Keynote & Invited Speakers

Professor Alison Ritter (AO, PhD) is a drug policy scholar and Director of the Drug Policy Modelling Program at the Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW, Sydney. She has more than 30 years experience working in the field of alcohol and other drugs (originally as a clinical psychologist), She conducts applied drug policy research on drug laws, drug treatment, models and methods of democratic participation in drug policy; and research focussed on policy process. Her work is supported by grants from competitive research funding bodies (NHMRC, ARC) as well as commissioned research from governments across Australia and internationally. She is past President of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy and Editor in Chief for the International Journal of Drug Policy. Professor Ritter has an extensive research grant track record and has published widely in the field, including her book “Drug Policy” (2022, Routledge).