Two new members have joined the Advisory Board for Safer Gambling (ABSG) at the UK’s Gambling Commission.
Dr Virve Marionneau is a sociologist and the director of the Centre for Research on Addiction, Control, and Governance at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Her research focuses on a wide range of gambling-related topics, including regulations and policy evaluations and qualitative investigation of gambling experiences and harms.
Dr Spencer Murch is a cognitive psychologist and AGRI Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary, Canada.
“We are very fortunate to have Virve and Spencer as our newest members,” said Anna van der Gaag, chair of ABSG. “They are highly respected academics, both with a strong record of achievement in the field of gambling studies, and together they will expand the national and international research expertise we offer to the Commission.
“Gambling is a global business and the regulatory challenges faced in different jurisdictions have much in common. I am delighted to be welcoming them and have no doubt they will bring valuable new insights to an ever-expanding range of topics which inform policy and practice in gambling regulation.”
