Adrian Farrugia
@adrianfarrugia.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University. Health sociologist with a focus on alcohol and other drugs.
https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/a2farrugia
https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/a2farrugia
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My latest article published in The Sociological Review @sociologicalreview.bsky.social explores the relationship between gender, harm and fun in young women and gender diverse people’s experiences of alcohol and other drugs. A brief overview of the article is available: tinyurl.com/4bk22buk
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Who’s afraid of #Reviewer2?
Journal editors @carinrunciman.bsky.social Sweta Rajan-Rankin @silkeroth.bsky.social and Maud Perrier demystify the much-maligned peer review process – and all the care, thought and reflection that goes into it – in the Magazine’s latest issue.
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Journal editors @carinrunciman.bsky.social Sweta Rajan-Rankin @silkeroth.bsky.social and Maud Perrier demystify the much-maligned peer review process – and all the care, thought and reflection that goes into it – in the Magazine’s latest issue.
buff.ly/fekw1xq
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Who’s afraid of #Reviewer2?
Journal editors @carinrunciman.bsky.social Sweta Rajan-Rankin @silkeroth.bsky.social and Maud Perrier demystify the much-maligned peer review process – and all the care, thought and reflection that goes into it – in the Magazine’s latest issue.
buff.ly/fekw1xq
Journal editors @carinrunciman.bsky.social Sweta Rajan-Rankin @silkeroth.bsky.social and Maud Perrier demystify the much-maligned peer review process – and all the care, thought and reflection that goes into it – in the Magazine’s latest issue.
buff.ly/fekw1xq
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If you want to hear me talking about The Moral Lessons of Chemsex book check out my interview with Dr Dallas Bragg 👇 the book is open access too! www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
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EP 2:25 The Moral Lessons of Chemsex with Maurice
Spotify video
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September 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If you want to hear me talking about The Moral Lessons of Chemsex book check out my interview with Dr Dallas Bragg 👇 the book is open access too! www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...
open.spotify.com/episode/4cKz...
open.spotify.com/episode/4cKz...
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Wellcome-funded 'Between Deception and Dissent' project is recruiting a postdoc working at the interface of medical STS and socio-legal studies, supervised by Martyn Pickersgill @ Edinburgh #STS www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY639/r...
August 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Wellcome-funded 'Between Deception and Dissent' project is recruiting a postdoc working at the interface of medical STS and socio-legal studies, supervised by Martyn Pickersgill @ Edinburgh #STS www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY639/r...
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“Is drug-use stigma a breach of human rights law?: Insights from Australia” by Sean Mulcahy, Kate Seear, & @carlatreloar.bsky.social (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy…what do you think? Is drug use stigma a breach of human rights law?
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
July 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“Is drug-use stigma a breach of human rights law?: Insights from Australia” by Sean Mulcahy, Kate Seear, & @carlatreloar.bsky.social (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy…what do you think? Is drug use stigma a breach of human rights law?
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Now published in Contemporary Drug Problems - online first #drugs #queerstudies #criticaldrugstudies
July 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Now published in Contemporary Drug Problems - online first #drugs #queerstudies #criticaldrugstudies
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**IMPORTANT**
Macquarie Uni is proposing to cut Sociology entirely
11 of 14 staff may be made redundant, and student choice severely limited.
After 60+ years, Sociology and Politics could vanish from MQ.
🖊️ Sign the petition: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
#SaveSociology #HigherEd #MQcuts
Macquarie Uni is proposing to cut Sociology entirely
11 of 14 staff may be made redundant, and student choice severely limited.
After 60+ years, Sociology and Politics could vanish from MQ.
🖊️ Sign the petition: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
#SaveSociology #HigherEd #MQcuts
SAVE SOCIOLOGY AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
We urge Macquarie University management to reverse this decision and preserve the vital disciplines of Sociology and Politics.
Sociology has a key place in the social sciences as the broadest and most recognisable research discipline - removing it from the university's program is like losing a key piece from the jig saw puzzle of social science. Once it is gone, students wanting to master knowledge and develop research expertise about modern societies would be well advised to pursue their...
www.megaphone.org.au
July 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
**IMPORTANT**
Macquarie Uni is proposing to cut Sociology entirely
11 of 14 staff may be made redundant, and student choice severely limited.
After 60+ years, Sociology and Politics could vanish from MQ.
🖊️ Sign the petition: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
#SaveSociology #HigherEd #MQcuts
Macquarie Uni is proposing to cut Sociology entirely
11 of 14 staff may be made redundant, and student choice severely limited.
After 60+ years, Sociology and Politics could vanish from MQ.
🖊️ Sign the petition: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
#SaveSociology #HigherEd #MQcuts
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Recent article by TASA member Kiran Pienaar et al.
Undoing Minority Stress: Rethinking Queer and Gender-Diverse Substance Use
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Undoing Minority Stress: Rethinking Queer and Gender-Diverse Substance Use
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Recent article by TASA member Kiran Pienaar et al.
