Jessica Storbjörk

Jessica Storbjörk is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Senior Lecturer at Stockholm University's Department of Public Health Sciences, and Director of the Center for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD). She leads national and international research networks, including Sonad (Alcohol and Drug Research Network within the Social Sciences) and serves on boards of organizations like the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP). Her teaching focuses on addiction, public health data, welfare state models, and qualitative methods.

Her research examines substance use policy, harm reduction in Sweden's prohibitionist context, and the impact of New Public Management (NPM) on social services. Current projects include studying injection drug use risks, long-term outcomes of treatment recipients, and supervised consumption sites. She advises PhD students Tuulia Lerkkanen and Elin Holmén, whose work addresses drug policy and harm reduction strategies.

Publications highlight issues like risk-amplifying loops among people who inject drugs, Naloxone access, and moral boundary work in policy implementation. She emphasizes evidence-based approaches while critiquing the Swedish zero-tolerance drug strategy's limitations. Collaborations with stakeholders and international networks underscore her commitment to impactful, socially oriented research.