Call for abstracts – SARN Early and Mid-Career Research Event
The Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) Early and Mid-Career Alcohol Researcher event is taking place on Tuesday 11th March 2025 at the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. The event will take place in-person from 10:30-14:30 GMT and will provide PhD students, early career researchers, and mid-career researchers with an opportunity to present their work and discuss future projects, […]
Call for Abstracts – Alcohol Occasionals 2025
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) invite researchers to submit their research proposals for the 2025 SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals series. We are interested to hear from researchers from any discipline who wish to share their research relating to alcohol. We welcome presentations from new and early career researchers […]
SARN Blog
“You’re not working class anymore” – Following the yellow brick road of first year Beth Meadows, PhD Researcher For many years Dorothy dreamed of somewhere over the rainbow. It was a world she couldn’t relate to from her humble Kansas farm. But, when presented with the opportunity to access this new world in all its […]
Alcohol Occasionals 2024
SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals 2024 Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) are pleased to invite you to the 2024 series of the Alcohol Occasionals around the theme: Transforming Scotland’s Relationship with Alcohol. The webinar series will be hosted online using Zoom, and registrants will receive a […]
Alcohol Occasionals 2024 – Call for research proposals (theme: Transforming Scotland’s Relationship with Alcohol)
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) invite researchers to submit their research proposals for the 2024 SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals series. Last year’s Alcohol Occasionals series was based on the theme of ‘Alcohol in a changing world’ and attracted 532 registrations across the 4 seminars. On Twitter, our live […]
Alcohol Occasionals 2023: Gendered alcohol brand marketing in a changing world: exploring the targeting and representation of women, & the implications.
The event recording from the third Alcohol Occasional of 2023 is now available. This event was held online on Tuesday 20 June. Dr Amanda Atkinson presented findings of a mixed methods ESRC study that explored how women are targeted and represented by alcohol brands, how this has changed over time, and how such marketing […]
Alcohol Occasionals 2023: Alcohol marketing to LGBTQ+ people: Evolving strategies to target identity
The event recording is now available for the 2nd seminar of the 2023 Alcohol Occasionals series. This event was held online on Wednesday 24 May. Dr David Whiteley presented findings from a recent scoping review of literature on alcohol marketing to LGBTQ+ people. Growing evidence demonstrates higher rates of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related […]
Alcohol Occasionals 2023: “Availability is the poor cousin of marketing and pricing”: Qualitative study of experts’ views on policy priorities around alcohol availability
The event recording is now available for our first Alcohol Occasional of 2023. Dr Elena Dimova presented findings from a recent qualitative study, which explored key experts’ views in relation to policy priorities and considerations for alcohol availability. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 experts from third sector organisations, government, public health and alcohol licensing. […]
Alcohol Occasionals 2023 – Call for proposals / Save the dates
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) invite researchers to submit their research proposals for the 2023 Alcohol Occasionals series on the theme Alcohol in a changing world. We are interested to hear from researchers from any discipline who wish to share their research relating to this theme. The occasionals will […]
SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals 2022
Minimum Unit Pricing: Qualitative study of the experiences of homeless drinkers, street drinkers and service providers | Dr Elena Dimova, Glasgow Caledonian University | 31 March | Research presentation | Event report Youth drinking in decline: Implications for policy and practice | Dr Inge Kersbergen, University of Sheffield & Dr Laura Fenton, University of Sheffield […]
Alcohol Occasionals 2022 – Call for proposals / Save the dates
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) invite researchers to submit their research proposals for the 2022 Alcohol Occasionals series on the theme Alcohol and Society. We are interested to hear from researchers from any discipline who wish to share their research relating to this theme. We envisage these seminars will […]
Alcohol in Scotland portal
Alcohol in Scotland is the new portal through which major findings from the Alcohol Toolkit Study and other national data are made available to policy makers, clinicians, researchers, journalists and the general public.