Professor Gerda Reith

Professor of Social Sciences (Sociology)
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

Publications

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Number of items: 66.

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, (doi: 10.1080/17430437.2023.2300434) (Early Online Publication)

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, D. and Bunn, C. (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)

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, G., Antin, T. and Asmussen Frank, V. (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, J., Marionneau, V. and Egerer, M. (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, J., Marionneau, V. and Egerer, M. (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. Project Report. Gambling Commission. (doi: 091026455). (Unpublished)

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. (2009) Uncertain Times: The Notion of 'Risk' and the Development of Modernity. In: R., L. and L., F. (eds.) Risk and Modern Society. Earthscan Books: London, pp. 53-71. ISBN 97818440768

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. Project Report. Scottish Government, Edinburgh, UK.

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. Project Report. Responsibility in Gambling Trust, London.

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)

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