Heino Stöver

Heino Stöver is a social scientist and professor of social scientific addiction research at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences in Germany, Faculty of Health and Social Work. Since 1987, he has been director of the Archive and Documentation Centre for Drug Literature and Research at the University of Bremen (www.archido.info). He is the president of the national umbrella organization working on harm reduction for drug users, called akzept e.V. (Bundesverband fur akzeptierende Drogenarbeit und humane Drogenpolitik; www.akzept.eu). Since 2009, he has been the director of the Institute of Addiction Research (frankfurt- university.de/isff).
Stöver’s main fields of research and project development expertise are health promotion for vulnerable and marginalized groups, drug services, prison healthcare and related health issues (especially HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, drug dependence and gender issues) and the potential of e-cigarettes. His international research and consultancy expertise include working as a consultant for the European Commission, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the World Health Organization, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Open Society Institute in various contexts.
He has published several articles in peer-reviewed international journals and books on preventing and treating infectious diseases adequately, opioid substitution programs (including the provision of heroin) in the community and in prisons and general healthcare issues. He is the co-founder of the International Journal of Prisoner Health (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/ Heino_Stoever).
Stöver has gained project experiences by participating in and leading several projects in the European Union, Africa, Central Asia and Asia