Emeka Dumbili
SOCIOLOGIST
Institute for Therapy and Health Research, Germany
Performance enhancement drugs; gender, drug policy; psychoactive substances, public health
Dr Emeka Dumbili is a Sociologist with expertise in psychoactive substances, social theory, and qualitative methodologies. Emeka completed his PhD in the Department of Sociology and Communications, Brunel University London, exploring the interplay between media consumption, the gendering of alcohol, and aspirational drinking amongst young people. He is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, and currently a Georg Forster Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. Between 2016 and 2017, Emeka was a Mildred Blaxter Postdoctoral Fellow at Brunel University London. In 2019, he was awarded the ACU (Association of Commonwealth Universities) Blue Charter Fellowship to explore plastic pollution in Nigeria. His current research interests centre around the sociology of drug use, performance enhancement drugs, and public health.