Dr Johannes John-Langba, a senior lecturer in the Department of Social Development, has been nominated by the EIDOS Institute, an Australian-based public policy think-tank, for the prestigious Australian Fellowship to continue his work on the use and misuse of alcohol and other drugs (AOD) among indigenous Australians and previously disadvantaged South Africans.
Working in collaboration with Associate Professor Deborah Graham and other colleagues from the Cairns Institute at James Cook University in Australia, Dr John-Langba seeks to explore issues around AOD misuse intervention, prevention and treatment, as well as problems related to new types of drugs that are appearing in vulnerable and underserved communities. According to Professor Sue McGinty, acting director of the Cairns Institute, the fellowship has the potential to increase South African expertise in a much-neglected area.
As part of this work, Dr John-Langba, who is also a Research Fellow of the Cairns Institute, visited the Institute in March 2013 and presented a paper which has since been published in the journal International Peacekeeping.
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