Routledge

Deadline: April 20, 2025

An upcoming edited volume, “Media Studies Meet Drug Research,” co-edited by Dr. Piotr Siuda (Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz) and Dr. Michał Wanke (University of Opole), seeks chapter contributions exploring the intersections of media studies and drug research. The book has received initial positive feedback from Routledge’s commissioning editors and aims to bring together scholars from both fields to examine theoretical, empirical, and methodological connections.

Contributions are invited on topics including:

• Theoretical and conceptual frameworks linking media and drug research
  
• Identity, stigma, and agency in drug-related and media environments
  
• Representations, narratives, and moral panics
  
• Digital platforms, online drug markets, and algorithmic influence
  
• Policy, governance, and surveillance across both fields
  
• Methodological and ethical innovations in interdisciplinary research
  

Key deadlines:

*Extended abstract submission: April 20, 2025

*Notification of acceptance: April 30, 2025

*First drafts due: October 1, 2025

*Final drafts due: December 31, 2025

Further details are available here: https://drugsproject.pl/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CfP_Media_Studies_Meet_Drug_Research.pdf 

Scholars interested in contributing are encouraged to submit proposals or share this call with relevant colleagues. For inquiries or discussions on potential topics, please feel free to contact the editors.