Professor Caroline Chatwin BA, MA, PhD, PGCHE, SFHEA

Associate Head of School for Research and Knowledge Exchange

Professor of Criminology

A desire to inform illegal drug policy making, particularly at the European and Global levels, is central to Caroline’s work. Publications have explored the desirability and viability of global approaches to drug policy making, developed strategies to achieve more effective drug policies, and evaluated recent international policies designed to control the emergence of New Psychoactive Substances and Human Enhancement Drugs.

More recently, Caroline has been involved in research which: considers the impact that technological developments can have on drug markets; provides a gendered analysis of online markets for the smart drug Modafinil; and explores seasonal magic mushroom markets.

Key funded projects

Professor Chatwin leads a team of researchers in a Ministry of Justice funded evaluation of interventions aiming to improve outcomes for prison leavers.

Books

• Chatwin, C. (2018) Towards more effective global drug policies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Chatwin, C. (2011) Drug Policy Harmonization and the European Union. Palgrave Macmillan.

Journal articles

• Simpson, G. H. R., Chatwin, C. and Van Hellemont, E. (2023) ‘Liminal spaces, seasonal faces: Challenging drug market assumptions via an exploration of naturally occurring magic mushroom markets in rural Kent’, International Journal on Drug Policy. Elsevier.
• Young, T. and Chatwin, C. (2022) ‘Body maps – Can this methodological tool provide new and enriched understanding of longstanding issues within the illegal drugs field?’, British Society of Criminology Newsletter. British Society of Criminology.
• Fleetwood, J., Aldridge, J. and Chatwin, C. (2020) ‘Gendering research on online illegal drug markets’, Addiction Research & Theory. Taylor & Francis.
• Chatwin, C., Blackman, S. and O’Brien, K. (2018) ‘Editorial: Intersections in (new) drug research’, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. Taylor & Francis, pp. 297-300.
• Potter, G. R. and Chatwin, C. (2018) ‘Not particularly special: critiquing “NPS” as a category of drugs’, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. Taylor & Francis, pp. 329-336.
• Chatwin, C., Measham, F., O’Brien, K. and Sumnall, H. (2017) ‘New drugs, new directions? Research priorities for new psychoactive substances and human enhancement drugs’, International Journal of Drug Policy. Elsevier, pp. 1-5.
• Chatwin, C. (2016) ‘Assessing the “added value” of European policy on new psychoactive substances’, International Journal of Drug Policy. Elsevier, pp. 111-116.

Book sections

• Chatwin, C. and Fleetwood, J. (2023) ‘Gender Representations in Online Modafinil Markets’, in South, N. and Tzanetakis, M. (eds) Digital Transformations of Illicit Drug Markets: Reconfiguration and Continuity. Bingley, UK: Emerald, pp. 109-126.
• Chatwin, C., Potter, G. R. and Werse, B. (2021) ‘Stigma, identity construction and the “who” of drug use’, in Chatwin, C., Potter, G. R., and Werse, B. (eds) Who? Variation and distinction in the European drugs landscape. Lengerich: Pabst, pp. 11-18. doi: 978-3-95853-722-4.
• Chatwin, C. (2018) ‘The European Union in Panglossian Stagnation’, in Klein, A. and Stothard, B. (eds) Collapse of the Global Order on Drugs: From UNGASS 2016 to Review 2019. Emerald.

Edited books

• Chatwin, C., Potter, G. R. and Werse, B. (eds) (2021) Who? Variation and distinction in the European drugs landscape. Lengerich: Pabst. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31822cb0d2.

Edited journals

• Chatwin, C., Blackman, S. and O’Brien, K. (eds) (2018) ‘Intersections in (new) drug research’, Intersections in (new) drug research. Taylor and Francis, pp. 297-300. doi: 10.1080/09687637.2018.1466867.
• Chatwin, C., Measham, F., O’Brien, K. and Sumnall, H. (eds) (2017) ‘Special issue: New Psychoactive Substances and Human Enhancement Drugs’, International Journal of Drug Policy. Elsevier, pp. 1-122. Available at: http://www.ijdp.org/issue/S0955-3959(17)X0003-0.

• Chatwin, C and Young, T (2024) Body mapping, BSC, Glasgow
• Chatwin, C. and Simpson, G. (2023), Seasonal faces; liminal spaces, ESC, Florence
• Chatwin, C. (2022) Online modafinil markets, ESSD, Vienna.
• Chatwin, C. and Fleetwood, J. (2022) Gender representations in online modafinil markets, European Society of Criminology, Malaga.
• Chatwin, C. (2019), Gendering online drug markets, ESSD, Riga, September
• Chatwin, C. (2019) Panel presentation on teaching and researching within the prison estate, University of Kent, May
• Chatwin, C. and Potter, G. (2018), New Psychoactive Substances: Not particularly Special, ISSDP, Vancouver, May
• Chatwin, C. (2018) Panel presentation on Inside Out programme, Common Studies Session, University of Kent, May
• Chatwin, C. (2017) Intersections in new drug research, ESSD, Stockholm, September
• Chatwin, C. (2017) Inside-Out and social capital, Prison Education Trust Conference, Egham.