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Addiction and anti-social behaviour remain some of the leading social harms to communities around the world, but many of the causes of this harm are preventable. We are passionate about studying the drivers across the developmental spectrum and finding interventions and policies that make communities safer and give people back their lives.
Professor Peter Miller
Professor of Psychology
CEDAAR brings together the expertise of 38 researchers who use innovative approaches to understand substance and other addictive behaviours. Featured researchers:
Professor Peter Miller is Professor of Violence Prevention & Addiction studies and leads the Policy, Evaluation & Monitoring stream of CEDAAR. Peter’s work includes research on alcohol and drug-related violence, predictors of violence (including family and domestic violence), and Corporate Political Activity of alcohol and dangerous consumptions industries.
Associate Professor Petra Staiger conducts research with a focus on both theory and practice. Petra’s work aims to develop a deep understanding of the key psychological drivers of alcohol and other drug problems and identify how we might address these in treatment. She leads the Psychological and Social Studies of Addiction stream within CEDAAR.
Associate Professor Nicki Dowling conducts research focusing on three strategic areas of programmatic clinical research: the identification, prevention and treatment of gambling-related harm for gamblers and their affected others. This includes a program of research developing and evaluating mobile and online interventions to reduce gambling harm.
Dr Ashlee Curtis conducts research focused on improving responsivity to intervention and intervention outcomes for those who engage or have engaged in offending behaviour. Specifically, Ashlee’s research focuses on factors that may impact on responsivity and outcomes, such as alcohol and other drug use, trauma and neurocognition.
We collaborate with national and international partners from universities, health care providers and philanthropic organisations to increase our impact.
Alcohol-related harm in night-time entertainment precincts is a major preventable problem. The 2016 Queensland Tackling Alcohol-Fuelled Violence policy was evaluated during the Queensland Alcohol-related violence and Night-Time Economy (QUANTEM) study. This study also examined how context moderates the effect of policy on these harms.
Tobacco, alcohol and gambling are major causes of illness and premature death in Australia. But the implementation of public health policies known to reduce harm are often delayed or stopped by industry groups who place private profits ahead of public health. Industry Insight is a collaboration of independent researchers who provide expert insight into the mechanisms industry groups use to influence the policy process.
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