Dr. Kari Lancaster

Biography

Kari Lancaster is an interdisciplinary qualitative social researcher with a background in law and public policy. She is currently a Scientia Associate Professor at the Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH) at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and also serves as an Honorary Associate Professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Kari's research focuses on the intersection of Science and Technology Studies (STS), policy studies, and public health sociology. She has made significant contributions to the critical social study of evidence-based policy practices related to viral elimination and drug health. At UNSW, she leads the Evidence-Making Interventions in Health program, which develops critical approaches to studying evidence-making practices in health interventions. Kari collaborates with clinical researchers and epidemiologists to conduct qualitative research on longitudinal cohort studies, examining the implementation and testing of new treatment technologies. She is particularly interested in viral elimination, outbreak science governance, long Covid care and recovery, and the effects of novel addiction treatment technologies. In 2020, Kari received the Academy of Social Sciences Australia Paul Bourke Award, and she was honored with the Early Career Researcher Award by the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy in 2018. As a fellow of the Australian Research Council, she leads projects on evidence-making and drug policy solutions. Kari is also an editor for the journal Science, Technology & Human Values since 2022.

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