Research
Goethe University, Frankfurt (Germany)
Sketch mapping - an innovative method of researching drug users

2017

Levente Móró
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Turku (Finland)
A mixed-methods analysis of online NPS user discussion in Hungary

2016

Oskar Enghoff
Sociological Institute
University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
Revisiting the situated nature of recreational drug use experiences