Drinking Studies Network (DSN)
@drinkingstudies.bsky.social
The Drinking Studies Network is an interdisciplinary and international research group that connects scholars working on drink and drinking cultures. We are free to join and welcome all. More info at https://drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/
Pinned
We couldn't help noticing the party seems to have moved over here so we thought we'd join in. Follow us for the latest drinking studies news and events (and you can join us for free to receive our regular newsletter).
Reposted by Drinking Studies Network (DSN)
In our latest blog, Jem Roberts and Dr Peter Rice unpack the panic about pub closures - and show why much of it is misleading 🍺
What’s actually happening?
⬇️ Pub numbers have fallen for over a century - this isn’t new
⬆️ Employment in pubs has stayed stable...
www.ias.org.uk/2026/02/10/i...
What’s actually happening?
⬇️ Pub numbers have fallen for over a century - this isn’t new
⬆️ Employment in pubs has stayed stable...
www.ias.org.uk/2026/02/10/i...
Is the Great British Pub on the verge of extinction? The truth behind the headlines - Institute of Alcohol Studies
Media headlines often suggest that British pubs are in terminal decline. But is that true?
www.ias.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 9:18 AM
In our latest blog, Jem Roberts and Dr Peter Rice unpack the panic about pub closures - and show why much of it is misleading 🍺
What’s actually happening?
⬇️ Pub numbers have fallen for over a century - this isn’t new
⬆️ Employment in pubs has stayed stable...
www.ias.org.uk/2026/02/10/i...
What’s actually happening?
⬇️ Pub numbers have fallen for over a century - this isn’t new
⬆️ Employment in pubs has stayed stable...
www.ias.org.uk/2026/02/10/i...
Reposted by Drinking Studies Network (DSN)
Modelling the economic effects of reducing the consumption of unhealthy commodities: An inter-sectoral input–output approach buff.ly/9cdRaW1 @damonm1989.bsky.social
buff.ly
February 10, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Modelling the economic effects of reducing the consumption of unhealthy commodities: An inter-sectoral input–output approach buff.ly/9cdRaW1 @damonm1989.bsky.social
'Why Do Academics Often Dismiss 12-Step Recovery?' @psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/psyc...
Why Do Academics Often Dismiss 12-Step Recovery?
Twelve-step programs have millions of recovering members worldwide, yet they’re often dismissed by academics. Why?
www.psychologytoday.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
'Why Do Academics Often Dismiss 12-Step Recovery?' @psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/psyc...
The Society for the Study of Addiction awards two prizes each year for excellence in addiction science. Find out here how to apply for the Fred Yates Prize for Early Career Researchers and the Impact Prize: www.addiction-ssa.org/news/submit-...
Submit your work for an award
The SSA awards two prizes each year for excellence in [...]
www.addiction-ssa.org
February 2, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The Society for the Study of Addiction awards two prizes each year for excellence in addiction science. Find out here how to apply for the Fred Yates Prize for Early Career Researchers and the Impact Prize: www.addiction-ssa.org/news/submit-...
'Now you see it, now you don’t: How alcohol industry interference made marketing restrictions disappear from the 10 Year Health Plan in England' | @ias.org.uk report www.ias.org.uk/report/now-y...
Now you see it, now you don’t - Institute of Alcohol Studies
Now you see it, now you don’t: How alcohol industry interference made marketing restrictions disappear from the 10 Year Health Plan in England In July 2025, the UK Government published its 10 Year Hea...
www.ias.org.uk
February 2, 2026 at 4:06 PM
'Now you see it, now you don’t: How alcohol industry interference made marketing restrictions disappear from the 10 Year Health Plan in England' | @ias.org.uk report www.ias.org.uk/report/now-y...
CFP: @britsoci.bsky.social Medical Sociology Annual Conference, 8-10 September, 2026: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
BSA Medical Sociology Conference 2026
www.britsoc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 4:04 PM
CFP: @britsoci.bsky.social Medical Sociology Annual Conference, 8-10 September, 2026: www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
'Beer vs. The Law' | Mathias Lentz, Grain to Glass graintoglass.substack.com/p/beer-vs-th...
Beer vs. The Law
How Governments Quietly Control What Ends Up in Your Glass
graintoglass.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
'Beer vs. The Law' | Mathias Lentz, Grain to Glass graintoglass.substack.com/p/beer-vs-th...
'Why Heineken’s zero-alcohol London Underground campaign fell flat' | @theconversation.com theconversation.com/why-heineken...
