Dr Blair Biggar

  • Lecturer, Research Associate (Sociological & Cultural Studies)
  • Associate (School of Health & Wellbeing)

Biography

Dr. Blair Biggar received his PhD in Central and Eastern European Studies from the University of Glasgow in 2022, focusing on the "lived citizenship" experiences of EU Roma migrants in Scotland.

Since early 2024, Blair has held the position of SPS Investigator Fellow in Sociology. In addition to his fellowship duties, he is actively engaged in three ongoing projects: Football Fans and Betting (FFAB), Lancet Public Health Commission on Gambling, and Words Matter: A language guide for reporting on gambling.

Since becoming a Research Associate at UoG, Blair has completed two projects: an exploratory study on the sponsorship arrangements between gambling companies and esports teams, published in the Journal of Public Health, and a quantitative examination of female sports bettors in the UK, published in Gambling and Sports in a Global Age. Moreover, he has several articles currently under review by academic journals.

Blair has been invited to discuss his work on platforms such as the Guardian, BBC Radio Four, and BBC Scotland the Nine. He is also actively involved in peer-reviewing articles for various academic journals.

Blair is affiliated with UoG’s School of Health and Wellbeing as an Associate and serves as a convenor for Glasgow’s Social Scientists in Health Group. Furthermore, he contributes actively to UoG’s Migration and Mobilities research group and the Academic Forum for the Study of Gambling (AFSG).

Research interests

Gambling Studies

Citizenship, inequalities, and everyday life

Migration Studies

Qualitative research

Research groups

  • Sociology

Publications

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Number of items: 13.

2024

Wardle, H. et al. (2024) The Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling. Lancet Public Health, 9(11), e950-e994. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00167-1) (PMID:39491880)

Biggar, B. , Reith, G. and Wardle, H. (2024) The Football Fans and Betting Project – Findings from an Early Intervention for Male Sports Bettors. Lisbon Addictions, European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies, Lisbon Congress Centre, 23-25 October 2024.

Biggar, B. and Wardle, H. (2024) Words Matter: A Language Guide for Respectful Reporting on Gambling. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

2023

Biggar, B. , Wardle, H. and Reith, G. (2023) The Football Fans and Betting Project – Preliminary Findings From an Early Intervention for Male Sports Bettors. 2023 Football Collective Conference, Leeds Beckett University, 25-26 November 2023.

Biggar, B. (2023) Language, Citizenship, and Community: Insights from Ethnographic Fieldwork with EU Roma Migrants in Scotland. BASEES Conference, Cambridge, UK, 5-7 April 2024. (Accepted for Publication)

Biggar, B. , Wardle, H. and Reith, G. (2023) The ‘Football Fans and Betting’ Project: Challenges and Lessons Learned from an Early Intervention for Male Sports Bettors. 16th European Public Health Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 9-11 November 2023.

Biggar, B. , Kesaite, V., Ukhova, D. and Wardle, H. (2023) Young women sports bettors in the United Kingdom: an overlooked demographic? In: McGee, D. and Bunn, C. (eds.) Gambling and Sports in a Global Age. Series: Research in the sociology of sport (18). Emerald: Leeds, pp. 145-167. ISBN 9781801173056 (doi: 10.1108/S1476-285420230000018010)

Biggar, B. , Reith, G. and Wardle, H. (2023) The ‘FFAB’ project: Lessons learned from an early health intervention for male sports bettors. European Journal of Public Health, 33(S2), ckad160.17. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.173)

Biggar, B. , Zendle, D. and Wardle, H. (2023) Targeting the next generation of gamblers? Gambling sponsorship of esports teams. Journal of Public Health, 45(3), pp. 636-644. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdac167) (PMID:37000185) (PMCID:PMC10470326)

Biggar, B. , Wardle, H. and Reith, G. (2023) The ‘Football Fans and Betting’ Project: Challenges and Lessons Learned from an Early Intervention for Male Sports Bettors. Current Advances in Gambling Research (CAGR 2023), London, UK, 28-29 June 2023.

2022

Biggar, B. , Wardle, H. and Zendle, D. (2022) Targeting the Next Generation of Gamblers? Gambling Sponsorship of Esports Teams. Current Advances in Gambling Research (CAGR 2022), Cardiff, UK, 19-20 May 2022.

2019

Biggar, B. (2019) Sam Beck and Ana Ivasiuc, eds. 2018. Roma Activism: Reimagining Power and Knowledge. New York: Berghahn Books. Critical Romani Studies, 2(1), pp. 86-91. (doi: 10.29098/crs.v2i1.48)[Book Review]

Biggar, B. (2019) Contesting (In)security: Reflections on the Location of Solidarity in the Everyday Lives of Roma in Scotland. UAES 2019 Inter-Congress “World Solidarities”, Poznan, Poland, 27-31 August 2019.

