It was a pleasure to read and review Kevin Revier’s 2025 book, ‘Policing Pain: The Opioid Crisis, Abolition, and a New Ethic of Care’ for the journal Crime, Media Culture.

The Call for Papers for the 22nd Dangerous Consumption Colloquium is now open. Abstracts for the program, to be held in Sydney, at UNSW, on 26-27 November 2026, should be submitted to this link: tinyurl.com/DC2026abstra...

New book chapter out today on the way zemiology can be used in decolonial and abolitionist teaching strategies in criminology. In the chapter I explore how the colonial blind spots of zemiology might be overcome by describing how I use the tools it provides as part of anti-colonial pedagogy.

New book with Edward Wright and James Heydon, published with Routledge, is out now! The book is an edited collection exploring how new field of zemiology (the alternative study of harm) can and should engage with decolonial perspectives.

New paper in Contemporary Drug Problems with Phillip Wadds on ‘Liberatory Harm Reduction on the Abolitionist Horizon’, where we reflect on the tools that movements to defund the police and dismantle the prison system provide for assessing liberatory possibilities of public health harm reduction.

New paper in Journal of Criminal Justice Education on the ‘Strengths and learning needs of system-impacted students in criminology and law’ with @andykaladelfos.bsky.social, Phillip Wadds, Sharleigh Crittenden, Tina McPhee and Lukas Carey.

New paper in Drug and Alcohol Review with Apei SONG and Jiaojiao He on ‘Recovery Capital in Chinese Drug Rehabilitation: Exploring person-centered and community-based perspectives’.

Excited to announce the call for papers for a Special Issue on Coloniality, Race and Drug Policy in Contemporary Drug Problems, with Alejandra Zuluaga Duque, Maziyar Ghiabi and Kate Seear!

I'll be talking to @davidshoebridge.bsky.social about drug policy on August 6 for UNSW Greens Society. Details are below:

The recent report from the special envoy to combat anti-semitism asks for censorship and funding restrictions on public institutions that criticise Israel and its violence towards Palestinian, Lebanese and Iranian people.

Our next *online* seminar will be on July 18th with George (Kev) Dertadian @kdertadian.bsky.social from UNSW. Kev will be presenting his discourse analysis of Australian media coverage of pharmaceutical dependence. See the link below for more details: vicsubstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com

Victorian Substance Use Research Forum

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New chapter in ‘International Handbook of Critical Policing Studies’ with Phillip Wadds exploring historical and contemporary case studies of harm reduction to reflect on how we might get to a police-free future

There is a war on children in Gaza, and this incredibly powerful and heartbreaking piece outlines the legal structures that make it possible, and the devastating impact it is having on an entire generation. “A nuclear power considers a sick baby to be a security concern.”

Yoliswa Dwane Lecture: the war on Palestinian children

“A nuclear power considers a sick baby to be a security concern.”

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New op ed out today with The Policymaker about the need to prioritise low-threshold, community-led and run harm reduction services during the current overdose crisis.

ANU media piece out now, where my awesome colleague Helen Keane is interviewed about a recent paper we published together, and how our findings relate to depictions of addiction and whiteness in the recent season of White Lotus. You can read the article here: reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/...

White wine and lorazepam: the 'innocent' face of addiction

ANU research shows not all addictions are treated equally by the media. Less stigmatised reporting could save lives.

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Good piece exposing the logic and consequences of the cowardice currently being displayed by scholars in holocaust and genocide studies because of proximity to Israel and the Zionist project.

Thinking in Dark Times: The End of Tradition and the Crisis of Holocaust and Genocide Studies - The Armenian Mirror-Spectator

By Taner Akcam Special to the Mirror-Spectator Holocaust and Genocide Studies is in deep crisis — a profound moral and intellectual collapse. We live in dark times. At American universities, […]

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Have you (or someone you are close to) been criminalised by #police, lived in #prison, #immigration detention or out-of-home care? www.linkedin.com/posts/system...

System Impacted Project UNSW on LinkedIn: #police #prison #immigration #unsw

Have you (or someone you are close to) been criminalised by #police, lived in #prison, #immigration detention or out-of-home care? #UNSW researchers are…

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New paper in Contemporary Drug Problems journal with Helen Keane and Harriet Sherlock on Australian newspaper coverage of dependence on pharmaceuticals.

When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure. Read our op-ed here ⤵️

Billionaires Should Not Exist

Yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.

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Research shows 37 new prisons have been built in Australia since 2000. But the evidence shows increased incarceration doesn’t help reduce crime.

Prisons don’t create safer communities, so why is Australia spending billions on building them?

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It's Christmas!! And while I'm more into the being with people you love and gift giving part of this time of year, it is based on a religious story.

New paper in International Journal of Drug Policy with Vicki Sentas exploring th perspectives of people who inject drugs on drug #decriminalisation.