Congratulations to NDRI Research Officer Emma Vieira on being awarded the Ole Jørgen Skog Early Career Researcher Award at the 2025 Kettil Bruun Society (KBS) Symposium in Glasgow.

The prize is handed out each year to the best paper presented by an early career researcher at the annual KBS Symposium.

Emma’s win marks only the third time the award has been won by an Australian researcher in its 20-year history, having been chosen over early career researchers from England, Scotland, Canada and the USA.

Her paper, Investigating Gender Convergence in Young Adults’ Drinking in Australia, analysed three national surveys to explore how drinking patterns had changed for Australian young adults in the past 20 years. She found reasonably consistent evidence that the gap between men’s and women’s drinking habits had narrowed, but this was driven by declines in men’s drinking rather than increases for women.

According to the award judges, Emma’s paper “stood out for its methodological rigor, sharp analyses, clear presentation of results and providing a fresh perspective on an important question about how drinking trends are changing among young adults”.

Please join us in congratulating Emma on her excellent achievement.

Emma’s paper is expected to be published later this year.

Four people standing in a cathedral hall, with the woman second from the left holding a certificate.
(L-R) Emma Vieira, Associate Professor Michael Livingston, NDRI Research Fellow Nic Taylor and Amy Pennay from the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research (Note: Visiting/Adjunct Dr Cass Wright is absent).