REGAPS Work package 5
REGAPS Work package 5: International comparisons and cooperation.
In this work package, changes in Swedish gambling policy, as well as changes in relation to individuals with gambling problems, are placed in an international context through comparisons with several other countries. The area also conducts systematic reviews and regulatory comparisons between gambling and addictive substances.
Area 5 offers:
- Comparative studies on gaps in evidence for policies, strategies and interventions, with the aim of preventing injuries in connection with gambling.
- Country-specific studies on self-exclusion, access to treatment and treatment results.
- Gambling prevalence and gambling behavior among European young people.
- Low-risk gambling limits.
- Systematic reviews, for example regarding self-exclusion and help -seeking.
- Insights into attitudes to gambling and reasons for gambling.
Contact
Jenny Cisneros ÖrnbergHead of Department/Lecturer
About me
Jenny Cisneros Örnberg is associate professor in political science and Head of Department. Jenny’s research interests include the intersection between domestic and European policy-making in the field of public health. The main focus is on Europeanization processes and the role of Sweden in the development of alcohol- and gambling policy on EU level. Jenny has in her research also included policy areas such as tobacco and pharmaceuticals.
Jenny is PI for the research program REGAPS (Responding to and Reducing Gambling Problems Studies) with the purpose of increased knowledge and devloping strategies to decrease gambling problems.
Research projects
Last updated: June 28, 2022
Source: Department of Public Health Sciences