He has been active in addiction research since 1977 in the fields of epidemiology, policy research, prevention, evaluation and research methodology. Presently, he coordinates the section of addiction prevention research and documentation and teaches research methodology at the Institute for Statistics and Mathematics in the University of Economics and Business in Vienna. Richard Ives founded the company educari, which assists professionals who work with children and young people. He focuses particularly on drugs, alcohol and gambling issues. He has developed a number of educational resources and undertaken project evaluations in the UK and in other countries (working for the UN and other international bodies). He has worked with the Pompidou Group on many activities, including the development and implementation of a Lifeskills Programme, and he is Expert Advisor to PG’s Drug Prevention Prize Young People’s Jury. POMPIDOU GROUP