Professor Gerda Reith
- Professor of Social Sciences (Sociological & Cultural Studies)
- Associate (School of Health & Wellbeing)
telephone:
01413303849
email:
Gerda.Reith@glasgow.ac.uk
Research interests
Research interests centre on problematic forms of consumption, particularly those considered risky or 'addictive', the ways they are experienced by different social groups and their impacts on public health. Research focuses in particular on:
- Gambling and problem gambling; its causes, consequences and cultural meanings
- Theories of risk, addiction and consumption
- Public health and policy regulation, particularly in relation to disadvantaged social groups
- The regulatory and historical forces involved in the formation of modern patterns of consumption
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Research groups
Publications
2025
Brown, A., Donnachie, C., Critchlow, N., Bunn, C. , Dobbie, F., Gray, C. , Purves, R., Reith, G. , Wardle, H. and Hunt, K. (2025) Changes and continuities in gambling careers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal qualitative study of regular sports bettors in Britain. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 63. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-21077-5) (PMID:39773436) (PMCID:PMC11706189)
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.
Ireland, R., Bunn, C. , Chambers, S. and Reith, G. (2024) Exploring fields of power in the English Premier League. A qualitative study into unhealthy sponsorships. Sport in Society, 27(9), pp. 1419-1436. (doi: 10.1080/17430437.2023.2300434)
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.
Reith, G. (2023) Afterword: sociological reflections on gambling, sport and power. In: McGee, Darragh and Bunn, Christopher (eds.) Gambling and Sports in a Global Age. Series: Research in the sociology of sport (Vol.18). Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 185-192. ISBN 9781801173056 (doi: 10.1108/S1476-285420230000018015)
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.
Glozah, F., Bunn, C. , Sichali, J. M., Yendork, J. S., Mtema, O., Udedi, M., Reith, G. and McGee, D. (2023) Young people and gambling in sub-Saharan Africa: towards a critical research agenda. Journal of the British Academy, 11(s3), pp. 153-172. (doi: 10.5871/jba/011s3.153)
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)
Mtema, O., Singano, I. “S.”, McGee, D., Yakobe, Y., Sichali, J., Makamo, M., Reith, G. and Bunn, C. (2023) “Creating poverty chances”: young people confront gambling harms in Malawi. Sociological Research Online, (doi: 10.1177/13607804231207152) (Early Online 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. Current Advances in Gambling Research (CAGR 2023), London, UK, 28-29 June 2023.
Waitt, G., Gordon, R., Harada, T., Gurrieri, L., Reith, G. and Cioriari, J. (2023) Towards relational geographies of gambling harm: orientation, affective atmosphere, and intimacy. Progress in Human Geography, (doi: 10.1177/03091325231177278) (Early Online Publication)
Sichali, J. M., Bunn, C. , McGee, D., Marionneau, V. K., Yendork, J. S., Glozah, F., Udedi, M. and Reith, G. (2023) Regulation of gambling in Sub-Saharan Africa: findings from a comparative policy analysis. Public Health, 214, pp. 140-145. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2022.07.018)
2022
Reith, G. (2022) Intoxicating consumption: capitalism and the commodification of pleasure. In: Hunt, Geoffrey, Antin, Tamar and Asmussen Frank, Vibeke (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Intoxicants and Intoxication. Routledge, pp. 89-100. ISBN 9780367178703 (doi: 10.4324/9780429058141-8)
Ireland, R., Bunn, C. , Chambers, S. , Reith, G. and Viggars, M. (2022) How unhealthy commodity industries find a global audience in the English Premier League: three case studies of brand engagement. Soccer and Society, 23(4-5), pp. 334-348. (doi: 10.1080/14660970.2022.2059861)
Shaw, A., Reith, G. and Pickering, L. (2022) Paying attention to women's ageing bodies in recovery from substance use. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 890784. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.890784) (PMID:35656351) (PMCID:PMC9152145)
Sichali, J.M., Bunn, C. , McGee, D., Marionneau, V.K., Yendork, J.S., Glozah, F., Udedi, M. and Reith, G. (2022) Regulation of gambling in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): findings from a comparative policy analysis. Current Advances in Gambling Research, Cardiff, UK, 19-20 May 2022.
