News

HPI/ICARA webinar series on Contemporary Issues in Academic Publishing

ICARA is proud to partner with Health Promotion International to run a new and exciting webinar series. This is focused on increasing awareness of issues in academic publishing. The series launches on Wednesday 6th November 2024 at 8am GMT (UK)/ 7pm GMT + 11 (Melbourne). A fantastic line up speakers will discuss conflicts of interest in public health and addiction research. More details and registration link here.

ICARA’s 2024 AGM – Broadening perspectives on commercial determinants of health

ICARA welcomes you to join us for our 2024 Annual General meeting themed ‘Broadening perspectives on commercial determinants of health‘. Join our fantastic line up of presenters and discussants as we focus on current research and challenges relating to the commercial determinants of health from the Global South, specifically, Burundi, Lebanon and South Africa. Full programme and registration here.

ICARA’s RSE Research Collaboration Grant 2024 success

ICARA is proud to announce our success in receiving a Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) Research Collaboration Grant for 2024. Our project, which aligns with our aim to support research capacity strengthening across the globe in relation to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs (ATOD) research, is entitled “Fostering Global South-Global North collaborations in alcohol research through enhancing the ICARA network”. Over the next year, we will enhance our website to function as a super networking tool for all our members, and conduct workshops that connects researchers from the Global South to the Global North.

Seeking new members

Our members are from 6 continents and represent 20 organisations that have thousands of members. We are keen to further develop our membership and to be inclusive of alcohol and other drug research associations, as well as individual researchers from these fields from around the world. Please contact the President, Matej Kosir to discuss how your association can benefit from and contribute to ICARA.