Kev Dertadian (He/Him) 🍉
kdertadian.bsky.social
Kev Dertadian (He/Him) 🍉
@kdertadian.bsky.social
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.
Excited 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!
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I'll be talking to @davidshoebridge.bsky.social about drug policy on August 6 for UNSW Greens Society. Details are below:
July 30, 2025 at 6:57 AM
New 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 future
June 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
New 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.
May 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
New paper in Contemporary Drug Problems journal with Helen Keane and Harriet Sherlock on Australian newspaper coverage of dependence on pharmaceuticals.
January 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It'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.
December 24, 2024 at 1:44 AM
New paper in International Journal of Drug Policy with Vicki Sentas exploring th perspectives of people who inject drugs on drug #decriminalisation.
November 20, 2024 at 11:20 PM