EUSPR Board elections 2014

On the following pages you will find the candidate statements for the elections for the EUSPR Board 2015-2017. Please click on the relevant roles to read these. Voting for all roles except President Elect will take place at the Members Meeting as part of the 5th annual conference. A reminder of the process can be …

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Candidate statements – Supervisory Board

Name Statement Gregor Burkhart – EMCDDA, EU   Dr. Burkhart has focused on inspiring and integrating the prevention research community in Europe. He was a founding member of EUSPR, and in addition to these efforts, in his role as Scientific Analyst for Prevention for the EMCDDA, Dr. Burkhart has documented prevention programming across Europe and …

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Candidate statements – Board Members at Large

Name Statement Nick Axford – Social Research Unit, UK     I am a Senior Researcher at the Social Research Unit (SRU), Dartington, an independent centre in the UK specialising in applied research on child well-being and children’s services.I would really welcome the opportunity to serve on the EUSPR board and hope I can contribute …

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Candidate statements – Treasurer

  Name Statement Andrew Brown – DrugScope, UK     I have been a member of EUSPR since its creation and for the last two years it has been a privilege to be an elected member of the Supervisory Board of the EUSPR, to contribute to our debates and help establish the society. I am …

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Candidate statements – Secretary

Name Statement Sanela Talić – UTRIP, SL   Sanela Talić is a General-Secretary at the Institute for Research and Development “Utrip” since 2009 (full-time since January 2010) and a Head of Prevention since January 2010. Her main focus at the institute is drug addiction prevention in schools, families and community, prevention of other youth risk …

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SPAN Workshop Bursaries

The Science for Prevention Academic Network (SPAN) has been awarded a grant by the European Commission Lifelong Learning programme (LLP) to support the establishment of a network of prevention scientists and educators across Europe. The project aims to improve the integration of prevention science in the higher education sector and to improve staff and student …

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Research Fellow (evaluation) – Social Research Unit (UK)

This is an opportunity for an early to mid-career researcher with a passion for improving children’s lives and an interest in seeing their research make a difference. The Social Research Unit (SRU) is a unique organisation with a 50-year history of influencing policy and practice in children’s services with high quality research. The post offers …

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Poster Presentations

Poster competition winning posters from the 2012 EUSPR 1st Place Dr Daniel Hale – A Systematic Review Of Effective Interventions For Multiple Risk Behaviour General and Adolescent Paediatrics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK Contributing authors: Hale D, Fitzgerald-Yau N, Viner R 2nd Place P K Budzyna-Dawidowsk – Terms of Engagement: increasing efficacy of preventative interventions …

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Evaluation of Mentor Prevention Hub

Oxford Brookes University are undertaking an independent evaluation of Mentor International’s Prevention Hub and invite you to complete a short survey to assist them in this work. The Prevention Hub aims to coordinate and disseminate learning, resources, news and other materials from the world of drug prevention. EUSPR is partnering with the Prevention Hub in …

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