Bunn, C. , Mtema, O., Nkhwazi, L., Reith, G. and Lwanda, J. (2022) 'They say "easy money", telling you to predict the games': an interview study with sports bettors in Lilongwe, Malawi. In: Nikkinen, Janne, Marionneau, Virve and Egerer, Michael (eds.) The Global Gambling Industry: Structures, Tactics and Networks of Impact. Series: Glücksspielforschung. Springer Gabler: Wiesbaden, pp. 113-129. ISBN 9783658356347 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-35635-4_8)
Reith, G. and Wardle, H. (2022) The framing of gambling and the commercial determinants of harm: challenges for regulation in the UK. In: Nikkinen, Janne, Marionneau, Virve and Egerer, Michael (eds.) The Global Gambling Industry: Structures, Tactics and Networks of Impact. Series: Glücksspielforschung. Springer Gabler: Wiesbaden, pp. 71-86. ISBN 9783658356347 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-35635-4_6)
2021
Wardle, H. , Reith, G. , Dobbie, F., Rintoul, A. and Shiffman, J. (2021) Regulatory resistance? Narratives and uses of evidence around “black market” provision of gambling during the British Gambling Act Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21), 11566. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111566) (PMID:34770077) (PMCID:PMC8582964)
Wardle, H. et al. (2021) The impact of the initial Covid-19 lockdown upon regular sports bettors in Britain: findings from a cross-sectional online study. Addictive Behaviors, 118, 106876. (doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106876) (PMID:33647707)
2020
Hunt, K. et al. (2020) Protocol for a mixed-method investigation of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and gambling practices, experiences and marketing in the UK: the “Betting and Gaming COVID-19 Impact Study”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 8449. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph17228449) (PMID:33203076) (PMCID:PMC7697159)
2019
Reith, G. , Wardle, H. and Gilmore, I. (2019) Gambling harm: a global problem requiring global solutions. Lancet, 394(10205), pp. 1212-1214. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31991-9) (PMID:31443927)
Newall, P. W.S., Moodie, C., Reith, G. , Stead, M., Critchlow, N., Morgan, A. and Dobbie, F. (2019) Gambling marketing from 2014 to 2018: a literature review. Current Addiction Reports, 6(2), pp. 49-56. (doi: 10.1007/s40429-019-00239-1)
Wardle, H. , Reith, G. , Langham, E. and Rogers, R. D. (2019) Gambling and public health: we need policy action to prevent harm. British Medical Journal, 365, l1807. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.l1807) (PMID:31068335) (PMCID:PMC6506754)
Ireland, R., Bunn, C. , Reith, G. , Philpott, M., Capewell, S., Boyland, E. and Chambers, S. (2019) Commercial determinants of health and sport sponsorship. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 97(4), pp. 290-295. (doi: 10.2471/BLT.18.220087) (PMID:30940986) (PMCID:PMC6438257)
2018
Reith, G. and Wardle, H. (2018) Gambling Related Harms: A Pragmatic Definition for Policy. Public Health England Annual Conference 2018, Coventry, UK, 11-12 Sept 2018.
Reith, G. (2018) Addictive Consumption: Capitalism, Modernity and Excess. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415268264
Dobbie, F., Reith, G. and McConville, S. (2018) Utilising social network research in the qualitative exploration of gamblers’ social relationships. Qualitative Research, 18(2), pp. 207-223. (doi: 10.1177/1468794117710323)
Livingstone, C., Adams, P., Cassidy, R., Markham, F., Reith, G. , Rintoul, A., Schül, N. D., Woolley, R. and Young, M. (2018) On gambling research, social science and the consequences of commercial gambling. International Gambling Studies, 18(1), pp. 56-68. (doi: 10.1080/14459795.2017.1377748)
2017
May-Chahal, C., Humphreys, L., Clifton, A., Francis, B. and Reith, G. (2017) Gambling harm and crime careers. Journal of Gambling Studies, 33(1), pp. 65-84. (doi: 10.1007/s10899-016-9612-z) (PMID:27116232) (PMCID:PMC5323489)
Kristiansen, S., Reith, G. and Trabjerg, C. M. (2017) ‘The notorious gambling class’: Patterns of gambling among young people in Denmark: a longitudinal qualitative study. Journal of Youth Studies, 20(3), pp. 366-381. (doi: 10.1080/13676261.2016.1232480)
2016
Stead, M., Dobbie, F., Angus, K., Purves, R. I., Reith, G. and MacDonald, L. (2016) The online bingo boom in the UK: a qualitative examination of its appeal. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0154763. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154763) (PMID:27138116) (PMCID:PMC4854447)
2015
Kristiansen, S., Trabjerg, M. C. and Reith, G. (2015) Learning to gamble: early gambling experiences among young people in Denmark. Journal of Youth Studies, 18(2), pp. 133-150. (doi: 10.1080/13676261.2014.933197)
2014
Wardle, H. , Keily, R., Astbury, G. and Reith, G. (2014) 'Risky places?': mapping gambling machine density and socio-economic deprivation. Journal of Gambling Studies, 30(1), pp. 201-212. (doi: 10.1007/s10899-012-9349-2)