Undoing Minority Stress: Rethinking Queer and Gender-Diverse Substance Use
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Undoing Minority Stress: Rethinking Queer and Gender-Diverse Substance Use
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Plenary sessions showcasing "Real People, Real Action, Real Results" announced for the 15th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference happening this 6-8 August in Naarm (Melbourne).
Register for #VH2025: www.hepatitis.org.au/registration...
Register for #VH2025: www.hepatitis.org.au/registration...
May 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Plenary sessions showcasing "Real People, Real Action, Real Results" announced for the 15th Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference happening this 6-8 August in Naarm (Melbourne).
Register for #VH2025: www.hepatitis.org.au/registration...
Register for #VH2025: www.hepatitis.org.au/registration...
Led by Emily Lenton, our new article examines how the process of producing medical records can be implicated in stigma. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Led by Emily Lenton, our new article examines how the process of producing medical records can be implicated in stigma. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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TASA 2025 General Abstract Submissions close on 22 April. Submit now and be part of #TASA2025!
🔗 www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx...
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April 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
TASA 2025 General Abstract Submissions close on 22 April. Submit now and be part of #TASA2025!
🔗 www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx...
🔗 www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx...
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Three (2 at Deakin & 1 at ECU) PhD scholarship opportunities are available as part of a new Australian Research Council funded Discovery Project: Youth Futures after Mobility
The full details are available via a Word document available here:
www.tasa.org.au/docs.ashx?id...
The full details are available via a Word document available here:
www.tasa.org.au/docs.ashx?id...
www.tasa.org.au
April 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Three (2 at Deakin & 1 at ECU) PhD scholarship opportunities are available as part of a new Australian Research Council funded Discovery Project: Youth Futures after Mobility
The full details are available via a Word document available here:
www.tasa.org.au/docs.ashx?id...
The full details are available via a Word document available here:
www.tasa.org.au/docs.ashx?id...
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For the second webinar in AIVL's 'You Can't Say That' series, we reflect on the historical exclusion of women who use drugs from traditional feminist spaces and advocacy. https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BBIJeo6ERtSTiA78XDZ3sQ<a href="/hashtag/%2Fregistration" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#/registration
#narcofeminism #humanrights
#narcofeminism #humanrights
April 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
For the second webinar in AIVL's 'You Can't Say That' series, we reflect on the historical exclusion of women who use drugs from traditional feminist spaces and advocacy. https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BBIJeo6ERtSTiA78XDZ3sQ<a href="/hashtag/%2Fregistration" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#/registration
#narcofeminism #humanrights
#narcofeminism #humanrights
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Only 20 days left! General Abstract Submissions close on 22 April. Submit now and be part of #TASA2025!
🔗 www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx...
🔗 www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx...
April 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Only 20 days left! General Abstract Submissions close on 22 April. Submit now and be part of #TASA2025!
🔗 www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx...
🔗 www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx...
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Our team developed a brand new AIVL Media & Communications Guide by people who use drugs (PWUD) using a harm reduction lens.🔍🤩💊💉💜 It aims to help reporters and people writing for media ensure their coverage promotes an accurate and informed narrative:
aivl.org.au/resources/re...
aivl.org.au/resources/re...
April 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Our team developed a brand new AIVL Media & Communications Guide by people who use drugs (PWUD) using a harm reduction lens.🔍🤩💊💉💜 It aims to help reporters and people writing for media ensure their coverage promotes an accurate and informed narrative:
aivl.org.au/resources/re...
aivl.org.au/resources/re...
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Love to see @outhistory have added Positive Images to their Bookshelf (outhistory.org/items/show/6...).
Positive Images: Gay Men and HIV/AIDS in the Culture of 'Post Crisis' · OutHistory
outhistory.org
March 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Love to see @outhistory have added Positive Images to their Bookshelf (outhistory.org/items/show/6...).
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Hello UK friends! I'm giving a few talks in the flesh over the coming weeks. If you're in London, come to this talk at @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social w @mayameme.bsky.social as part of the Goldsmiths Visual Cultures seminar series
Thursday 27 March, 5 - 7pm
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
Thursday 27 March, 5 - 7pm
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
Who's Represented/What's Unrepresentable: AI and Race
Thao Phan and Fabian Offert (paper 1) and Maya Indira Ganesh (paper 2).
www.gold.ac.uk
March 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Hello UK friends! I'm giving a few talks in the flesh over the coming weeks. If you're in London, come to this talk at @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social w @mayameme.bsky.social as part of the Goldsmiths Visual Cultures seminar series
Thursday 27 March, 5 - 7pm
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
Thursday 27 March, 5 - 7pm
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
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My latest article examines how drug education professionals understand and respond to the relationship between alcohol and other drug consumption, sex and harm. Focusing on agency, I analyse how these professionals constitute the locus of harm and how this impacts drug education responses.
March 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
My latest article examines how drug education professionals understand and respond to the relationship between alcohol and other drug consumption, sex and harm. Focusing on agency, I analyse how these professionals constitute the locus of harm and how this impacts drug education responses.
