Call for papers on state monopolies and market regulation as instruments for enhancing welfare and health nordicwelfare.org/popnad/en/arti…

🇫🇮 "During the incoming government’s 4-year period, Finland will yet again serve as a social experiment laboratory." Read Matilda Hellman's new editorial about Finland's alcohol policy path in Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (NAD) here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

What subjects are you working on this autumn? If they concern market regulation and justifying state interference in products’ availability, then please, consider a contribution to this special issue: Abstracts: 10.10. 2023 Full manuscripts: 20.1.2024 nordicwelfare.org/popnad/en/arti…

Analys: Bilden av Norden håller på förändras i världen hbl.fi/artikel/4c44e7…

Drug-related deaths is the focus of a forthcoming thematic issue of NAD. please, see the Call for Papers: nordicwelfare.org/popnad/en/arti…

The DAR Editorial Board would like to remember Professor Kypros Kypri who tragically passed away recently. Kyp made a major contribution to Australian & New Zealand policy-related research and programming on a number of fronts, including important work on ... 1/2

Trends, ongoing research, and other topicalities in the Nordics: fall 2023 nordicwelfare.org/popnad/en/arti…

Four phases of Norwegian gambling regulation. #REGAPS conference at Stockholm University

Celebrating 40 years of Nordic collaboration - Matilda Hellman, 2023 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

Friday April 19th 2024 is the deadline for applicants for doctoral positions at Department of Sociology at Uppsala universitet Link: jobb.uu.se/details/?posit…

Plase, spread the news about this PhD position with specialization in social gerontology at my department at Uppsala universitet The Welfare Research Group uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

➡️What kinds of ethical dilemmas are involved when a country's 3rd sector/ civil society is funded by peoples' gambling? Veera Kankainen is defending her PhD about this important subject from University of Helsinki on Friday! helda.helsinki.fi/items/0fe2a39e… Research on Addiction, Control and Governance Faculty of Social Sciences, HelsinkiUni

Tomorrow, my colleague Josef Ginnerskov at Uppsala universitet is defending his doctoral thesis about what Swedish sociology is and had been! 🙌 we all want to find out!! uu.se/kalendarium/di…

Snow season: The normalisation of cocaine - Matilda Hellman, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

✍️: Exciting news from Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (NAD)! With two recent cooperation agreements signed in April, NAD has expanded its presence in Nordic academia. @CRF_Aarhus, @Nordicwelfare1, Research on Addiction, Control and Governance & Uppsala universitet ➡️: nordicwelfare.org/popnad/en/arti…

”Cancelkultur och nyttokrav torpederar kunskapsarbetet” nytid.fi/2024/05/cancel… via @Ny__Tid

Is a regulation system always just a regulation system? - How researchers make their cases in favor for or against state control really matters! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

“Flags, sports, and the common good: The nationalism that advances the gambling industry” by Matilda Hellman, Paula Jääskeläinen, Johan Svensson, Mikaela Lindeman, Robin Nilsson, & Nina oma nimi Jokirinne #accepted University of Helsinki Uppsala universitet

I joined #Twitter late (2017) and crossed the 1000 followers mark just before it changed to X. More people are deleting their accounts and I also recently joined BlueSky and LinkedIn. I will mostly be ✍️ and 🪝 and 🕸️ on those platforms from now on!

New report on #nordicalcoholmonopolies from the WHO/Europe iris.who.int/bitstream/hand…