Barnard, M., Kerr, J., Kinsella, R., Orford, J., Reith, G. and Wardle, H. (2014) Exploring the relationship between gambling, debt and financial management in Britain. International Gambling Studies, 14(1), pp. 82-95. (doi: 10.1080/14459795.2013.842606)
2013
Reith, G. (2013) Techno economic systems and excessive consumption: a political economy of ‘pathological’ gambling. British Journal of Sociology, 64(4), pp. 717-738. (doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12050)
Reith, G. and Dobbie, F. (2013) Gambling careers: a longitudinal, qualitative study of gambling behaviour. Addiction Research and Theory, 21(5), pp. 376-390. (doi: 10.3109/16066359.2012.731116)
2012
Reith, G. (2012) Beyond addiction and compulsion: the continuing role of environment in the case of pathological gambling. Addiction, 107(10), pp. 1736-1737. (doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03669.x)
Reith, G. and Dobbie, F. (2012) Lost in the game: narratives of addiction and identity in recovery from problem gambling. Addiction Research and Theory, 20(6), pp. 511-521. (doi: 10.3109/16066359.2012.672599)
2011
Reith, G. and Dobbie, F. (2011) Beginning gambling: the role of social networks and environment. Addiction Research and Theory, 19(6), pp. 483-493. (doi: 10.3109/16066359.2011.558955)
Reith, G. (2011) Regulating harm: Gambling technology and the challenges for Great Britain. Addiction, 106(1), pp. 9-10. (doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03220.x)
2009
Moodie, C. and Reith, G. (2009) Responsible gambling signage on electronic gaming machines, before and after the implementation of the United Kingdom Gambling Act: an observational study. International Gambling Studies, 9(1), pp. 5-17. (doi: 10.1080/14459790802652183)
Anderson, S., Dobbie, F. and Reith, G. (2009) Processes of Recovery from Problem Gambling. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)
Reith, G. (2009) Uncertain Times: The Notion of 'Risk' and the Development of Modernity. In: R., Lofested and L., Frewer (eds.) Risk and Modern Society. Earthscan Books: London, pp. 53-71. ISBN 97818440768
Reith, G. (2009) Living with risk: chance, luck, and the creation of meaning in uncertainty. In: Welchman, J.C. (ed.) The Aesthetics of Risk. Series: Southern California Consortium of Art Schools [SoCCAS] symposia (3). JRP/Ringier: Zürich, Switzerland, pp. 57-80. ISBN 9783905770551
2008
Reith, G. (2008) Reflections on responsibility. Journal of Gambling Issues, 22,
Reith, G. (2008) Asumir reisgos: la estetica del juego. In: Antelo, R., Herraez, B. and Rubira, S. (eds.) Una Tirada de Dados: Sobre el Azar en el Arte Contemporaneo. Consejeria de Cultura y Turismo: Madrid, pp. 98-106. ISBN 9788445131336
Reith, G. (2008) The culture of gambling in Great Britain: Legislative and social change. In: Spapens, A.C., Littler, A. and Fijnaut, C. (eds.) Crime, Addiction and the Regulation of Gambling. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers: Leiden/Boston, pp. 165-180. ISBN 9789004172180
Reith, G. (2008) Living with risk: chance, luck and the creation of meaning in uncertainty. In: Welchman, J. (ed.) The Aesthetics of Risk. JRP Ringier: Zurich, pp. 57-78. ISBN 9783905770551
Reith, G. (2008) Social context of gambling behaviour: patterns of harm and protection. In: International Transformations: Preventing UK Gambling Harm, London, 29 – 30 Oct 2007,
2007
Reith, G. (2007) Gambling and the contradictions of consumption - A genealogy of the 'Pathological' subject. American Behavioral Scientist, 51(1), pp. 33-55. (doi: 10.1177/0002764207304856)
Reith, G. (2007) Situating gambling studies. In: Smith, G., Hodgins, D. and Williams, R. (eds.) Research and Measurement Issues in Gambling Studies. Elsevier: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 3-28. ISBN 9780123708564
2006
Reith, G. (2006) Research on the Social Impact of Gambling. [Research Reports or Papers]
Reith, G. (2006) The experience of play. In: Cosgrave, J.F. (ed.) The Sociology of Risk and Gambling Reader. Routledge: New York, USA, pp. 255-291. ISBN 9780415952217
Reith, G. (2006) The pursuit of chance. In: Cosgrave, J.F. (ed.) The Sociology of Risk and Gambling Reader. Routledge: New York, USA, pp. 125-143. ISBN 9780415952217
2005
Reith, G. (2005) On the edge: drugs and the consumption of risk in late modernity. In: Lyng, S. (ed.) Edgework: The Sociology of Risk Taking. Routledge: New York, USA, pp. 227-246. ISBN 9780415932165
Reith, G. (2005) Consumption: Regulation and Excess. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415268264
2004
Abbott, M., Volberg, R., Bellringer, M. and Reith, G. (2004) A research review of aspects of problem gambling. [Research Reports or Papers]
Reith, G. (2004) Consumption and its discontents: addiction, identity and the problems of freedom. British Journal of Sociology, 55(2), pp. 283-300.
