The ESRC-funded SPARC Collaboration set out to develop new understanding about contemporary British drinking culture and analyse how changes in alcohol use relate to wider policy, cultural and structural shifts. This event is an opportunity to hear the researchers talk about their findings:

One Drinking Culture? Variations of drinking practices by gender, socioeconomic status, life stage and other drinker or occasion characteristics.
Stability and change in British drinking - hear about how drinking practices have changed over a 12-year period, and our attempts to disentangle effects of three drivers of change over time: aging, birth cohort effects, and effects of the times we live in.
The influence of policies and events, including a look at changes to licensing, the introduction of Minimum Unit Pricing in Scotland and Covid-19 on drinking practices inside and outside the home.

There will be a series of presentations by researchers, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. The event will be chaired by Professor Carol Emslie, Glasgow Caledonian University.

Speakers:

Professor Petra Meier (MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow)
Professor John Holmes (Sheffield Alcohol Research Group, ScHARR, University of Sheffield)
Members of the SPARC team

Panelists:

Clive Henn (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities)
Clare Beeston (Public Health Scotland)
Alison Douglas (Alcohol Focus Scotland)
Dr Sadie Boniface (Institute of Alcohol Studies)
Dr Richard Piper (Alcohol Change UK)

This event will be of interest to alcohol policy organisations, advocacy groups, charities, government officials, and researchers.

Zoom link TBC.

How and why is British drinking culture changing?