Kev Dertadian (He/Him) 🍉
kdertadian.bsky.social
Kev Dertadian (He/Him) 🍉
@kdertadian.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Criminology: non-carceral responses to drugs, harm reduction. Qualitative research on non-medical pharmaceutical use, injecting use.

Live on stolen and unceeded Wallumattagal country, and work on Bedegal country.
New paper in Drug and Alcohol Review with Apei SONG and Jiaojiao He on ‘Recovery Capital in Chinese Drug Rehabilitation: Exploring person-centered and community-based perspectives’.
December 4, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Excited to announce the call for papers for a Special Issue on Coloniality, Race and Drug Policy in Contemporary Drug Problems, with Alejandra Zuluaga Duque, Maziyar Ghiabi and Kate Seear!
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I'll be talking to @davidshoebridge.bsky.social about drug policy on August 6 for UNSW Greens Society. Details are below:
July 30, 2025 at 6:57 AM
New chapter in ‘International Handbook of Critical Policing Studies’ with Phillip Wadds exploring historical and contemporary case studies of harm reduction to reflect on how we might get to a police-free future
June 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
New op ed out today with The Policymaker about the need to prioritise low-threshold, community-led and run harm reduction services during the current overdose crisis.
May 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
New paper in Contemporary Drug Problems journal with Helen Keane and Harriet Sherlock on Australian newspaper coverage of dependence on pharmaceuticals.
January 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It's Christmas!! And while I'm more into the being with people you love and gift giving part of this time of year, it is based on a religious story.
December 24, 2024 at 1:44 AM
New paper in International Journal of Drug Policy with Vicki Sentas exploring th perspectives of people who inject drugs on drug #decriminalisation.
November 20, 2024 at 11:20 PM