STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD

NEW FOR 2017: FIRST STUDENT RESEARCH AWARD

New to Breaking Convention this year, we are thrilled to announce the First Student Research Award.  The award is £500 for an original student essay or research report submitted by a confirmed Masters or Doctoral student.  The winning essay/report was to be 3-4000 words, relevant to psychedelics, and within the student’s field of study.  The author of the winning essay/report is also invited to speak at Breaking Convention this year.

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2017 WINNER

LINDSAY JORDAN

WHERE WERE YOU WHILE WE WERE GETTING HIGH?  AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHY OF PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE AND DOCTORAL STUDY

2017 RUNNERS-UP

ALEXANDER B BELSER

THE DEFAULT MODE NETWORK, THE TASK-POSITIVE NETWORK, AND SEROTONERGIC HALLUCINOGENS: A BRIEF REVIEW OF RECENT FINDINGS

STELIANA YANAKIEVA

PSYCHEDELICS AND THE MEANING OF LIFE: CAN PSYCHEDELICS INDUCE TRANSFORMATIVE MYSTICAL EXPERIENCES?