Why Heineken’s zero-alcohol London Underground campaign fell flat
An expert in the marketing of zero-alcohol drinks explains what went wrong.
theconversation.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
'Why Heineken’s zero-alcohol London Underground campaign fell flat' | @theconversation.com theconversation.com/why-heineken...
'Understanding late-onset alcohol problems among older adults' | The Dram basisonline.org/2026/01/27/l...
The DRAM, Vol. 22(1) – Understanding late-onset alcohol problems among older adults – BASIS (The Brief Addiction Science Information Source)
basisonline.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:48 PM
'Understanding late-onset alcohol problems among older adults' | The Dram basisonline.org/2026/01/27/l...
Alcohol related hospital statistics (Scotland financial year 2024 to 2025) | Public Health Scotland www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications...
February 2, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Alcohol related hospital statistics (Scotland financial year 2024 to 2025) | Public Health Scotland www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications...
'When Researchers Undermine Their Own Evidence: The Emergence of “Reverse Spin Bias”' | @drugscience.bsky.social www.drugscience.org.uk/reverse-spin...
Reverse Spin Bias
A new study by O’Leary et al (2026) published in Research Integrity and Peer Review introduces a striking, unexplored phenomenon in academic research: “reverse spin bias.”
Unlike conventional spin ...
www.drugscience.org.uk
February 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM
'When Researchers Undermine Their Own Evidence: The Emergence of “Reverse Spin Bias”' | @drugscience.bsky.social www.drugscience.org.uk/reverse-spin...
Reposted by Drinking Studies Network (DSN)
We would like to welcome Dr Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social to the editorial board of 'Brewery History'.
January 28, 2026 at 8:18 AM
We would like to welcome Dr Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social to the editorial board of 'Brewery History'.
Reposted by Drinking Studies Network (DSN)
Just been interviewed on the importance of pubs for tonight’s BBC Look North
January 28, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Just been interviewed on the importance of pubs for tonight’s BBC Look North
Reposted by Drinking Studies Network (DSN)
Lovely blog about our Think While You Drink public events on beer, drinking, and drinking places in pubs last year if anyone is interested in how they worked and what we did:
humsimpact.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/01/05/b...
Starting to plan for this year so watch this space or sign up to our list
humsimpact.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/01/05/b...
Starting to plan for this year so watch this space or sign up to our list
Being Human & Think While You Drink – Tasting Notes – School of Humanities: Impact and Engagement
humsimpact.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
January 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Lovely blog about our Think While You Drink public events on beer, drinking, and drinking places in pubs last year if anyone is interested in how they worked and what we did:
humsimpact.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/01/05/b...
Starting to plan for this year so watch this space or sign up to our list
humsimpact.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/01/05/b...
Starting to plan for this year so watch this space or sign up to our list
Reposted by Drinking Studies Network (DSN)
⚡ Lightning Talks at The London Archives ⚡
Are you a student or ECR? Need feedback on your work? Can you summarise it in 5 minutes? Join us for Lightning Talks at The London Archives - a friendly event open to researchers of London and its history!
📆 Wed 11 February
🕔 5pm
Are you a student or ECR? Need feedback on your work? Can you summarise it in 5 minutes? Join us for Lightning Talks at The London Archives - a friendly event open to researchers of London and its history!
📆 Wed 11 February
🕔 5pm
Lightning Talks at The London Archives - IN PERSON
Are you a student or Early Career Researcher? Need feedback on in-progress research? Can you summarise your research in 5 minutes or less?
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 10:30 AM
⚡ Lightning Talks at The London Archives ⚡
Are you a student or ECR? Need feedback on your work? Can you summarise it in 5 minutes? Join us for Lightning Talks at The London Archives - a friendly event open to researchers of London and its history!
📆 Wed 11 February
🕔 5pm
Are you a student or ECR? Need feedback on your work? Can you summarise it in 5 minutes? Join us for Lightning Talks at The London Archives - a friendly event open to researchers of London and its history!
📆 Wed 11 February
🕔 5pm
Reposted by Drinking Studies Network (DSN)
Our January newsletter is a pep talk: you – yes, you! – should write about beer and pubs.
boakandbailey.substack.com/p/you-should...
boakandbailey.substack.com/p/you-should...
You should start writing about beer and pubs
There’s always room for more people visiting pubs, drinking beer, and sharing their thoughts and observations.
boakandbailey.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Our January newsletter is a pep talk: you – yes, you! – should write about beer and pubs.
boakandbailey.substack.com/p/you-should...
boakandbailey.substack.com/p/you-should...