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Number of items: 13.

Articles

Wardle, H. et al. (2024) The Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling. Lancet Public Health, 9(11), e950-e994. (doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00167-1) (PMID:39491880)

Biggar, B. , Reith, G. and Wardle, H. (2023) The ‘FFAB’ project: Lessons learned from an early health intervention for male sports bettors. European Journal of Public Health, 33(S2), ckad160.17. (doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.173)

Biggar, B. , Zendle, D. and Wardle, H. (2023) Targeting the next generation of gamblers? Gambling sponsorship of esports teams. Journal of Public Health, 45(3), pp. 636-644. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdac167) (PMID:37000185) (PMCID:PMC10470326)

Book Sections

Biggar, B. , Kesaite, V., Ukhova, D. and Wardle, H. (2023) Young women sports bettors in the United Kingdom: an overlooked demographic? In: McGee, D. and Bunn, C. (eds.) Gambling and Sports in a Global Age. Series: Research in the sociology of sport (18). Emerald: Leeds, pp. 145-167. ISBN 9781801173056 (doi: 10.1108/S1476-285420230000018010)

Book Reviews

Biggar, B. (2019) Sam Beck and Ana Ivasiuc, eds. 2018. Roma Activism: Reimagining Power and Knowledge. New York: Berghahn Books. Critical Romani Studies, 2(1), pp. 86-91. (doi: 10.29098/crs.v2i1.48)[Book Review]

Research Reports or Papers

Biggar, B. and Wardle, H. (2024) Words Matter: A Language Guide for Respectful Reporting on Gambling. Documentation. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Conference or Workshop Item

Biggar, B. , Reith, G. and Wardle, H. (2024) The Football Fans and Betting Project – Findings from an Early Intervention for Male Sports Bettors. Lisbon Addictions, European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies, Lisbon Congress Centre, 23-25 October 2024.

Biggar, B. , Wardle, H. and Reith, G. (2023) The Football Fans and Betting Project – Preliminary Findings From an Early Intervention for Male Sports Bettors. 2023 Football Collective Conference, Leeds Beckett University, 25-26 November 2023.

Biggar, B. (2023) Language, Citizenship, and Community: Insights from Ethnographic Fieldwork with EU Roma Migrants in Scotland. BASEES Conference, Cambridge, UK, 5-7 April 2024. (Accepted for Publication)

Biggar, B. , Wardle, H. and Reith, G. (2023) The ‘Football Fans and Betting’ Project: Challenges and Lessons Learned from an Early Intervention for Male Sports Bettors. 16th European Public Health Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 9-11 November 2023.

Biggar, B. , Wardle, H. and Reith, G. (2023) The ‘Football Fans and Betting’ Project: Challenges and Lessons Learned from an Early Intervention for Male Sports Bettors. Current Advances in Gambling Research (CAGR 2023), London, UK, 28-29 June 2023.

Biggar, B. , Wardle, H. and Zendle, D. (2022) Targeting the Next Generation of Gamblers? Gambling Sponsorship of Esports Teams. Current Advances in Gambling Research (CAGR 2022), Cardiff, UK, 19-20 May 2022.

Biggar, B. (2019) Contesting (In)security: Reflections on the Location of Solidarity in the Everyday Lives of Roma in Scotland. UAES 2019 Inter-Congress “World Solidarities”, Poznan, Poland, 27-31 August 2019.

This list was generated on Sat Dec 21 20:26:05 2024 GMT.

Grants

2024 - SPS Investigator Fellowship

2023 - Glasgow Knowledge Exchange Fund

2022 - Chancellor’s Fund at the University of Glasgow

2021 - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic

2019 - ESRC Overseas Institutional Visit (OIV)

2019 - Central Eastern European University (CEU)

2018 - Network of Academic Institutions in Romani Studies (NAIRS)

2017 - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic

2017 - Erasmus+

2016 - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic

2016-2020 – ESRC studentship

Teaching

Lecture and course design

Since 2023, Blair has lectured and designed parts of the Honours course Sociology of Addiction in the School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Glasgow.

Since 2024, Blair has lectured and designed parts of the Honours course Substantive Topics in the Sociology of Consumption in the School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Glasgow.

Guest Lectures 

In 2019, Blair gave a guest lecture at Justus Liebig University (JLU) Giessen, Germany on "Materiality of everyday life and the reproduction of social relations" as part of the course “Material culture of everyday life”.

In 2018 and 2019, Blair gave guest lectures at the University of Glasgow as part of the pre-sessional Master's course within the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, The University of Glasgow.

Teaching

Between 2018-2022, Blair taught on CEES Level 1a: Central and Eastern Europe in the age of Stalin and CEES Level 1b: The Collapse of Communism in the department of Central and Eastern European Studies within the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, The University of Glasgow.