Dr. Monica Barratt

Biography

Monica Barratt is a social scientist affiliated with the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales. With over 15 years of research experience, her work focuses on the social and public health implications of digital technologies in the context of illicit and emerging psychoactive drugs. Her research interests include online drug markets, particularly cryptomarkets, and the policy responses to novel psychoactive substances. She also explores live mapping of drug misrepresentations and the implementation of community-based drug checking and testing services. Monica is skilled at engaging hard-to-reach networks and groups within digital spaces, facilitating conversations that aim to inform policy change. Her professional roles include being an Adjunct Fellow at the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University and a Visiting Fellow at the Burnet Institute. She serves as an Associate/Deputy Editor for various journals and leads Australian research efforts for the Global Drug Survey, contributing to the international drug harm-reduction community through her involvement with Bluelight.org.

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