Honorary Professor
Faculty of Social Sciences Colin Bell Building, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
Addictive Behaviour: Molecules to Mankind (Bonner,1996) is the title of the book which symbolises the trajectory of my academic career. My early research was concerned with neurobiological aspects of alcohol, as reflected in my publications and teaching activities in the 1990’s. The work-place based undergraduate and programmes, which I developed and managed at the Universities of Surrey and Kent, brought me into contact with clinicians and practitioners working with people whose lives had been significantly affected by alcohol-related problems. Working with colleagues in Kings College Medical School I recognised the importance of ethanol on brain metabolism and began to appreciate the importance of alcohol, not only in chronic alcoholic brain damage but also its potential impact on sub-clinical aspects of cognitive function and its contribution to a person’s ability to engage in the community. In 1998 I was invited to review and develop The Salvation Army’s (SA) addiction services. The SA is an international organisation, working in 126 countries. Currently, I am Specialist Services Adviser, providing health-related support, for The SA in the UK and internationally. In this capacity I have provided consultations and contributions to conferences in Australia, Costa Rica, Lithuania, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, Sweden and the US, and represented the SA at the UN Office Drug Control, in Geneva. These global insights influenced my research during the last five years reflected in the monograph; Social Exclusion and the Way Out:An individual and community response to human social dysfunction (Bonner A.B. 2006). This provided the basis for research into The Seeds of Exclusion (Bonner, Luscombe, 2008), a major influence on SA strategic planning, as exemplified by the launch of this research-based strategy in Westminster in 2008, and in Stormont in 2009. Until December 2012, I was a Reader in the Centre for Health Service Studies, University of Kent and was Director of the Addictive Behaviour Group, which facilitated the development of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research activities. I have been a member of various UK government working groups, including Skills for Health. My previous research, focusing on mechanisms of brain damage and the role of alcohol and other nutritional factors in cognitive function, underpins current research into health inequalities and the role of alcohol in adversely affecting personal wellbeing in vulnerable people. During recent year I have been external examiner for a number of institutions including the MSc Clinical/ Public Aspects of Addiction, Institute of Psychiatry London (2005- 09). Formerly I have been President of the British Chronobiological Society, Chairman of the Congress of the European Society for Biomedical Research into Alcohol, Director of the Institute of Alcohol Studies, and a member of the European Alcohol Health Forum. I am currently a member of London Health Improvement Board Expert Committee (DoH, NHS London) and an honorary professor in the School of Applied Social Sciences, University of Stirling.
Article
Critchlow N, Moodie C, Bauld L, Bonner A & Hastings G (2017) Awareness of, and participation with, user-created alcohol promotion, and the association with higher-risk drinking in young adults. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 11 (2), Art. No.: 6429. https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2017-2-4
Article
Critchlow N, Moodie C, Bauld L, Bonner A & Hastings G (2016) Awareness of, and participation with, digital alcohol marketing, and the association with frequency of high episodic drinking among young adults. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 23 (4), pp. 328-336. https://doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2015.1119247
Article
Bonner A & Gilmore I (2012) The UK Responsibility Deal and its implications for effective alcohol policy in the UK and internationally. Addiction, 107 (12), pp. 2063-2065. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03902.x
Article
Invited Review: Neurodisability and Nutrition
Bonner A (2010) Invited Review: Neurodisability and Nutrition. Journal of Social Care and Neurodisability, 1, pp. 1-15.
Article
Bonner A & Luscombe C (2009) Suicide and Homelessness. Journal of Public Mental Health, 8 (3), pp. 7-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/17465729200900016
Article
van den Bree MMB, Shelton K, Bonner A, Moss S, Thomas H & Taylor P (2009) A Longitudinal Population-Based Study of Factors in Adolescence Predicting Homelessness in Young Adulthood. Journal of Adolescent Health, 45 (6), pp. 571-578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.027
Article
Risk Factors for Homelessness: Evidence From a Population-Based Study
Shelton K, Taylor P, Bonner A & van den Bree MMB (2009) Risk Factors for Homelessness: Evidence From a Population-Based Study. Psychiatric Services, 60 (4), pp. 465-472. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.60.4.465
Research Report
Bonner A, Luscombe C, van den Bree MMB & Taylor P (2008) The Seeds of Exclusion. London: The Salvation Army. http://www.kent.ac.uk/chss/docs/TheSeedsOfExclusion-FullReport.pdf
Book Chapter
Alcohol Dependency - The extent of the problem
Hain K & Bonner A (2008) Alcohol Dependency - The extent of the problem. In: Martin C (ed.) Identification and Treatment of Alcohol Dependency. Cumbria: M&K Update, pp. 1-14. http://www.mkupdate.co.uk/shop/books/social_care/identification_and_treatment_of_alcohol_dependency
Book Chapter
Bonner A (2008) Alcohol and Social Exclusion. In: Martin C (ed.) Identification and Treatment of Alcohol Dependency. Cumbria, UK: M&K Update, pp. 305-318. http://www.mkupdate.co.uk/shop/books/social_care/identification_and_treatment_of_alcohol_dependency
Authored Book
Social Exclusion and the Way Out: An individual and community response to human social dysfunction
Bonner A (2006) Social Exclusion and the Way Out: An individual and community response to human social dysfunction. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470019352.html
Other
Bonner A (Editor) (2005) Alcohol and Alcoholism: 10th Congress of the European Society for Biomedical Research into Alcohol, Canterbury, UK, 4–7 September 2005. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 40 (Supplement 1). http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/suppl_1.toc
Book Chapter
Alcohol, Nutrition and Recovery of Brain Function
Bonner A, Thomson AD & Cook CCH (2003) Alcohol, Nutrition and Recovery of Brain Function. In: Watson R & Preedy V (eds.) Nutrition and Alcohol: Linking Nutrient Interactions and Dietary Intake. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 148-174. http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9780849316807
Edited Book
Addictive Behaviour: Molecules to Mankind
Bonner A & Waterhouse J (eds.) (1996) Addictive Behaviour: Molecules to Mankind. New York and Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=256898