The ESSD was founded in 1990 as an association of European social scientists working on drug issues. Its principal aims are to promote social science approaches to drug research, particularly support qualitative and novel research methods, and encourage early career researchers. The society holds annual conferences and publishes annual books. More...

conferences

The upcoming annual conference and books of abstracts from previous conferences. More...

publications

The latest peer-reviewed ESSD book Normalisation re-visited and other publications. More...

awards

The best conference presentations by an early career researcher awarded by the ESSD. More...

news

Updates on the society, conferences and publications, and other relevant news. More...