Projects
We conduct research around the development and implementation of innovative digital solutions to meet the needs of people facing addiction. We do this by creating a network of shared knowledge and we are committed to a design philosophy based on person centredness, visual and inclusive communication, collaboration, co-creation and continuous improvement.
- Finding evidence for the core elements of digital interventions that enhance the therapeutic relationship.
- Proposing and adapting a tool to measure the improvements that the introduction of those core elements of digital interventions bring to the therapeutic relationship once implemented.
- Proposing and piloting improvements to the Near Me platform as well as a package of features/addons that could be added to Near Me to improve the therapeutic relationship and, consequently, engage more people in treatment.
We lead on the delivery of human-centered design sessions including usability testing, co-design sessions and interviews, with people with lived and living experience using drugs (PWLE) and their service providers (SP).
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Digital Addictions Services (DADE)
Funded the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), this project aims to produce a practical, treatment focussed typology of digital health interventions for drug addiction as well as systematic and rapid reviews to support evidence for these interventions.
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Overdose Detection and Response Alert Technologies (ODART)
This project aims to develop technological solutions to reduce drug overdoses. It is carried out in partnership with the University of Stirling and is supported by the Digital and Technology group of the Drugs Research Network for Scotland (DRNS). This project was launched in February 2021 and delivered four main workstreams: Technology-assisted early detection of a potential overdose…
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Increasing Engagement of Opioid Users in Treatment through Online Consultations
For people who use drugs (PWUD), engagement in treatment not only increases the chances of recovery but also decreases the chances of drug-related death and all-cause mortality. Funded by the Scottish Government’s Digital Lifelines initiative, this project aims to increase treatment coverage and engagement with treatment of people with substance abuse disorders in Scotland, especially…