Conference Programme

WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY – Pre-Conference Workshops

12:00 – 13:00 Registration

13:00 – 14:45 WORKSHOP 1 – Duty of care policies and interventions

Anouk Tuijnman, Virve Marionneau, Håkan Wall

15:00 – 16:45 WORKSHOP 2 – Addressing gender equity in gambling studies conferences and events

Eva Monson

15:00 – 16:45 WORKSHOP 3 – Prevalence matters: exploring innovative new approaches for population gambling research

Heather Wardle, David Zendle, Jouni Kuha, Anne Salonen

18:00 – Evening programme – TBA

Descriptions of the workshops can be found here. Workshop details will be shared closer to the event with those who have registered. Please note that workshops 2 and 3 are parallel.

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THURSDAY, 28 MAY
University of Helsinki Main building, Fabianinkatu 33

10:45 – 12:00 PLENARY SESSION 1 – Gambling and Harms in Different Demographics
Small hall, 4. floor

• Annie-Claude Savard: State mediated pleasure and harm in gambling among young adults
• Nigel Turner: Trends in gambling and video gaming in youth, 2013 to 2023
• Mounir Elatrachi: Socioeconomic determinants of gambling behavior
• Daniel McGrath: Risk factors for cryptocasino gambling: The role of demographics, cryptocurrency engagement, substance use, and gambling involvement
• Jason Landon: Aging might not be the risk: Generational pathways to gambling harm

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
Agora, 1. floor

13:00 – 13:30 POSTER SESSION 1
Aula Rectoria, 2. floor

See poster session participant list below. Posters will be visible throughout the conference Day 1.

13:30 – 15:00 PLENARY SESSION 2 – Interpersonal Relations and Recovery
Small hall, 4. floor

• Adele Morvannou: Resilience, introspection, and supportive relationships among women who have experienced gambling-related harm
• Kelly Henderson: Gambling related domestic abuse – A focus on women in social housing
• Blair Biggar: Gambling harm, masculinity, and community in grassroots football
• Grace Mhalu: Relational and public health impacts of gambling among Tanzanian families
• Johanna Järvinen-Tassopoulos: Gambling harms and financial insecurity in families with children
• Marla Stafford: A thematic analysis of lived experiences of recovering and recovered gamblers

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee
Aula Rectoria, 2. floor

15:30 – 16:45 PLENARY SESSION 3 – Digital Environments and Automated Interventions
Small hall, 4. floor

• Juan Navas: Beyond responsible gambling: Unmasking deceptive design strategies to prevent youth gambling harms
• Jack McGarrigle: Consent banners, dark patterns, and GDPR infringements in online gambling: Evidence from a systematic audit and online experiment
• Leon Xiao: Gambling adverts on social media reach 2.3 times more men than women: Using the Meta Ad Library to assess gambling advertising in Ireland
• Spencer Murch: Effects of AI-generated warning messages on gambling cravings and intentions
• Maria Persson: Understanding duty of care: Gamblers’ and close significant others’ perspectives

16:45 – 17:30 PANEL SESSION – Governing gambling or the industry? Recognising responsible regulation
Small hall, 4. floor

Chair: Michael Egerer
Panelists: Sylvia Kairouz, Håkan Wall, Thelma Oppelt

18:00 – 19:00 City of Helsinki evening reception
Helsinki City Hall (Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13)

Registration link will be sent separately to those who have registered to the conference.

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FRIDAY, 29 MAY
University of Helsinki Main building (Fabianinkatu 33)

8:30 – 9:00 Coffee
4. floor

9:00 – 9:30 KEYNOTE
Small hall, 4. floor

Tobias Hayer: Gambling, gambling disorder, and the regulation of the gambling market: Experiences from Germany

9:30 – 10:15 PLENARY SESSION 4 – Novel Approaches to Gambling Research
Small hall, 4. floor

• Sharon Martin: The value of collaborative songwriting: listening to women who have lived experience of gambling
• Christopher Bunn: Developing and piloting an arts-based workshop for gambling harm prevention
• Nicolette Roman: LEGO® -based participatory modelling creates family-centered gambling harm data

