Pioneering new Gambling Harms Research Centre launched at University of Bristol

Press release issued:

A £4 million Gambling Harms Research Centre (GHRC) has been launched to build greater understanding and evidence around the growing and diverse impact of gambling harms across Great Britain.

Led by renowned multidisciplinary research experts, the first of its kind research centre will apply a public health approach to advancing best practice research to deepen understanding and raise awareness of gambling harms.

The independent hub is funded by a grant awarded by GambleAware, following a rigorous and competitive selections process moderated by an independent panel of experts.

Read the full University of Bristol press release

Further information

About the Gambling Harms Research Centre:

  • The Gambling Harms Research Centre (GHRC) is the first Academic Research Hub in Great Britain specialising in gambling harms research. Centred in Bristol University, it was established with the ambition of delivering significant impact on the gambling research landscape, both within Great Britain and across the globe, through the inclusion of new and diverse areas of research.
  • The GHRC was set-up by an initial five-year, £4 million grant awarded by GambleAware, as part of the charity’s commitment to build and diversify research capability in the gambling harms field in Great Britain.
  • The grant is the culmination of an 18-month process of engagement with universities and academic experts, resulting in proposals from some of the country’s top universities to build a new multi-disciplinary centre of excellence in gambling research. Proposals were assessed by an independent external panel of experts, using published assessment criteria.
  • The GHRC is expected to secure additional funding sources further to this initial grant, to enable growth beyond the term of the grant award.
  • The Hub will operate entirely independently of funding sources, choosing its own research agenda to support a public health approach to gambling harms.
  • It will be solidly anchored in two University Health Research Institutes, ensuring a public health lens on all research:
    • The Bristol Population Health Science Institute (which includes genomics, clinical trials and healthcare evaluation expertise), and
    • The Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research (which specialises in interdisciplinarity expertise – including mental health).