Sarah MacLean
@sarjomac.bsky.social
Professor in Social Work & Social Policy @ La Trobe University. Sociologist of alcohol & drug use. Everyone's views are only partially their own.
Climate change poses massive challenges to people who use AoD. It's hard for AoD workers to plan for this. We identify some possible responses. @laurenrickards.bsky.social @meganpcook.bsky.social, Lisa de Kleyn, @latrobeuni.bsky.social, @eleanorcos.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Climate change necessitates a concerted and coordinated response from the alcohol and other drugs sector
Published in Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Climate change poses massive challenges to people who use AoD. It's hard for AoD workers to plan for this. We identify some possible responses. @laurenrickards.bsky.social @meganpcook.bsky.social, Lisa de Kleyn, @latrobeuni.bsky.social, @eleanorcos.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Members are fuming that #AustralianSuper has become one of the largest investors in Whitehaven Coal, with shares worth about $395 million.
“I think that AustralianSuper promoting themselves as an environmentally sustainable fund is false advertising and I’m angry.” 🔗 www.news.com.au/finance/supe...
“I think that AustralianSuper promoting themselves as an environmentally sustainable fund is false advertising and I’m angry.” 🔗 www.news.com.au/finance/supe...
July 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Members are fuming that #AustralianSuper has become one of the largest investors in Whitehaven Coal, with shares worth about $395 million.
“I think that AustralianSuper promoting themselves as an environmentally sustainable fund is false advertising and I’m angry.” 🔗 www.news.com.au/finance/supe...
“I think that AustralianSuper promoting themselves as an environmentally sustainable fund is false advertising and I’m angry.” 🔗 www.news.com.au/finance/supe...
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Have a read of our editorial in @apsad-dar.bsky.social, led by @meganpcook.bsky.social, where we argue that we need to start focusing more on men in non-medical alcohol research in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Gender Differences in Alcohol Research: A Focus on How Men and Women Are Studied in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
Click on the article title to read more.
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May 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Have a read of our editorial in @apsad-dar.bsky.social, led by @meganpcook.bsky.social, where we argue that we need to start focusing more on men in non-medical alcohol research in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Led by Joanne Bryant with @sarjomac.bsky.social @joneale.bsky.social, Jen Skattebol, Mark Ferry, Andrew Bruun & Jacqui Sundbery
April 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Led by Joanne Bryant with @sarjomac.bsky.social @joneale.bsky.social, Jen Skattebol, Mark Ferry, Andrew Bruun & Jacqui Sundbery
Watch our World Social Work Day event for diverse perspectives on our discipline, its role and future youtu.be/33HE29iOpxQ. With Prof Margarita Frederico, Jaryd Stobaus, Amanda Tully & Saly Alman. Compared by A/Prof Maureen Long & Chloe Dillon. Wrangled by @alexbhathal.bsky.social and Karen Holl
SOCIAL WORK ACROSS THE GENERATIONS: views on practice, equity and professional identity
YouTube video by La Trobe University
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March 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Watch our World Social Work Day event for diverse perspectives on our discipline, its role and future youtu.be/33HE29iOpxQ. With Prof Margarita Frederico, Jaryd Stobaus, Amanda Tully & Saly Alman. Compared by A/Prof Maureen Long & Chloe Dillon. Wrangled by @alexbhathal.bsky.social and Karen Holl
Not too be missed
Our first seminar for 2025 will be at 4pm on February 21st with @meganpcook.bsky.social. Megan will be presenting her work on differences in how men and women are studied in alcohol research.
See details below and join us in-person if you can!
vicsubstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com
See details below and join us in-person if you can!
vicsubstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com
Victorian Substance Use Research Forum
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vicsubstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Not too be missed
@pennybuykx.bsky.social and I wrote a chapter titled 'Social work research with people who use alcohol and other drugs'. It's in HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL WORK. @alcoholandmedia.bsky.social @latrobeuni.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
www.elgaronline.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
@pennybuykx.bsky.social and I wrote a chapter titled 'Social work research with people who use alcohol and other drugs'. It's in HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL WORK. @alcoholandmedia.bsky.social @latrobeuni.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
Why do we talk about food miles but not about alcohol miles?
@meganpcook.bsky.social and I ask this question and think about the researchers' responsibilities in a new blog.
@alcoholandmedia.bsky.social @laurenrickards.bsky.social
@latrobeuni.bsky.social
www.ias.org.uk/2025/01/14/a...
@meganpcook.bsky.social and I ask this question and think about the researchers' responsibilities in a new blog.
@alcoholandmedia.bsky.social @laurenrickards.bsky.social
@latrobeuni.bsky.social
www.ias.org.uk/2025/01/14/a...
Alcohol’s contribution to climate change - Institute of Alcohol Studies
Dr Megan Cook and Professor Sarah MacLean explain how little information exists about alcohol and sustainability, why this is an important area, and why public health researchers are well-placed to in...
www.ias.org.uk
January 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Why do we talk about food miles but not about alcohol miles?
@meganpcook.bsky.social and I ask this question and think about the researchers' responsibilities in a new blog.
@alcoholandmedia.bsky.social @laurenrickards.bsky.social
@latrobeuni.bsky.social
www.ias.org.uk/2025/01/14/a...
@meganpcook.bsky.social and I ask this question and think about the researchers' responsibilities in a new blog.
@alcoholandmedia.bsky.social @laurenrickards.bsky.social
@latrobeuni.bsky.social
www.ias.org.uk/2025/01/14/a...
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Have HESTA, Rest and Australian Retirement Trust lost their nerve?
These super funds remain invested in Woodside and Santos while claiming to support greater climate action – but sit on their hands when it comes to using their voting power to rein in fossil fuel growth. #climate
These super funds remain invested in Woodside and Santos while claiming to support greater climate action – but sit on their hands when it comes to using their voting power to rein in fossil fuel growth. #climate
December 2, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Have HESTA, Rest and Australian Retirement Trust lost their nerve?
These super funds remain invested in Woodside and Santos while claiming to support greater climate action – but sit on their hands when it comes to using their voting power to rein in fossil fuel growth. #climate
These super funds remain invested in Woodside and Santos while claiming to support greater climate action – but sit on their hands when it comes to using their voting power to rein in fossil fuel growth. #climate
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And i will take this opportunity to highlight other work i did with @sarjomac.bsky.social & others where we explore current evidence on alcohol production & it's contributing to significant environmental degradation through water usage & other carbon emission costs. academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Alcohol’s contribution to climate change and other environmental degradation: a call for research
Abstract. Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity. The production, distribution and consumption of many fast-moving consumer goo
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November 27, 2024 at 12:22 AM
And i will take this opportunity to highlight other work i did with @sarjomac.bsky.social & others where we explore current evidence on alcohol production & it's contributing to significant environmental degradation through water usage & other carbon emission costs. academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Everyone is impacted by climate change, including the many of us who use alcohol and other drugs. New paper in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social collaborating with staff of Social Work and Social Policy and the Climate Adaptation Lab at La Trobe University.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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How does climate change impact people who use alcohol and other drugs? A scoping review of peer reviewed literature
The world has experienced devastating extreme weather events, alongside slow-onset processes including increasing temperature means, that scientists a…
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November 26, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Everyone is impacted by climate change, including the many of us who use alcohol and other drugs. New paper in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social collaborating with staff of Social Work and Social Policy and the Climate Adaptation Lab at La Trobe University.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...