10:15 – 10:45 Breakfast
4. floor

10:45 – 12:00 PLENARY SESSION 5 – Global Perspectives to Treatment
Small hall, 4. floor

• Anastasia Constantinides: Reframing Asian gambling harm: The tree model as a culturally grounded framework
• Helena Saverino & Luca Ciuffreda: Beyond the Threshold: Meeting players in real-world gambling contexts
• Marika Kakhidze: When families become the first responders: Gambling harm, informal care, and low-threshold digital support in the Georgian context
• Michael Long: Predicting non-attendance and dropout in NHS Gambling Services
• Louise Francis: Gambling Help: Analysis of a service offering in Western Australia

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
Agora, 1. floor

13:00 – 13:30 POSTER SESSION 2
Aula Rectoria, 2. floor

See poster session participant list below. Posters will be visible throughout the conference Day 2.

13:30 – 14:45 PLENARY SESSION 6 – Industry Tactics and Regulation
Small hall, 4. floor

• Eva Monson: The evolution of gambling: Inequalities, environments, and regulation impacts
• Jani Selin: From monopoly to licensing regime: Gambling industry strategies and framings in Finland’s policy reform
• Manase Chiweshe: Advertising tactics of gambling companies in Zimbabwe
• Theodore Piper & Kate Bedford: The effects of public health laws and regulations to reduce gambling harms
• Riitta Matilainen: Harm prevention or market priorities? Lobbying in Finland’s gambling reform

14:45 – 15:15 Coffee
Aula Rectoria, 2. floor

15:15 – 16:45 PLENARY SESSION 7 – Mapping and Advancing Gambling Research
Small hall, 4. floor

• Jenny Cisneros Örnberg: Swedish gambling research through a gender lens: A scoping review
• Carling Baxter: An instrument to estimate risk of funding-related bias in gambling research
• Jose C. Perales: Cognitive load disrupts spontaneous craving regulation in regular gamblers
• James Close: The Gambling Harms Severity Index (GHSI): Measuring the real-world impacts of gambling-related harms
• Simon van Baal: How do first-hand experiences and the PGSI relate?
• Naomi Muggleton: Detecting gambling harm at scale: New data, new possibilities for prevention

16:45 – Closing reflections and CAGR 2027 announcement

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Poster session 1, Thursday 28 May

• Maíra Andrade: “I’m still young and I don’t want my life to be ruined like this”: Crypto-Gambling Experiences in Reddit Discussions

• Mónica Bernaldo-de-Quirós: Advancing Inclusion in Gambling Research: Non-Substance Addictive Behaviors Among Individuals with Intellectual Disability
• Giorgi Beselia: External and internal determinants of gambling disorder development
• Reece Bush-Evans: Matched Betting: Risk-Free Opportunity or Emerging Source of Gambling Harm?
• Nerea Cano: Behavioral and psychological variables as associated factors of video game addiction
• Jindřich Frajer: Addictological Deserts: Spatial Inequality in Problem Gambling Treatment Access
• Claire Harman: The Risk Factors for, and Associated Harms of Gambling
• Ty Hayes: Illusory Control in Modern Online Slots
• Conor Heath: The Utilisation and Evolution of Celebrity-Endorsed Gambling Advertising: A Scoping review
• Niels Heijnekamp: Markers of Risk – Identifying problem gambling using objective gambling data
• Chelsea Hughes: VR slot machine gambling: Validation and acceptability of an experimental task
• Aaleks Kasemi: Sports Betting Among Minors: A Qualitative Exploration of Drivers of Behavior
• Antti-Eero Lattula: Improving Risk Communication in Gambling by Using Pictographs
• Deirdre Leahy: The relevance of tobacco control for universal norms of gambling regulation
• Katerine Lehmann: Loneliness and Gambling in Young Adults: A Scoping Review
• Jose López-Guerrero: Interaction with a Simulated Roulette Wheel Dynamically Modulates Craving
• Alicia Monreal Bartolomé: Closing the Gender Gap in Gambling Prevention: GLAMBHER Project
• Saeid Moradipour: Exploring the application of AI in gambling harm reduction: A narrative review
• Philip Newall: How professional sports bettors use rational thinking to cope with uncertainty
• Anna Paul: The shared genetics of gambling disorder and other mental health conditions
• Paula Rautoja: Product and interface design features in online gambling: A scoping review
• Abraham Ros-León: A methodological proposal for the study of the emotional impact of gambling-related advertising
• Floor Ruder: A motivational interviewing intervention for young people with beginning gambling problems
• Francisco Sanmartin: Battle Passes as a ‘Safer’ Alternative to Gambling-Like Mechanics?
• Valerie Sawirja: Insights on the gambling behaviour of young adults based on objective data
• Johannes Singer: Prevalence of Gambling Advertising during a Matchday of the German Bundesliga
• Jessica Smith: Military spouses’ perceptions of gambling, stigma, and support: an IPA study
• Mark Tarplee: The Helsinki Offshore Gambling Estimator: Assessing online offshore gambling
• Joshua Weller: Associations between Dual-Cycle Identity Status and Gambling Harms in Adulthood
• Matthew Young: Online Gambling Among Young Canadian Adults
• Leyan Zheng: Longitudinal Study of Gambling-Like Products Among Chinese Adolescents

