VSURF quarterly in-person seminar, hosted by Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT, Swanston St, Melbourne.

When: Friday 16th August, 4-5pm, followed by drinks/networking

Where: This is a hybrid event. Register here for in-person or online attendance: https://events.humanitix.com/the-victorian-substance-use-research-forum-vsurf-quarterly-seminar

What: A talk followed by Q&A

Title: Rethinking the governance of ‘young people’ and drugs

Abstract: This talk, based on Isabelle’s PhD, will present analysis on how various iterations of ‘youthful subjects’ are made in Australian drug policies, and how they are governed through concepts of ‘safety’.

Speaker: Isabelle Volpe

Bio: Isabelle Volpe is a PhD Candidate at the Drug Policy Modelling Program team at UNSW Sydney’s Social Policy Research Centre (Australia). Isabelle’s PhD research uses critical social science approaches to explore ways that young people participate in drug policy in Australia. Isabelle is also a Research Officer at the Social Equity Research Centre (RMIT University, Australia), working with local health and community organisations to conduct mixed-methods research on drug checking design and outputs. She puts this research into practice as the Communications Officer at CheQpoint, a new drug checking service in Queensland.