Senior Lecturer in Criminology: non-carceral responses to drugs, harm reduction. Qualitative research on non-medical pharmaceutical use, injecting use. Live on stolen and unceeded Wallumattagal country, and work on Bedegal country.https://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3mot3x5eyac2oIt was a pleasure to read and review Kevin Revier’s 2025 book, ‘Policing Pain: The Opioid Crisis, Abolition, and a New Ethic of Care’ for the journal Crime, Media Culture.21 Jun 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mot3x5eyac2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3mot3qbya6c2oThe Call for Papers for the 22nd Dangerous Consumption Colloquium is now open. Abstracts for the program, to be held in Sydney, at UNSW, on 26-27 November 2026, should be submitted to this link: https://tinyurl.com/DC2026abstracts21 Jun 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mot3qbya6c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3mluc33wxuc2uNew book chapter out today on the way zemiology can be used in decolonial and abolitionist teaching strategies in criminology. In the chapter I explore how the colonial blind spots of zemiology might be overcome by describing how I use the tools it provides as part of anti-colonial pedagogy.15 May 2026 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluc33wxuc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3mlubqjdv7c2uNew book with Edward Wright and James Heydon, published with Routledge, is out now! The book is an edited collection exploring how new field of zemiology (the alternative study of harm) can and should engage with decolonial perspectives.15 May 2026 02:25 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlubqjdv7c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3mkhccozkhs25New paper in Contemporary Drug Problems with Phillip Wadds on ‘Liberatory Harm Reduction on the Abolitionist Horizon’, where we reflect on the tools that movements to defund the police and dismantle the prison system provide for assessing liberatory possibilities of public health harm reduction.27 Apr 2026 05:05 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhccozkhs25https://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3mhef5njji22cNew paper in Journal of Criminal Justice Education on the ‘Strengths and learning needs of system-impacted students in criminology and law’ with @andykaladelfos.bsky.social, Phillip Wadds, Sharleigh Crittenden, Tina McPhee and Lukas Carey.18 Mar 2026 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhef5njji22chttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3m75f2iwgjk2vNew paper in Drug and Alcohol Review with Apei SONG and Jiaojiao He on ‘Recovery Capital in Chinese Drug Rehabilitation: Exploring person-centered and community-based perspectives’.04 Dec 2025 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75f2iwgjk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3m6izaom2os2zExcited to announce the call for papers for a Special Issue on Coloniality, Race and Drug Policy in Contemporary Drug Problems, with Alejandra Zuluaga Duque, Maziyar Ghiabi and Kate Seear!26 Nov 2025 04:26 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6izaom2os2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3lv626ecvkk2yI'll be talking to @davidshoebridge.bsky.social about drug policy on August 6 for UNSW Greens Society. Details are below:30 Jul 2025 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv626ecvkk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3lu3djaqutk2nThe recent report from the special envoy to combat anti-semitism asks for censorship and funding restrictions on public institutions that criticise Israel and its violence towards Palestinian, Lebanese and Iranian people.16 Jul 2025 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3djaqutk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3lqvkphgf222rNew chapter in ‘International Handbook of Critical Policing Studies’ with Phillip Wadds exploring historical and contemporary case studies of harm reduction to reflect on how we might get to a police-free future06 Jun 2025 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqvkphgf222rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3lowgtdgptk2aThere is a war on children in Gaza, and this incredibly powerful and heartbreaking piece outlines the legal structures that make it possible, and the devastating impact it is having on an entire generation. “A nuclear power considers a sick baby to be a security concern.” https://groundup.org.za/article/yoliswa-dwane-lecture-war-on-palestinian-children/11 May 2025 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3lowgtdgptk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3lokssrfds22fNew op ed out today with The Policymaker about the need to prioritise low-threshold, community-led and run harm reduction services during the current overdose crisis.07 May 2025 06:53 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3lokssrfds22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3lok3gygxnk2nANU media piece out now, where my awesome colleague Helen Keane is interviewed about a recent paper we published together, and how our findings relate to depictions of addiction and whiteness in the recent season of White Lotus. You can read the article here: https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/white-wine-and-lorazepam-the-innocent-face-of-addiction06 May 2025 23:55 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3lok3gygxnk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3lnd2wj3kd22lGood piece exposing the logic and consequences of the cowardice currently being displayed by scholars in holocaust and genocide studies because of proximity to Israel and the Zionist project. https://mirrorspectator.com/2025/04/09/thinking-in-dark-times-the-end-of-tradition-and-the-crisis-of-holocaust-and-genocide-studies/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJzAa5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgTHhbm_NB-UB6QgblLXZjfjmrPG9WC-MZm7RCTnyEp-9XD0wlfcXXFe-3me_aem_i66gTN2_7E4KZ_aJi4-vIw21 Apr 2025 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnd2wj3kd22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3lhdl3fllmk2zHave you (or someone you are close to) been criminalised by #police, lived in #prison, #immigration detention or out-of-home care? https://www.linkedin.com/posts/system-impacted-project-unsw_police-prison-immigration-activity-7292348790634618882-jsGl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android04 Feb 2025 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhdl3fllmk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3lgtk56c4rc2xNew paper in Contemporary Drug Problems journal with Helen Keane and Harriet Sherlock on Australian newspaper coverage of dependence on pharmaceuticals.28 Jan 2025 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtk56c4rc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3ldzczwaevk2vIt's Christmas!! And while I'm more into the being with people you love and gift giving part of this time of year, it is based on a religious story.24 Dec 2024 01:44 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldzczwaevk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kdertadian.bsky.social/post/3lbg3mgesnc2nNew paper in International Journal of Drug Policy with Vicki Sentas exploring th perspectives of people who inject drugs on drug #decriminalisation.20 Nov 2024 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:splcnuowgqvsgftklsdteeie/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbg3mgesnc2n