The work of the Hub is framed around four Challenges: what initiates harmful gambling; what is the everyday practice and portrayal of gambling in social groups; what social and spatial inequalities exacerbate gambling harms; and what socio-technical innovations can help prevent or reduce gambling harms.
To inform the work of the Hub, we conducted four scoping reviews of current evidence, each of which addresses one of these Challenges. The evidence base for the scoping reviews comprises 450 papers and reports.
We have also published an evidence synthesis report that draws together the key findings from the scoping reviews and suggests potential areas for further research, some of which are already being explored by projects funded through the Hub’s Research Innovation Fund.