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 – Suomenlinna sea fortress

Details about the evening programme will be sent to all registered participants.

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 Concerned 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
• Viktor Månsson: Mapping Emerging Gambling Formats and Gambling Harms Among Students in Swedish Upper Secondary Schools
• 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 Gambling
• Sarah Tipping: The interplay of gambling behaviours and harms within cohabiting couples
• 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.