Storbjörk Jessica, Landberg Jonas, Room Robin
Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD), Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden.
Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD), Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden; and Centre for Alcohol Policy Research (CAPR), La Trobe University, Australia.
Nordisk Alkohol Nark. 2020 Dec;37(6):592-608. doi: 10.1177/1455072520947244. Epub 2020 Aug 13.
This overview reviews the establishment and evolution of the Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD). It outlines its current organisation and updated research direction, and discusses SoRAD's future challenges and opportunities. SoRAD was established at Stockholm University to strengthen and support Swedish social science research on alcohol and drugs. It became active in 1999, and quickly grew in research efforts and reputation, while experiencing setbacks around 2006 and 2017. In 2018 SoRAD merged with the Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), to form a new Department of Public Health Sciences. In its new suit, SoRAD acts as a research centre within the teaching department. The research activities on alcohol and other drugs and gambling behaviour and problems may be categorised into four main areas: social epidemiology; subcultures and social worlds of use and heavy use; policy formation, implementation and societal responses; and societal and other collective definitions of problems and solutions. The new arrangements, with an increased staff pool and close interplay with higher education, provide a more stable and long-term platform for achieving the main mission of promoting and developing social science research on addictive substances and behaviours and related problems.
本综述回顾了酒精与药物社会研究中心（SoRAD）的建立与发展历程。概述了其当前的组织架构和更新后的研究方向，并探讨了SoRAD未来面临的挑战与机遇。SoRAD在斯德哥尔摩大学成立，旨在加强和支持瑞典关于酒精和药物的社会科学研究。它于1999年开始活跃，并在研究工作和声誉方面迅速发展，但在2006年和2017年左右遭遇挫折。2018年，SoRAD与健康公平研究中心（CHESS）合并，组成了一个新的公共卫生科学系。在新的架构下，SoRAD作为教学部门内的一个研究中心开展工作。关于酒精和其他药物以及赌博行为与问题的研究活动可分为四个主要领域：社会流行病学；使用和大量使用的亚文化及社会环境；政策制定、实施和社会反应；以及对问题和解决方案的社会及其他集体定义。新的安排增加了人员储备，并与高等教育紧密互动，为实现促进和发展关于成瘾物质与行为及相关问题的社会科学研究这一主要使命提供了一个更稳定、更长期的平台。