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Poster session 2, Friday 29 May

• Mariam Abdelnabi: Behavioural Indicators of Gambling Harm
• Emily Arden-Close: Gambling and gambling harms among UK international students: Mixed-methods study
• Rodrigo Borja Block: Gambling‑Like Dynamics of Loot Boxes in Game Streaming
• Elise Bourdin: A Genealogy of Gambling Addiction Prevention in France
• Sari Castrén: Lower Risk Gambling Guidelines
• Glen Dighton: PGSI Psychometric Performance in Armed Forces Veterans: Rasch and DIF Analysis
• Rosalie Genois: Gambling activities & SES disparities in COVID-19 impacts on spheres of life
• Maria Heiskanen: Careless or Disordered? Judicial Approaches to Gambling Debt Adjustment
• Yuchen Huang: Non-compliance with loot box probability disclosure regulations: an international study
• Ira Hynninen-Sundelin: Art and Art Therapy Supporting Recovery from Gambling Problem
• Filip Kovařík: The Beautiful Game Turned Ugly:The Hidden Advert Epidemic in Football Broadcasts
• Aino Kupila: Pessimistic Finns: Citizens’ views on the gambling system change
• Fay Laidler: Early learning from a lived experience team log in gambling research
• Marina Ledesma-Casas: GAMBL-HID: A gamified evaluation of psychological variables related to Gambling
• Ching Yiu Lo: Do gambling-like physical card packs comply with consumer law?
• Antonio J. Molina Fernández: Neither “Gaming” nor “Gambling”: Psychological and social risks of “loot boxes”
• Esther Moore: Television Gambling Advertisement Exposure Among Adults in Great Britain
• Maria Moxey: ‘They just go together like eggs and Bacon’: exploring the nexus of gambling and grassroot football
• Thelma Oppelt: How Illicit Interactive Gambling Harmed Families in South Africa
• Marvin Raab: Rule-based insights into self-exclusion prediction in online casinos
• Md Mizanoor Rahman: Beyond Good Causes: Gambling Promotion and the Normalisation of Gambling-Related Harm
• Xiaoyao Ren: Compliance and Gamified Nature of Blind Boxes as Gambling-like Products in China
• Anke Snoek: ‘As long as nobody knows, nobody gets hurt’. Evolving metacognitions in different phases of gambling: a qualitative study
• Yekun Sun: Blurring Boundaries, Shaping Risk: A Mixed-methods Study of Loot Boxes and Skin
• Sarah Tipping: The interplay of gambling behaviours and harms within cohabiting couples
• Jamie Torrance: (Mis)comprehension and perceived attractiveness of gambling inducements
• Edoardo Tozzi: Protecting the Adolescent Brain: EEG Evidence for Regulating Gambling Content Marketing Ads
• Daria Ukhova: Regulatory Capacity, Multisectorality, and Evidence Infrastructures
• Lorenz Weißenberg: Psychiatric comorbidity patterns in gambling disorder
• Cheryl Williams: Gambling and Complex needs – what we have learnt

Please note that the programme may be subject to changes.