Thinking beyond gambling and technology addiction
Now in its fifth season, the Technology Risk and Gambling Webinar Series led by Professor Sally Gainsbury of the Technology Addiction research team and the Faculty of Science, brings together experts from a broad range of disciplines to talk about the big questions in gambling and technology addiction.
The series talks to social entrepreneurs, experts in policy and regulation and technology experts who are building tech like facial recognition technology to serve different purposes.
Season 5 talks to experts on different age groups to look at the specific challenges of various target populations and how the gambling field can improve efforts to prevent and reduce gambling harm through multiple different systemic product-based and individual strategies.
Stay Tuned for the Early Career Showcase – 6th November 2024
At the end of every season, there’s a showcase for Early-Career researchers, giving them the opportunity to speak about their emerging research and adding new voices to the ongoing debates and challenges in this space. Make sure to tune in from 10 am. Register to watch.
TRG Season 5 Episode 5 - Protecting Public Good with Judith Glynn
Hosted by the Technology Addiction team at the Brain and Mind Centre and chaired by Professor Sally Gainsbury, this online series covers a range of issues relevant to stakeholders looking to understand more about gambling, technology, and risk-taking.
We have industry operators, researchers, regulators, policy makers, tech providers all listening in, because we offer really practical insights introducing about reducing harms for gambling and other issues.
Professor Sally Gainsbury
Reactive vs. Proactive
The recurring is that individuals are reluctant to engage with resources to minimise their risk until they have reached a crisis point in their addiction. Traditionally, risk mitigation has been about providing treatment for people who are experiencing severe harms or mental health disorders as a result.
There's a shift towards recognising mental health disorders and risks as a continuum, and prevention and mitigation efforts to encourage a reduction of risk before the harms become severe.
“There's a requirement both for regulators and operators to make the product safer, to make it easier for people to reduce their risks, and to put much more effort into how to engage individuals to take the risk seriously and take actions themselves to reduce their risk,” says Professor Sally Gainsbury.