Reith, G. (2004) The Economics of Ethics: Lotteries and State Funding. Economic Sociology: European Electronic Newsletter, 6(1), pp. 4-12.
Reith, G. (2004) Gambling and lotteries. In: Dewald, J. (ed.) Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World. Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, USA, pp. 1145-1152. ISBN 9780684312002
Reith, G. (2004) Uncertain times: the notion of 'risk' and the development of modernity. Time and Society, 13(2-3), pp. 383-402. (doi: 10.1177/0961463X04045672)
2003
Reith, G. (Ed.) (2003) Gambling: Who Wins? Who Loses? Series: Contemporary issues series. Prometheus Books: Amherst, N.Y.. ISBN 1591020735
Reith, G. (2003) Living with uncertainty :The Construction of 'Risk' and the Belief in Luck. Organdi, 6(Fall), pp. 353-369.
Reith, G. (2003) Pathology and profit: controversies in the expansion of legal gambling. In: Reith, G. (ed.) Gambling: Who Wins? Who Loses? Series: Contemporary issues series. Prometheus Books: Amherst, NY, USA, pp. 1-9. ISBN 9781591020738
2002
Reith, G. (2002) The age of chance: gambling in Western culture (Korean translation 2006). Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415263092
Reith, G. (2002) The national lottery and the individualization of gambling in Britain. E-Gaming Pro(Septem), pp. 1-8.
2000
Shewan, D., Dalgarno, P. and Reith, G. (2000) Perceived risk and risk reduction among ecstasy users: the role of drug, set, and setting. International Journal of Drug Policy, 10(6), pp. 431-453. (doi: 10.1016/S0955-3959(99)00038-9)
1999
Reith, G. (1999) In search of lost time: recall, projection and the phenomenology of addiction. Time and Society, 8(1), pp. 99-117. (doi: 10.1177/0961463X99008001005)
Articles
Brown, A., Donnachie, C., Critchlow, N., Bunn, C. , Dobbie, F., Gray, C. , Purves, R., Reith, G. , Wardle, H. and Hunt, K. (2025) Changes and continuities in gambling careers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal qualitative study of regular sports bettors in Britain. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 63. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-21077-5) (PMID:39773436) (PMCID:PMC11706189)
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)
Ireland, R., Bunn, C. , Chambers, S. and Reith, G. (2024) Exploring fields of power in the English Premier League. A qualitative study into unhealthy sponsorships. Sport in Society, 27(9), pp. 1419-1436. (doi: 10.1080/17430437.2023.2300434)
Glozah, F., Bunn, C. , Sichali, J. M., Yendork, J. S., Mtema, O., Udedi, M., Reith, G. and McGee, D. (2023) Young people and gambling in sub-Saharan Africa: towards a critical research agenda. Journal of the British Academy, 11(s3), pp. 153-172. (doi: 10.5871/jba/011s3.153)
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)
Mtema, O., Singano, I. “S.”, McGee, D., Yakobe, Y., Sichali, J., Makamo, M., Reith, G. and Bunn, C. (2023) “Creating poverty chances”: young people confront gambling harms in Malawi. Sociological Research Online, (doi: 10.1177/13607804231207152) (Early Online Publication)
Waitt, G., Gordon, R., Harada, T., Gurrieri, L., Reith, G. and Cioriari, J. (2023) Towards relational geographies of gambling harm: orientation, affective atmosphere, and intimacy. Progress in Human Geography, (doi: 10.1177/03091325231177278) (Early Online Publication)
Sichali, J. M., Bunn, C. , McGee, D., Marionneau, V. K., Yendork, J. S., Glozah, F., Udedi, M. and Reith, G. (2023) Regulation of gambling in Sub-Saharan Africa: findings from a comparative policy analysis. Public Health, 214, pp. 140-145. (doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2022.07.018)
