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To find out more about our past projects, please visit our Research Hub.
Current Research Projects
We conduct and commission high-quality research to ensure all our programmes and the policy positions we advocate for are evidence-based.
Project aims:
- To better understand the reach of the Try Dry® App
- To investigate socio-demographic usage patterns
- To determine whether any patterns in effectiveness in reducing alcohol consumption could be established
Carried out by: Polimapper
Expected publication: Summer 2025
Project aims:
- To understand the awareness and use of alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks amongst people who are currently pregnant or have recently given birth
- To understand their views about the usefulness of such drinks in helping them cut down their alcohol consumption or abstain during their pregnancy
Carried out by: The University of Plymouth
Expected publication: Summer 2025
Project aims:
- To explore how alcohol-related harm impacts on productivity and health-related economic inactivity, including its effects on participation rates, hours worked, and absenteeism due to sick leave.
- To develop a policy blueprint for transforming how the state, employers and employees work together to tackle alcohol harm at work.
Carried out by: The Institute for Public Policy Research
Expected publication: Autumn 2025
Project aim:
- To investigate young people’s consumption of no and low alcohol drinks in family settings in the UK
Carried out by: The University of Sheffield and University College London
Expected publication: Spring 2026