From 1 April, the Hub will enter an exciting new phase under the co-leadership of Dr Raffaello Rossi and Dr Philip Newall. Moving forward, the Hub will be fully funded by the University of Bristol and operate independently of external funding. This creates an opportunity to shape the Hub’s next chapter with renewed ambition and a clear strategic focus.
From 1 April, the Hub will enter an exciting new phase under the co-leadership of Dr Raffaello Rossi and Dr Philip Newall. Moving forward, the Hub will be fully funded by the University of Bristol and operate independently of external funding. This creates an opportunity to shape the Hub’s next chapter with renewed ambition and a clear strategic focus.
In 2025 the Bristol Hub for Gambling Research invited Research Innovation Fund Awardees to submit applications for follow-on funding to develop the impacts of their research projects.
After witnessing the impact of gambling on friends, two Bristol graduates have created a toolkit to help universities protect students.
UK Parliamentary debates in January 2026 drew heavily on research from the Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms Research, including work by Dr Raffaello Rossi, Prof Agnes Nairn, and Dr Jamie Wheaton.
New research has revealed adult grassroots football players are five-times more likely to experience gambling problems than other adults in England, turning a healthy hobby into a hidden harm.
A letter to the Prime Minister of Canada from Canadian Senators referenced research conducted by members of the Hub team in collaboration with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) News in their call for the government to impose a ban on all advertising for sports gambling apps and websites.
The Pan-Africa Gambling Harms Research Network met in person for the second time this year in October 2025. Colleagues travelled to Bristol from Kenya, Namibia, South Africa and Nigeria for a workshop and public lecture. Unfortunately, due to visa restrictions two colleagues from Uganda and one from Namibia were unable to travel and had to join the workshop online.
From the enticements of luxury items for nuns and priests in 16th century Italy, to the historic role of masculinity in Australia’s betting culture, the arts and humanities have more to teach us about gambling harms than just the statistics and data of other disciplines.
This will be a free, in-person public lecture being held in the Wills Memorial Building at the University of Bristol, on Wednesday 15th October 2025 from 18.00 to 19.30. Open to Everyone in the City and Far Beyond.
Professor Agnes Nairn and Dr Kah-Wee Lee, world expert on global casino projects from National University of Singapore’s Department of Architecture, have been awarded a prestigious University of Bristol’s Benjamin Meaker Annual Award (BMAA) from 1st August 2025 to 31st July 2026.
Professor Agnes Nairn is delighted to have been recruited to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) College of Experts.
The University of Bristol will host a one-day symposium on 10th September 2025 focussing on Arts and Humanities research into gambling and gambling harms.
This will be a free, in-person event being held at We the Curious, Bristol, UK (with a Livestream option for those unable to attend in person) on Thursday 16th October 2025.
Professor Pamela Raburu, a Co-I on the Research Innovation Fund project Identification of and intervention in gambling effects among vulnerable groups in public universities in Kenya made a visit to the Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms Research.
A new study, by the University of Bristol and Ipsos, adds to mounting evidence showing gambling marketing needs much stricter national regulation.
New research reveals gambling messages during the opening weekend of this season’s football Premier League have almost trebled since last year, putting fans including children at risk.
Sports fans are being bombarded daily with gambling advertising via social media in the United States – and the majority of ads could be in breach of regulations, according to a new study. The findings, exposing non-compliance to the industry’s codes, have prompted calls for strict legislation to better curb and police online gambling advertising, which has surged in recent years.
You can now apply for our Research Innovation Fund Seedcorn Award competition which aims to support innovative and interdisciplinary research to understand and tackle gambling harms.
Dr Raffaello Rossi was invited to serve as an expert witness at the Senate of Canada’s hearing on gambling marketing regulations.
We are pleased to announce the publication of four new scoping reviews of international interdisciplinary gambling harms evidence, plus an evidence synthesis report that summarises the key findings from the scoping reviews and suggests some potential areas for further research.
This month, the Hub hosted a group of engineering students from Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania.
Ronnie Cowan MP led a debate on gambling marketing in sport in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 13th March 2024 and referenced University of Bristol research.
The Research Innovation Fund Strategic Award aims to support innovative and interdisciplinary research to understand and tackle gambling harms.
The Committee for Culture, Media and Sport ran an inquiry in 2023 into the progress made by the Government’s in addressing the issues raised by Parliament and also how to ensure regulation can keep up with innovations in online gambling and the links between gambling, broadcasting and sport. This came after the launch of the Government’s Gambling White Paper into reform of the Gambling Act 2005.
Dr Jamie Wheaton and Dr Raffaello Rossi collaborated with UK-based Channel 5 News and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) News to carry out research into the amount of gambling messages that are shown during live TV and radio coverage of sports.
This will be a free, in-person event being held at The Bristol Hotel and Conference Centre Bristol, UK (with a Livestream option for those unable to attend in person) on Thursday 10th October 2024.
The Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms Research has launched its Research Innovation Fund Seedcorn Award to support innovative and interdisciplinary research to understand and tackle gambling harms.
Dr Raffaello Rossi speaks at the National Conference on Gambling Addiction and Responsible Gambling 2023 in Washington D.C. USA
The deadline for the Research Innovation Fund Strategic Award is fast approaching
The Bristol Hub for Gambling Harms Research has launched its Research Innovation Fund Strategic Award to support innovative and interdisciplinary research to understand and tackle gambling harms.
The Research Innovation Fund will fund innovative and interdisciplinary research to understand and tackle gambling harms.
The third Current Advances in Gambling Research (CAGR) Conference will be held at King’s College London on 28th and 29th June.
Hub Co-Director Agnes Nairn will be speaking at the Westminster Media Forum event that will be focusing on the next steps for gambling reform and regulation in the UK.
The Hub Co-Directors, Sharon Collard and Agnes Nairn, are speaking at the next Scottish Gambling Education Network meeting (SGEN) on 30th March 2023.