Ireland, R., Bunn, C. , Chambers, S. , Reith, G. and Viggars, M. (2022) How unhealthy commodity industries find a global audience in the English Premier League: three case studies of brand engagement. Soccer and Society, 23(4-5), pp. 334-348. (doi: 10.1080/14660970.2022.2059861)
Shaw, A., Reith, G. and Pickering, L. (2022) Paying attention to women's ageing bodies in recovery from substance use. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 890784. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.890784) (PMID:35656351) (PMCID:PMC9152145)
Wardle, H. , Reith, G. , Dobbie, F., Rintoul, A. and Shiffman, J. (2021) Regulatory resistance? Narratives and uses of evidence around “black market” provision of gambling during the British Gambling Act Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21), 11566. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111566) (PMID:34770077) (PMCID:PMC8582964)
Wardle, H. et al. (2021) The impact of the initial Covid-19 lockdown upon regular sports bettors in Britain: findings from a cross-sectional online study. Addictive Behaviors, 118, 106876. (doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.106876) (PMID:33647707)
Hunt, K. et al. (2020) Protocol for a mixed-method investigation of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and gambling practices, experiences and marketing in the UK: the “Betting and Gaming COVID-19 Impact Study”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 8449. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph17228449) (PMID:33203076) (PMCID:PMC7697159)
Reith, G. , Wardle, H. and Gilmore, I. (2019) Gambling harm: a global problem requiring global solutions. Lancet, 394(10205), pp. 1212-1214. (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31991-9) (PMID:31443927)
Newall, P. W.S., Moodie, C., Reith, G. , Stead, M., Critchlow, N., Morgan, A. and Dobbie, F. (2019) Gambling marketing from 2014 to 2018: a literature review. Current Addiction Reports, 6(2), pp. 49-56. (doi: 10.1007/s40429-019-00239-1)
Wardle, H. , Reith, G. , Langham, E. and Rogers, R. D. (2019) Gambling and public health: we need policy action to prevent harm. British Medical Journal, 365, l1807. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.l1807) (PMID:31068335) (PMCID:PMC6506754)
Ireland, R., Bunn, C. , Reith, G. , Philpott, M., Capewell, S., Boyland, E. and Chambers, S. (2019) Commercial determinants of health and sport sponsorship. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 97(4), pp. 290-295. (doi: 10.2471/BLT.18.220087) (PMID:30940986) (PMCID:PMC6438257)
Dobbie, F., Reith, G. and McConville, S. (2018) Utilising social network research in the qualitative exploration of gamblers’ social relationships. Qualitative Research, 18(2), pp. 207-223. (doi: 10.1177/1468794117710323)
Livingstone, C., Adams, P., Cassidy, R., Markham, F., Reith, G. , Rintoul, A., Schül, N. D., Woolley, R. and Young, M. (2018) On gambling research, social science and the consequences of commercial gambling. International Gambling Studies, 18(1), pp. 56-68. (doi: 10.1080/14459795.2017.1377748)
May-Chahal, C., Humphreys, L., Clifton, A., Francis, B. and Reith, G. (2017) Gambling harm and crime careers. Journal of Gambling Studies, 33(1), pp. 65-84. (doi: 10.1007/s10899-016-9612-z) (PMID:27116232) (PMCID:PMC5323489)
Kristiansen, S., Reith, G. and Trabjerg, C. M. (2017) ‘The notorious gambling class’: Patterns of gambling among young people in Denmark: a longitudinal qualitative study. Journal of Youth Studies, 20(3), pp. 366-381. (doi: 10.1080/13676261.2016.1232480)