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**JOB OPP**
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology (part-time)
University of Sydney
Apps close on April 27th
For details, visit usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology (part-time)
University of Sydney
Apps close on April 27th
For details, visit usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology
Work with Dr Leah Williams Veazey and the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies team to generate foundational knowledge about healthcare worker migration to and from Australia Part-time (0.5FTE) for 1 y...
usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
**JOB OPP**
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology (part-time)
University of Sydney
Apps close on April 27th
For details, visit usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology (part-time)
University of Sydney
Apps close on April 27th
For details, visit usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
My latest article examines how drug education professionals understand and respond to the relationship between alcohol and other drug consumption, sex and harm. Focusing on agency, I analyse how these professionals constitute the locus of harm and how this impacts drug education responses.
March 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
My latest article examines how drug education professionals understand and respond to the relationship between alcohol and other drug consumption, sex and harm. Focusing on agency, I analyse how these professionals constitute the locus of harm and how this impacts drug education responses.
Reposted by Adrian Farrugia
Australasian STS Conference Call for Proposals: “to bring the broad scope of STS subjects, skills, practices and politics into conversation with a core problematic of information theory – the problem of noise.” Submissions due March 14. aussts.org/aussts-2025-...
Call for Proposals: AusSTS 2025 Conference
The Call for Proposals for the AusSTS 2025 conference, to be held in Narrm/ Melbourne from 9-11 July, is now open. We invite submissions for presentations, posters, making and doing sessions, pre-s…
aussts.org
March 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Australasian STS Conference Call for Proposals: “to bring the broad scope of STS subjects, skills, practices and politics into conversation with a core problematic of information theory – the problem of noise.” Submissions due March 14. aussts.org/aussts-2025-...
Led by Gemma Nourse, our new article examines stigma in healthcare as a biopolitical spatial-temporal phenomenon that shapes relationships between people, time, space and technologies of service provision. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Stigmatising space-times: Addressing healthcare stigma beyond interpersonal interactions - Gemma Nourse, Adrian Farrugia, Kate Seear, Emily Lenton, Elena Cama, Carla Treloar, 2025
Stigma related to blood-borne viruses (BBVs) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has been shown to undermine the quality of healthcare. Given the pervasi...
journals.sagepub.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Led by Gemma Nourse, our new article examines stigma in healthcare as a biopolitical spatial-temporal phenomenon that shapes relationships between people, time, space and technologies of service provision. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Great launch of Kate Seear's report about #humanrights & #drugpolicy. Insightful panel discussions with Ele Morrison @aivl.bsky.social, Nick Kent @HRV & Alejandra Zuluaga about the importance of including the voices of #PWUD in #drugpolicyreform decision-making. opal.latrobe.edu.au/articles/rep...
Human rights and drug policy: Summary report of project findings and recommendations
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opal.latrobe.edu.au
February 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Great launch of Kate Seear's report about #humanrights & #drugpolicy. Insightful panel discussions with Ele Morrison @aivl.bsky.social, Nick Kent @HRV & Alejandra Zuluaga about the importance of including the voices of #PWUD in #drugpolicyreform decision-making. opal.latrobe.edu.au/articles/rep...
My latest article published in The Sociological Review @sociologicalreview.bsky.social explores the relationship between gender, harm and fun in young women and gender diverse people’s experiences of alcohol and other drugs. A brief overview of the article is available: tinyurl.com/4bk22buk
February 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
My latest article published in The Sociological Review @sociologicalreview.bsky.social explores the relationship between gender, harm and fun in young women and gender diverse people’s experiences of alcohol and other drugs. A brief overview of the article is available: tinyurl.com/4bk22buk
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“When people worry about women drinking I say, ‘Shouldn’t you be worried about men who take these actions?‘” – Ash, Australia
@adrianfarrugia.bsky.social Kiran Pienaar and Fay Dennis @sociology-gold.bsky.social on male violence and a woman's right to experience pleasure.
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@adrianfarrugia.bsky.social Kiran Pienaar and Fay Dennis @sociology-gold.bsky.social on male violence and a woman's right to experience pleasure.
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February 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“When people worry about women drinking I say, ‘Shouldn’t you be worried about men who take these actions?‘” – Ash, Australia
@adrianfarrugia.bsky.social Kiran Pienaar and Fay Dennis @sociology-gold.bsky.social on male violence and a woman's right to experience pleasure.
buff.ly/4hE0Qye
@adrianfarrugia.bsky.social Kiran Pienaar and Fay Dennis @sociology-gold.bsky.social on male violence and a woman's right to experience pleasure.
buff.ly/4hE0Qye
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“Basically every safety protocol we have in place to protect against overdose, parents can't access”: Mothers who use unregulated drugs’ experiences of dual public health emergencies by Dr. Jade Boyd (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social!
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“Basically every safety protocol we have in place to protect against overdose, parents can't access”: Mothers who use unregulated drugs’ experiences of dual public health emergencies by Dr. Jade Boyd (2025) via @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social!
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...