Oct 21
The Swedish gambling Research Network (GARN) held its twelfth meeting in Stockholm, on October 10-11, 2022. Twenty researchers participated and presented completed, ongoing, and planned studies. Some of the topics covered were longitudinal results from the Swelogs gambling study, low-risk gambling recommendations, pros and cons of collaboration with gambling companies in doing research, the concept …
Oct 04
The 13th European Conference on Gambling Studies and Policy Issues was held in Oslo, September 6-9, 2022. This conference was planned for 2020, but was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference was organized by EASG – the European Association for the Study of Gambling. About 300 people attended. Compared to previous EASG conferences, …
Jan 03
As I reached the age of 65 in 2021, I have now retired from my work as researcher at the University of Gothenburg. However, I will continue with gambling research at the Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University, working part-time. As before, I will work in the Regaps gambling research consortium. I will mainly …
Dec 12
In this study, we searched a database with more than a quarter of a million criminal verdicts delivered in a five year period by Swedish courts. We found 282 cases in which problem gambling was the main cause of committing crime. In this open access article, we present the main results from the study. Abstract …
Mar 18
Gambling advertising is one of my principal academic interests. I have followed the progression of research and updated my bibliography on that topic. Here is the fourth edition of the bibliography, with many new works listed. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic has slowed down my academic activities, in particular conference participation, which is reflected in the …
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