Stead, M., Dobbie, F., Angus, K., Purves, R. I., Reith, G. and MacDonald, L. (2016) The online bingo boom in the UK: a qualitative examination of its appeal. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0154763. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154763) (PMID:27138116) (PMCID:PMC4854447)
Kristiansen, S., Trabjerg, M. C. and Reith, G. (2015) Learning to gamble: early gambling experiences among young people in Denmark. Journal of Youth Studies, 18(2), pp. 133-150. (doi: 10.1080/13676261.2014.933197)
Wardle, H. , Keily, R., Astbury, G. and Reith, G. (2014) 'Risky places?': mapping gambling machine density and socio-economic deprivation. Journal of Gambling Studies, 30(1), pp. 201-212. (doi: 10.1007/s10899-012-9349-2)
Barnard, M., Kerr, J., Kinsella, R., Orford, J., Reith, G. and Wardle, H. (2014) Exploring the relationship between gambling, debt and financial management in Britain. International Gambling Studies, 14(1), pp. 82-95. (doi: 10.1080/14459795.2013.842606)
Reith, G. (2013) Techno economic systems and excessive consumption: a political economy of ‘pathological’ gambling. British Journal of Sociology, 64(4), pp. 717-738. (doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12050)
Reith, G. and Dobbie, F. (2013) Gambling careers: a longitudinal, qualitative study of gambling behaviour. Addiction Research and Theory, 21(5), pp. 376-390. (doi: 10.3109/16066359.2012.731116)
Reith, G. (2012) Beyond addiction and compulsion: the continuing role of environment in the case of pathological gambling. Addiction, 107(10), pp. 1736-1737. (doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03669.x)
Reith, G. and Dobbie, F. (2012) Lost in the game: narratives of addiction and identity in recovery from problem gambling. Addiction Research and Theory, 20(6), pp. 511-521. (doi: 10.3109/16066359.2012.672599)
Reith, G. and Dobbie, F. (2011) Beginning gambling: the role of social networks and environment. Addiction Research and Theory, 19(6), pp. 483-493. (doi: 10.3109/16066359.2011.558955)
Reith, G. (2011) Regulating harm: Gambling technology and the challenges for Great Britain. Addiction, 106(1), pp. 9-10. (doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03220.x)
Moodie, C. and Reith, G. (2009) Responsible gambling signage on electronic gaming machines, before and after the implementation of the United Kingdom Gambling Act: an observational study. International Gambling Studies, 9(1), pp. 5-17. (doi: 10.1080/14459790802652183)
Reith, G. (2008) Reflections on responsibility. Journal of Gambling Issues, 22,
Reith, G. (2007) Gambling and the contradictions of consumption - A genealogy of the 'Pathological' subject. American Behavioral Scientist, 51(1), pp. 33-55. (doi: 10.1177/0002764207304856)
Reith, G. (2004) Consumption and its discontents: addiction, identity and the problems of freedom. British Journal of Sociology, 55(2), pp. 283-300.
Reith, G. (2004) The Economics of Ethics: Lotteries and State Funding. Economic Sociology: European Electronic Newsletter, 6(1), pp. 4-12.
Reith, G. (2004) Uncertain times: the notion of 'risk' and the development of modernity. Time and Society, 13(2-3), pp. 383-402. (doi: 10.1177/0961463X04045672)
Reith, G. (2003) Living with uncertainty :The Construction of 'Risk' and the Belief in Luck. Organdi, 6(Fall), pp. 353-369.
Reith, G. (2002) The national lottery and the individualization of gambling in Britain. E-Gaming Pro(Septem), pp. 1-8.
