The Society’s mission is to advance the scientific understanding of addictive products and behaviours and the use of this knowledge in policy and practice.


Government announces flagship research leadership programme
The SSA will lead a new programme to develop the next generation of leaders in addiction science – “providing funding for academic and career development programmes tailored to the specific demands of the addiction research field”. Opportunities in the next 12 months will include master’s bursaries, PhD studentships, and fellowships.
Read our journals
The Society owns two academic journals – Addiction and Addiction Biology – and invests its journal income back into the sector to support people, projects, and research in addiction science.

Listen to the Addiction Audio podcast
Addiction Audio is the podcast from Addiction journal, featuring interviews with authors about the findings and implications of their research.



