The ISSUP Exchange

The Road After Prison: Care, Recovery and Safer Communities with Michael Chaple Pt. 1: Getting to Know Michael

In this first episode of The Road After Prison: Care, Recovery and Safer Communities, Professor Goodman Sibeko is joined by Michael Chaple, an internationally recognised

Democratising Evidence with David Patton Pt. 4: The Future of Evidence

In this final episode, Professor Goodman Sibeko and Dr David Patton look ahead to the future of addiction science and explore what it would take for lived experience to b

Democratising Evidence with David Patton Pt. 3: Participatory Research in Practice

In episode three , Professor Goodman Sibeko and Dr David Patton move from theory to practice, exploring how lived experience can be meaningfully embedded throughout the r

Democratising Evidence with David Patton Pt. 2: What Counts as Evidence?

In this episode, Professor Goodman Sibeko and Dr David Patton examine how knowledge is created, valued, and used within addiction science. Drawing on his experience as a

Democratising Evidence with David Patton Pt. 1: From Experience to Leadership

Professor Goodman Sibeko speaks with Dr David Patton about the experiences that shaped his journey into criminology, recovery research, and the movement to centre lived e

Prevention Unpacked with Dr. Zili Sloboda Pt.4: Vision, Legacy & The Future of Prevention

In the final episode of Prevention Unpacked with Dr. Zili Sloboda: Vision, Legacy & The Future of Prevention, the conversation looks ahead and brings the series full circ

Prevention Unpacked with Dr. Zili Sloboda Pt.3: Workforce, Capacity & Global Development

In this third episode of Prevention Unpacked with Dr. Zili Sloboda, the focus shifts from science to the people who make prevention possible. Dr. Sloboda reflects on why

Prevention Unpacked with Dr. Zili Sloboda Pt.2: Science, Translation & the Evolution of Prevention

In this episode of Prevention Unpacked with Dr. Zili Sloboda, the conversation turns to how prevention science actually became a field. Dr. Sloboda reflects on the early

Prevention Unpacked with Dr. Zili Sloboda Pt.1: The Journey and Vision

In this first episode of Prevention Unpacked, Associate Professor Goodman Sibeko speaks with Dr. Zili Sloboda about the early experiences that shaped her life and career.

Workplace Prevention in Practice Pt.4: Building Resilient and Healthy Work Environments

In this final episode, Associate Professors Goodman Sibeko and Nadine Harker shift the focus from individual-level responses to the organisational systems that shape well

Workplace Prevention in Practice Pt.3: Policy, Ethics, and Compliance in Workplace Prevention

In this episode, Associate Professors Goodman Sibeko and Nadine Harker unpack how workplaces can uphold legal and ethical standards while promoting mental health and prev

Workplace Prevention in Practice Pt.2: Early Identification and Support in the Workplace

In this third episode, Associate Professor Goodman Sibeko and Associate Professor Nadine Harker discuss how workplaces can identify early signs of substance use and menta

Workplace Prevention in Practice Pt.1: Shifting Workplace from Reaction to Care

In this first episode, Associate Professor Goodman Sibeko sits down with Associate Professor Nadine Harker to unpack what it really means for a workplace to take preventi

Workplace Prevention in Practice (Intro): Getting to know Nadine Harker

Before exploring how workplaces can promote prevention and wellbeing, Associate Professor Goodman Sibeko introduces Associate Professor Nadine Harker, the voice and persp

A Decade of Impact, A Future of Possibility: ISSUP at 10 Pt.3

Building the Future Together: Joanna Travis-Roberts on 10 Years of ISSUP In the final episode of the series, Associate Professor Goodman Sibeko sits down once again with

Building a Global Home: The Birth and Growth of ISSUP Pt.2

Building the Future Together: Joanna Travis-Roberts on 10 Years of ISSUP A special three-part series celebrating 10 years of of the International Society of Substance Us

Getting to Know Joanna Travis-Roberts Pt.1

Building the Future Together: Joanna Travis-Roberts on 10 Years of ISSUP A special three-part series celebrating 10 years of of the International Society of Substance Us

The Evidence Speaks: What Research Says About MI Today Pt.4

What does the evidence tell us about Motivational Interviewing (MI), and what might the future of research hold? In the final episode of the ISSUP Exchange series, A/Pro

Growing MI: Training Minds, Shaping Practice Pt.3

What does it take to truly learn Motivational Interviewing, and how do we build the kind of environments where that learning can stick? In this third episode of the ISSU

MI in Action: Turning Conversations into Change Pt.2

What does it really mean to “step back” in a helping conversation? And how can practitioners cultivate genuine curiosity and empathy while still focusing on change? In t