Shewan, D., Dalgarno, P. and Reith, G. (2000) Perceived risk and risk reduction among ecstasy users: the role of drug, set, and setting. International Journal of Drug Policy, 10(6), pp. 431-453. (doi: 10.1016/S0955-3959(99)00038-9)
Reith, G. (1999) In search of lost time: recall, projection and the phenomenology of addiction. Time and Society, 8(1), pp. 99-117. (doi: 10.1177/0961463X99008001005)
Books
Reith, G. (2018) Addictive Consumption: Capitalism, Modernity and Excess. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415268264
Reith, G. (2005) Consumption: Regulation and Excess. Routledge: London, UK. ISBN 9780415268264
Reith, G. (2002) The age of chance: gambling in Western culture (Korean translation 2006). Series: Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415263092
Book Sections
Reith, G. (2023) Afterword: sociological reflections on gambling, sport and power. In: McGee, Darragh and Bunn, Christopher (eds.) Gambling and Sports in a Global Age. Series: Research in the sociology of sport (Vol.18). Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 185-192. ISBN 9781801173056 (doi: 10.1108/S1476-285420230000018015)
Reith, G. (2022) Intoxicating consumption: capitalism and the commodification of pleasure. In: Hunt, Geoffrey, Antin, Tamar and Asmussen Frank, Vibeke (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Intoxicants and Intoxication. Routledge, pp. 89-100. ISBN 9780367178703 (doi: 10.4324/9780429058141-8)
Bunn, C. , Mtema, O., Nkhwazi, L., Reith, G. and Lwanda, J. (2022) 'They say "easy money", telling you to predict the games': an interview study with sports bettors in Lilongwe, Malawi. In: Nikkinen, Janne, Marionneau, Virve and Egerer, Michael (eds.) The Global Gambling Industry: Structures, Tactics and Networks of Impact. Series: Glücksspielforschung. Springer Gabler: Wiesbaden, pp. 113-129. ISBN 9783658356347 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-35635-4_8)
Reith, G. and Wardle, H. (2022) The framing of gambling and the commercial determinants of harm: challenges for regulation in the UK. In: Nikkinen, Janne, Marionneau, Virve and Egerer, Michael (eds.) The Global Gambling Industry: Structures, Tactics and Networks of Impact. Series: Glücksspielforschung. Springer Gabler: Wiesbaden, pp. 71-86. ISBN 9783658356347 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-35635-4_6)
Reith, G. (2009) Uncertain Times: The Notion of 'Risk' and the Development of Modernity. In: R., Lofested and L., Frewer (eds.) Risk and Modern Society. Earthscan Books: London, pp. 53-71. ISBN 97818440768
Reith, G. (2009) Living with risk: chance, luck, and the creation of meaning in uncertainty. In: Welchman, J.C. (ed.) The Aesthetics of Risk. Series: Southern California Consortium of Art Schools [SoCCAS] symposia (3). JRP/Ringier: Zürich, Switzerland, pp. 57-80. ISBN 9783905770551
Reith, G. (2008) Asumir reisgos: la estetica del juego. In: Antelo, R., Herraez, B. and Rubira, S. (eds.) Una Tirada de Dados: Sobre el Azar en el Arte Contemporaneo. Consejeria de Cultura y Turismo: Madrid, pp. 98-106. ISBN 9788445131336
Reith, G. (2008) The culture of gambling in Great Britain: Legislative and social change. In: Spapens, A.C., Littler, A. and Fijnaut, C. (eds.) Crime, Addiction and the Regulation of Gambling. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers: Leiden/Boston, pp. 165-180. ISBN 9789004172180
Reith, G. (2008) Living with risk: chance, luck and the creation of meaning in uncertainty. In: Welchman, J. (ed.) The Aesthetics of Risk. JRP Ringier: Zurich, pp. 57-78. ISBN 9783905770551
Reith, G. (2007) Situating gambling studies. In: Smith, G., Hodgins, D. and Williams, R. (eds.) Research and Measurement Issues in Gambling Studies. Elsevier: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 3-28. ISBN 9780123708564
Reith, G. (2006) The experience of play. In: Cosgrave, J.F. (ed.) The Sociology of Risk and Gambling Reader. Routledge: New York, USA, pp. 255-291. ISBN 9780415952217
Reith, G. (2006) The pursuit of chance. In: Cosgrave, J.F. (ed.) The Sociology of Risk and Gambling Reader. Routledge: New York, USA, pp. 125-143. ISBN 9780415952217
Reith, G. (2005) On the edge: drugs and the consumption of risk in late modernity. In: Lyng, S. (ed.) Edgework: The Sociology of Risk Taking. Routledge: New York, USA, pp. 227-246. ISBN 9780415932165
Reith, G. (2004) Gambling and lotteries. In: Dewald, J. (ed.) Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World. Charles Scribner's Sons: New York, USA, pp. 1145-1152. ISBN 9780684312002
Reith, G. (2003) Pathology and profit: controversies in the expansion of legal gambling. In: Reith, G. (ed.) Gambling: Who Wins? Who Loses? Series: Contemporary issues series. Prometheus Books: Amherst, NY, USA, pp. 1-9. ISBN 9781591020738
Edited Books
Reith, G. (Ed.) (2003) Gambling: Who Wins? Who Loses? Series: Contemporary issues series. Prometheus Books: Amherst, N.Y.. ISBN 1591020735
Research Reports or Papers
Anderson, S., Dobbie, F. and Reith, G. (2009) Processes of Recovery from Problem Gambling. [Research Reports or Papers] (Unpublished)
Reith, G. (2006) Research on the Social Impact of Gambling. [Research Reports or Papers]
Abbott, M., Volberg, R., Bellringer, M. and Reith, G. (2004) A research review of aspects of problem gambling. [Research Reports or Papers]
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. , 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.
