Workshop: The Spatial Dimensions of Gambling: Mapping Places, Platforms and Harms

Join us for this one day workshop on the Spatial Dimensions of Gambling. The workshop will feature two sessions of research presentations on (1) Gambling harms from a local perspective, and (2) The spatial footprint of gambling. These will be followed by a panel discussion on local gambling policies. 

Programme:

10:00 - 10:30 Welcome and coffee

10:30 - 12:00 Mapping gambling harms

• Anastasios Kitsos, Aston University; Franscisco Nobre, Kingston University: Nightmare neighbours: The link between gambling shops and gambling harms
• Oluwole Adeniyi, Nottingham Trent University; Ferhat Tura, Bournemouth University: Betting shop and crime – an urban scale perspective
• Joey Toogood, Cardiff University: Infrastructures of isolation: Examining coastal gambling venues as sites of last resort

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 15:00 The spatial footprint of gambling

• Luning Li, University of Glasgow: Gambling: A story of remarkable stability in fast-changing high streets
• Rita Rodrigues Rasteiro de Campos, University of Bristol: Gambling neighbourhoods
• Laveena Yarlagadda, University of Bristol: Spatial distribution of brick-and-mortar gambling sites in Bristol and self-reported gambling work
• Mirah Zhang, University of Bristol: Online gambling and brick-and-mortar gaming venues: a complementary relationship?

15:00-15:15 Coffee break

15:15-16:15 Local gambling policy panel session

• Lucy Webster, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
• Janine Maddison, Ygam
• Chaired by Agnes Nairn, University of Bristol

16:15-16:30 Closing remarks