Reposted by Drinking Studies Network (DSN)
Gerald Moira & F. Lynn Jenkins' Arthurian frieze, originally made for the entrance hall to Lyons' Trocadero Restaurant, 1898; restored & mounted in what is now the Picturehouse Central. Moira chose feasting scenes for the restaurant, but went on to paint a temperance-themed ceiling mural... 1/4
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Gerald Moira & F. Lynn Jenkins' Arthurian frieze, originally made for the entrance hall to Lyons' Trocadero Restaurant, 1898; restored & mounted in what is now the Picturehouse Central. Moira chose feasting scenes for the restaurant, but went on to paint a temperance-themed ceiling mural... 1/4
Reposted by Drinking Studies Network (DSN)
Have any of you been trying #DryJanuary this month?
If the lure of alcohol feels too tempting, Victorian temperance societies had plenty of advice! This 1893 illustration from the Band of Hope Union is aimed at those doing the thirsty work of harvesting crops.🧑🌾
[MV5443.U6, no. 4]
If the lure of alcohol feels too tempting, Victorian temperance societies had plenty of advice! This 1893 illustration from the Band of Hope Union is aimed at those doing the thirsty work of harvesting crops.🧑🌾
[MV5443.U6, no. 4]
January 22, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Latest NIQ stats for managed hospitality in December. Pubs performed well, bars and restaurants less so.
January 26, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Latest NIQ stats for managed hospitality in December. Pubs performed well, bars and restaurants less so.
NIHR Career development award will support @ppermanhowe.bsky.social in new research into health impacts of mid-strength drinks | @sarg-scharr.bsky.social sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/s...
SARG researcher Dr Parvati Perman-Howe secures NIHR Career Development Award - Sheffield Addictions Research Group
We are delighted to announce that Dr Parvati Perman-Howe, a Research Associate within the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG), has secured a highly sought-after Career Development Award.
sarg-sheffield.ac.uk
January 26, 2026 at 11:14 AM
NIHR Career development award will support @ppermanhowe.bsky.social in new research into health impacts of mid-strength drinks | @sarg-scharr.bsky.social sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/s...
'No disruption to fan safety in WSL alcohol trials' | BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
WSL alcohol trials: No disruption to safety at games, say fans
Trials providing supporters with the option to drink alcohol in the stands at Women's Super League games receives positive feedback on fan safety.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 11:09 AM
'No disruption to fan safety in WSL alcohol trials' | BBC Sport www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Have any of you been trying #DryJanuary this month?
If the lure of alcohol feels too tempting, Victorian temperance societies had plenty of advice! This 1893 illustration from the Band of Hope Union is aimed at those doing the thirsty work of harvesting crops.🧑🌾
[MV5443.U6, no. 4]
If the lure of alcohol feels too tempting, Victorian temperance societies had plenty of advice! This 1893 illustration from the Band of Hope Union is aimed at those doing the thirsty work of harvesting crops.🧑🌾
[MV5443.U6, no. 4]
January 26, 2026 at 10:05 AM
'Price a bigger factor than health when drinking less, study claims' | Drinks Retailing drinksretailingnews.co.uk/price-a-bigg...
Price a bigger factor than health when drinking less, study claims - Drinks Retailing
Price is a more significant influence than health and wellbeing among consumers who are cutting back on their alcohol consumption, new research from MMR Research shows. The consumer research agency sa...
drinksretailingnews.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 10:04 AM
'Price a bigger factor than health when drinking less, study claims' | Drinks Retailing drinksretailingnews.co.uk/price-a-bigg...
'Has England’s drinking returned to “normal”?' | @ias.org.uk www.ias.org.uk/2026/01/20/h...
Has England’s drinking returned to “normal”? - Institute of Alcohol Studies
Nearly five years on from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, England’s drinking patterns are only partly returning to pre-pandemic levels. New research shows that while average consumption is falling...
www.ias.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 11:53 AM
'Has England’s drinking returned to “normal”?' | @ias.org.uk www.ias.org.uk/2026/01/20/h...
Call for Abstracts: 2026 Alcohol Occasionals @shaapalcohol.bsky.social - “Future directions for alcohol research, policy, and practice – priorities for a new Scottish Government” www.shaap.org.uk/news/call-fo...
Call for Abstracts: 2026 Alcohol Occasionals - Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) invite researchers to submit their research proposals for the 2026 SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals we...
www.shaap.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Call for Abstracts: 2026 Alcohol Occasionals @shaapalcohol.bsky.social - “Future directions for alcohol research, policy, and practice – priorities for a new Scottish Government” www.shaap.org.uk/news/call-fo...