Sichali, J.M., Bunn, C. , McGee, D., Marionneau, V.K., Yendork, J.S., Glozah, F., Udedi, M. and Reith, G. (2022) Regulation of gambling in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): findings from a comparative policy analysis. Current Advances in Gambling Research, Cardiff, UK, 19-20 May 2022.
Reith, G. and Wardle, H. (2018) Gambling Related Harms: A Pragmatic Definition for Policy. Public Health England Annual Conference 2018, Coventry, UK, 11-12 Sept 2018.
Conference Proceedings
Reith, G. (2008) Social context of gambling behaviour: patterns of harm and protection. In: International Transformations: Preventing UK Gambling Harm, London, 29 – 30 Oct 2007,
Grants
- ‘Situating Problem Gambling: the Social Context of Gambling Careers’. With the Scottish Centre for Social Research. £151,000
This longitudinal qualitative study explores the social context of gambling and problem gambling, focusing on the ways that behaviour changes over time among a range of demographic groups.
ESRC
2006-2009 - ‘Tracking Vulnerability and Resilience: Gambling Careers in the Criminal Justice System’. With Professor Corinne May-Chahal, University of Lancaster. £360,000.
This three year project explores patterns of risk, vulnerability and resilience among offenders in prisons in England and Scotland. It will examine the relationship between crime and problem gambling, and the interaction of these with mental health problems, substance misuse and patterns of deprivation. The team will also collaborate with the International Resilience Project at Dalhousie University, Canada, to develop a new tool for measuring resilience.
ESRC
2009-2012 - ‘Understanding Gambling: Impacts and Social Networks Across the Lifecourse’. With the Scottish Centre for Social Research. £168,000
This project continues the longitudinal exploration of gambling careers among a cohort of individuals, and expands to focus on the impacts of behaviour on wider social networks, particularly in terms of issues such as debt, employment and criminal activity.
ESRC
2009-2011 - ‘Managing Money, Debt and Gambling’. With the National Centre for Social Research. £122, 081.
This project examines the relationship between ideas about money and financial management strategies among individuals who get into debt from their gambling.
ESRC
2009-2011 - MRC Addictions Research Cluster. ‘Addictions in Youth and Young Adulthood: Causes, Trajectories and Risk Factors’. With Professor Andy Furlong, University of Glasgow. £10, 000
MRC
2009 - ‘A Comparison of Japanese and U.K Gambling Policy and Regulatory Regimes’. £1000.
Sasakawa Foundation
2009 - ‘Economic and Social Impacts of New Casinos’. With PMP Research
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
2008 - ‘A Qualitative Exploration of Pathways of Recovery from Problem Gambling’. With the Scottish Centre for Social Research
Gambling Commission
2008 - ‘The Social Impacts of Gambling’.
Scottish Executive
2006 - ‘A Research Review of Aspects of Problem Gambling’ With M. Abbott; M. Bellringer and R. Volberg; University of Auckland.
Responsibility in Gambling Trust
2005
Supervision
Supervision areas
- Theories of risk, consumption and addiction
- Addictions and addictive behaviours
- Risk
- Gambling and problem gambling
Current research students
Lyle Christine
Processes of recovery from problem gambling
Responsible Gambling Fund
2010-2014
- Laidler, Fay
Exploring the role of individuals with lived experience of gambling harms in policy and research.
Teaching
Level 2
- Sociology: Modernity, risk and consumption
Honours
- Sociology of Consumption; theoretical and historical issues
- Sociology of Consumption: substantive areas
Additional information
External Engagement
- Chair: Research Panel. Responsible Gambling Strategy Board. 2009-
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Community Liaison Group (2005-)
- ESRC: Peer Review College. 2010-
- ESRC: Communications Expert Listing: Health and Wellbeing. 2010-
- Scottish Parliament, Cross Party Group on Debt 2009-
- Gambling Commission: Expert Panel on Machine Regulation (2009)
- Gambling Commission: Review of Research, Education and Treatment 2009
- British Medical Association: Expert academic advisor on the Report: Problem Gambling Treatment in the NHS. 2006
Editorial Boads
- International Gambling Studies
- Journal of Gambling Issues
- Journal of Youth Studies
- Journal of Risk Management
Visiting fellowships
- University of Melbourne, Visiting Fellow, October-December 2004
- University of Melbourne, Visiting Fellow, May-August 2007