DrEmeka Dumbili
Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow)
School of Sociology
- Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Ad Astra Fellow)School of Sociology
- 01 716 7461
- University College Dublin, School of Sociology, James Joyce Library Building Belfield Dublin 4
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Emeka's current research explores the gendering of alcohol and other psychoactive substances, evolving drinking cultures, particularly transgressive and pleasurable drinking practices among adolescents and young adults, alcohol marketing and policy processes, commercial determinants of health and drug (de)normalization.
His other current research interrogates why and to what extent young people's drinking is growing in low-and-middle-income countries, which sharply contrasts youth drinking decline in most Western countries, debates around no/zero and low-strength (NoLo) alcohol marketing, availability, and consumption.
He is also researching plastic pollution and waste colonialism.
GRANTS
- GRANTPriorities for future Research on Marketing and Consumption of No/Zero and Low Alcoholic Beverages (NoLo) in IrelandHealth Research Board (Ireland)1 Jun 2024 - 31 May 2025
- GRANTOBRSS Research Support SchemeUniversity College Dublin18 Oct 2023
- GRANTAd Astra Studentship 2023University College Dublin (UCD)1 Mar 2023 - 31 Aug 2027People funded by this grant:
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