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I am a social scientist and currently a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader for the postgraduate social science programme in Contemporary Drug and Alcohol Studies (CDAS) at UWS.
I am the module co-ordinator for postgraduate modules on Understanding Substance Use; the Politics of Drug and Alcohol Policy; Drugs and Culture; and the MSc CDAS dissertation. I contribute to postgraduate teaching across the School on the MSc Applied Social Science.
My research work explores the lived experience and the problematisation of key social issues such as poverty; health inequalities; and drug and alcohol use. I have a particular interest in the interaction between drug-related harms/drug-related deaths and inequality/risk environments, and in the politics of policymaking. I have researched and published widely on these topics while working in a variety of settings including the third sector, academia, and government.
I focus on research that is participative, engages with the communities affected, and has an impact on policy and practice in relation to drug and social policy reform. I work closely with experts by experience (people who are marginalised, stigmatised, and/or use drugs); community and voluntary sector organisations; policy makers and advisors; and service providers to ensure my research is relevant, equitable and accessible.
I have a successful history of securing grant funding for research and knowledge exchange; designing and project managing research studies; establishing and leading research teams; managing financial expenditure; and disseminating research findings to impact on policy and practice.
Prior to joining UWS, I was a Lecturer and co-ordinator of the Diploma in Community Drugs Work at University College Dublin (UCD); senior researcher at the National Advisory Committee on Drugs, Ireland; community researcher on the Fatima Mansions (Dublin) housing estate regeneration project; and a researcher at the Health Research Board, Ireland; the Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths, University of London; and the Drug Indicators Project, Birkbeck College, University of London.
Academic Citizenship:
My research focuses on a number of interconnected areas:
I aim to further the understanding of social, health and gender inequalities by expoloring the the social and structural determinants of risk policy environments.
I work closely with national and international academic colleagues; people who are marginalised, use drugs, and the communities affected by drug harms; policy advocates from community and voluntary sector organisations; policy makers and advisors; and service providers to make my research findings accessible, equitable and easy to translate into policy.
Drugs Research Network Scotland
Scottish Drugs Forum
Substance Misuse Unit, Scottish Government
2017, Drugs Research Network Scotland
2017 → …Board of Management, Scottish Drugs Forum
2017 → …Scientific Committee , International Society for the Study of Drugs Policy (ISSDP)
2016 → …Steering Group, Scottish Drugs Policy Conversations
2015 → …Board of Management , European Society for Social Drugs Research (ESSD)
2014 → …International Editorial Board , Drugs: education, prevention and policy - journal
2012 → …Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Aileen O'Gorman (Examiner)
Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
Aileen O'Gorman (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Aileen O'Gorman (Speaker) & Karen Black (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Aileen O'Gorman (Contributor) & Joyce Nicolson (Contributor)
Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
Aileen O'Gorman (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
30/10/19 → 4/11/19
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
4/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
4/07/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
4/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
4/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment