Workshops & Meetings at GAPC 2023, Cape Town, South Africa: October 23rd-26th
ICARA was pleased to host three events alongside the Global Alcohol Policy Conference 2023 in October, in Cape Town, South Africa. Advocacy Workshop On October 23rd, ICARA hosted an advocacy workshop themed “Working together – collaboration across researchers, policymakers and…
Health Promotion International and ICARA Contemporary Issues in Academic Publishing – Webinar One: Conflicts of interest in public health and addiction research
ICARA are proud to partner with Health Promotion International to host a new webinar series on contemporary issues in academic publishing. The first webinar, focused on conflicts of interest in public health and addiction research, took place on 6th November….
ICARA’s 2024 Annual General Meeting – Broadening perspectives on commercial determinants of health
ICARA was proud to host it’s 2024 Annual General Meeting themed ‘Broadening perspectives on commercial determinants of health‘, on Monday 28th October. This online event shone a spotlight on current research on the commercial determinants of health in the Global…
ICARA 2025 General Assembly
The 2025 ICARA General Assembly will take place in October 2025 online. This year’s theme is “(re)prioritising prevention in policy and practice regarding alcohol, tobacco and other substance use”. We will also consider core governance challenges and opportunities for achieving…
Research methods for interdisciplinary collaborative research in alcohol
This workshop focused on building understanding and skills in research methods for interdisciplinary collaborative research in alcohol. Participants were introduced to research methods via a case study of an interdisciplinary research project, followed by the ‘do’s and don’t’s of strategies…
Funding and writing collaborative proposals for alcohol research
This webinar focused on tips for identifying funding sources and writing competitive, collaborative proposals for alcohol research with the Global South. We are thankful to our two experts who provided lessons learnt from their experience on this topic: This was…
Research translation which supports the adoption and implementation of evidence-based and contextual alcohol policies
This webinar aims to build understanding and skills of translating alcohol research to inform policymaking. This is an online event. The date will be confirmed soon.
Networking event for LMICs at KBS conference in Warsaw, Poland: May 30th-June 3rd
In June 2022, some members of the ICARA board attended the KBS conference in Warsaw, Poland, where we ran a lunch-time networking event for attendees from the Global South. The event was well-attended, and some attendees’ names were added to…
ICARA Board Meeting, Dundee, UK: November 10th-11th
The School of Health Sciences at the University of Dundee hosted an in-person ICARA Board Meeting on 10th and 11th November 2022. In this special meeting, we focused on developing an action plan for ICARA, in line with our main…
ICARA Annual General Meeting: November 8th
ICARA held its 2021 Annual General Meeting online on the 8th of November. We were happy to welcome distinguished speakers including Prof. Samantha Thomas (Deakin University) and Prof. Rosalie Liccardo Pacula (University of Southern California). Current topics such as capacity…
ICARA 2021 Webinar Series
The ICARA Webinar series on COVID-19 and ATOD research ran from April to August 2021. It was funded by the Society for the Study of Addiction. ICARA was proud to partner with the University of Johannesburg, the Scottish Health Action on Alcohol…
Extraordinary General Assembly: December 15th
ICARA held an Extraordinary General Assembly online on 15th December 2020, due to ongoing disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus of the meeting was to: Program of meeting can be accessed here.
Workshop at GAPC, Dublin, Ireland: March 10th
ICARA attended the 6th Annual Global Alcohol Policy Conference (GAPC) in March 2020. We ran a workshop on 10th March 2020 on ‘Emerging Issues in the Science & Practice of Managing Conflicts of Interest’ with the Governance, Ethics and Conflicts…
Workshops at Lisbon Addictions Conference: October 23rd-25th
ICARA attended the Lisbon Addictions Conference held on October 23rd-25th. Board members were directly involved in hosting two sessions.Workshop co-hosted with European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) for EU neighbourhood countries on networking and building infrastructure to…
ICARA General Assembly in Prague: August 28th
ICARA held its General Assembly alongside its 2018 Annual General Meeting in Prague in August 2018.