European Drugs Summer School

Liesbeth Vandam

 Liesbeth Vandam is an 'Analyst — Scientific Coordination' in the Scientific division of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drugs Addiction (EMCDDA). She holds a MSc degree in European Criminology and a PhD in Criminology, focusing on drug  use among released prisoners. From 2006 until 2010 she worked in the Drug Unit of the Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy. Since 2011, she is responsible for the coordination of the EMCDDA's technical programmes by providing technical  and scientific support to the Scientific Director. She has published several research papers on drug-related crime, public expenditures, drug policy, drug use among prisoners and drug monitoring.