EWODOR Conference
9th and 10th October 2025 - Braga
Aula Magna, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Addiction, mental health and recovery:
from research to ractice
Centro de Solidariedade de Braga / Projecto Homem, Universidade Católica Portuguesa and EWODOR (European Working Group On Drug-Oriented Recovery Research) are happy to announce the 2025 EWODOR symposium that will be held on October 9th and 10th in Braga, Portugal. EWODOR has a long tradition of bringing together researchers and practitioners from all over Europe and beyond to exchange recent insights and findings around addiction treatment and recovery. This year, the theme will be dedicated to “Addiction, mental health and recovery: from research to practice”.
Academics and researchers, institutions and technicians, and all those interested are invited to contribute to this always topical and challenging debate. The meeting is scheduled for October 9 and 10, 2025, in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences in the Campus of Braga of the Portuguese Catholic University.
Program, October 9, 2025
9h30
10h15
11h00
11h30
12h00
13h00
14h30
15h15
16h30
17h00
Opening session
Paulo Dias (Pro-Rector da Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Braga, CeSB - Projecto Homem Braga)
Alexis Goosdeel (European Union Drugs Agency, EUDA)
Phaedon Kaloterakis (President of European Federation of Therapeutic Communities, EFTC)
Ricardo Rio (Mayor of Braga) - To be confirmed
Guilherme Meneses (President of Centro de Solidariedade de Braga - Projecto Homem)
Keynote 1:
Mark Griffiths (Nottingham Trent University) - Online addictions and mental health
Moderator: Paulo Dias (Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Braga, CeSB - Projecto Homem Braga)
Coffee Break
Mulka Nisic (University of Derby)
Moderator: Daniela Monteiro (Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Braga, CeSB - Projecto Homem Braga)
Parallel Session (portuguese)
Lunch
Keynote:
Carmela Martínez Vispo (University of Santiago de Compostela)
Moderator: Daniela Monteiro (Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Braga, CeSB - Projecto Homem Braga)
Parallel Session (spanish)
Coffee Break
Keynote:
Wouter Vanderplasschen (Ghent University) – Integration of mental health and addictions treatment
Moderator: Andrea Ascari (FICT - Federazione Italiana Comunità Terapeutiche) - To be confirmed
Program, October 10, 2025
9h30
10h15
11h15
11h45
12h30
18h00
Keynote:
Pedro Hubert (Instituto de Apoio ao Jogador) - Mental health and behavioral addictions
Moderator: Sara Leite (CeSB - Projecto Homem Braga)
Parallel Session (english)
Coffee Break
Keynote
João Goulão (Director General of Institute for Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies, I.P) - Addictions and mental health: Challenges for policy makers and practitioners
Moderator: Flávia Ferreira (CeSB - Projecto Homem Braga)
Closing Session:
João Goulão (Director General of Institute for Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies, I.P.)
Wouter Vanderplasschen (Ghent University)
D. José Cordeiro (Arcebishop of Braga) - To be confirmed
General Assembly of EFTC
Workshops (in Portuguese)
Pedro Hubert (Instituto de Apoio ao Jogador)
João Faria (Partners in Neurosciense)
Mariano Choliz (University of Valencia) To be confirmed
Luís Fernandes (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences) To be confirmed
Call for Abstracts
Deadlines:
Submission of proposals by e-mail until May 30th
(ewodor2025@projectohomem-braga.pt)
Feedback to authors: until June 16th
You can register for the event:
Some suggestions for hotels:
Mark Griffiths
Nottingham Trent University
João Goulão
Institute for Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies, I.P.
Carmela Martínez Vispo
University of Santiago de Compostela
Keynote Speakers
João Faria
Partners in Neurosciense
Mulka Nisic
University of Derby
Wouter Vanderplasschen
Ghent University
Mariano Choliz
University of Valencia
Pedro Hubert
Instituto de Apoio ao Jogador
Wouter Vanderplasschen
Ghent University
Roberto Secades-Villa
University of Oviedo
Elisardo Becoña
University of Santiago de Compostela
Scientific Committee
Paulo Dias
Univer. Católica Portuguesa-Braga
Pedro Morgado
University of Minho
Andrea Ascari
Italian Federation of Therapeutic Communities
Diana Moreira
Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Braga
Antonio Molina Fernandez
Complutense University
Daniel Rijo
University of Coimbra
Rui Abrunhosa
University of Minho
Andreia Azeredo
Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Braga
Alba González-Roz
Universuty of Oviedo
Mariano Choliz
University of Valencia
to be confirmed
Luís Fernandes
University of Porto
to be confirmed
Guilherme Meneses
CeSB - Projecto Homem Braga
Daniela Monteiro
Univer. Católica Portuguesa - Braga
Daniela Castro
CeSB - Projecto Homem Braga
Organizing Committee
Phaedon Kaloterakis
European Federation of Therapeutic Communities
Flávia Ferreira
CeSB - Projecto Homem Braga
Oriol Esculies
Asociación Proyecto Hombre
Sara Leite
CeSB - Projecto Homem Braga
Con. Luís Rodrigues
Univer. Católica Portuguesa - Braga
About EWODOR
EWODOR is one of the oldest drug research and recovery networks in Europe.
The European Working Group on Targeted Drug Research (EWODOR) was founded in 1983 by Eric Broekaert (Ghent University, Belgium), Vera Segraeus (Uppsala University, Sweden) and Charles Kaplan & Martien Kooyman (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands) as the scientific branch of the European Federation of Therapeutic Communities (EFTC). EWODOR conferences are usually organised in partnership between a treatment organisation and a local university. Recently, EWODOR conferences have been hosted by Aarhus University (Denmark, 2004), University of Oslo (Norway, 2007), University of Stirling (Scotland, 2009), University of Barcelona (Spain, 2011), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece, 2012), Trinity College Dublin (Ireland, 2014), LUMSA University Rome (Italy, 2016), Ghent University (Belgium, 2018) and University of Derby (England, 2020, cancelled).
Due to COVID-19 restrictions and changes in the organizing universities, EWODOR (European Working Group on Drug Oriented Recovery Research) has been transformed into a network of recovery researchers that holds regular meetings and organizes a biannual conference that will be used as a forum for international exchange on addiction recovery research and the role of treatment. We will continue EWODOR’s tradition of practice-based research as well as its focus on lived experiences to advance knowledge about addiction recovery.
