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SUMMARY:Hybrid drug markets: Why integrated methodological approaches are n
 eeded
DESCRIPTION:Contact: david.wasterfors@soc.lu.se\n\nNo registration is requi
 red for this seminar.Hybrid drug markets are best understood as socio-tech
 nical assemblages operating along a digital-physical continuum\, where onl
 ine platforms\, face-to-face interactions\, and social relations are mutua
 lly constitutive. Challenging online/offline dualisms\, research shows tha
 t illicit exchanges remain embedded in social networks\, trust relations\,
  and cultural practices\, aligning with economic sociology’s emphasis on
  markets as relational and socially embedded.&nbsp\;This talk illustrates 
 these developments through two ongoing research projects. The first analys
 es darknet markets as adaptive infrastructures for the distribution of hig
 hly potent synthetic opioids across Europe\, drawing on longitudinal digit
 al trace data to examine supply dynamics and public health risks. The seco
 nd employs qualitative interviews to investigate gendered drug acquisition
  practices in Vienna\, highlighting how hybrid environments reproduce ineq
 ualities in access\, risk\, and harm reduction.BiographyMeropi Tzanetakis 
 is a Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Sociology and Soc
 ial Research at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business. She is PI 
 of the Austrian Science Fund project ‘A Socio-Technical Framework for On
 line Drug Markets’. Meropi’s research explores how illegal markets are
  embedded within society and the broader economy. Her work forms part of a
  wider research agenda examining the transformation of markets through pro
 cesses of digitalisation. Specifically\, she investigates the socio-techni
 cal embeddedness of illicit markets across global\, national\, and local c
 ontexts\, with a focus on how platform business models and emerging techno
 logies such as AI reshape social practices\, trust relations\, and governa
 nce.OrganiserDavid Wästerfors\, Professor at the Department of SociologyW
 elcome on April 9th!&nbsp\;Arranged by Lund Social Science Methods Centre\
 n\nMore information about the event: https://www.sam.lu.se/en/calendar/hyb
 rid-drug-markets-why-integrated-methodological-approaches-are-needed
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LOCATION:G335 (Gamla lungkliniken)\, Sandgatan 11\, Lund
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