Drugs & (dis)order conference: Findings and future directions

Multiple speakers

The Drugs & (dis)order conference brings together academics and policy stakeholders from government, civil society and international organisations to: take stock of current research evidence and policy debates on drugs, development, and peacebuilding; learn about and discuss findings from fieldwork in Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar; and reflect on opportunities for using research to engage with and influence policy agendas around illicit drugs. The conference marks the end of the four-year Drugs & (dis)order research project, funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund.

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What to expect...

Country and thematic deep dives

Parallel sessions designed to explore research findings and their implications for specific country and cross-country contexts.

Borderland perspectives

Testimonies and life histories of people involved in illicit drug economies from fieldwork in nine borderlands regions of Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar.

Policy engagement workshop

Exchange experience and learning from using research to engage with policy and practice on drugs.

Networking

Connect with academics, policymakers and practitioners working on illicit drugs, development and peacebuilding.

Exhibition

Explore comics, animations and photography from the borderlands in our exhibition space.

Recordings

You’ll have access to all recordings after the event to rewatch sessions you didn’t catch live.

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About Drugs & (dis)order

‘Drugs & (dis)order: Building sustainable peacetime economies in the aftermath of war’ is a four-year Global Challenges Research Fund project generating new evidence on how to transform illicit drug economies into peace economies in Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar. It is an international consortium of internationally recognised organisations with unrivalled expertise in drugs, conflict, health and development.

Organiser: Drugs and (dis)order research project