PROFESSOR NEIL McKEGANEY

Professor Neil McKeganey BA, MSc, PhD, FRSA is the founding director of the Centre for Drug Misuse Research at the University of Glasgow. Opened in 1994, the Centre comprises one of the leading drug-misuse research teams in Europe.

Professor McKeganey is a sociologist by training and has undertaken research on a wide range of topics, including work on UK and Scottish Drug Policy, the impact of parental drug use on children, pre-teen drug use, the link between drug use and prostitution, the recovery from dependent drug use and the limitations of the harm reduction model of drug treatment provision. 

He is the author of five books and over 200 articles on aspects of his research. He is also a frequent commentator on drug misuse matters in the media. He has written for the Guardian, the Independent, and the Times newspapers as well as publishing frequently in magazines.

Neil McKeganey does not hold a government advisory position although he is a member of the Prisons and Addictions Group at the Centre for Policy Studies.