Call for Editors
2025-05-21
Critical Gambling Studies is seeking new Editors for the journal for a 3 year period from January 2026.
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Announcements
Here you can find the latest announcements about Critical Gambling Studies, such as calls for papers for special issues.
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Call for Papers
2025-03-27Regulation of online gambling: Policy, tools, and international collaboration
Call for Contributions to edited book
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Opening Spaces: Critical Gambling Studies Report 2019-2024
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Call for Papers on the Intersections of Cryptocurrency, Blockchain Technology, and Gambling
2024-03-12Critical Gambling Studies invites scholars and experts from diverse disciplines exploring the intersections between cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, and gambling.
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The annual RANGES conference
2023-09-23We are delighted to announce the annual RANGES conference for graduate students and early career students working on gambling.
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New issue published
2023-04-03We are very pleased to announce the publication of our sixth issue of CGS. The issue includes six research articles, one commentary and a book review. We are also happy to announce two new CGS blog entries: "Dreams to Digital Realities: An Exploration of Narratives in Gaming" by Cait Salmon. "The GameBling Game Jam: Game Jams as a Method for Studying Gambling Games" by Pauline Hoebanx, Idun Isdrake, Sylvia Kairouz, Bart Simon, & Martin French. We encourage you to share the issue or individual articles with people that you think might be interested! All of CGS's publications are available open access. We invite you to read the new issue and the new blogs or to read (or re-read) any of CGS's publications. You can explore all the CGS blog entries and our entire archive of issues. Read more about New issue published -
CGS Book Reviews Editor - Seeking Expressions of Interest
2023-03-24Critical Gambling Studies is seeking a new Book Reviews Editor. This position is ideal for a graduate student or early career researcher with strong writing skills who is interested in building their editing experience and their network with critical gambling scholars.
Expressions of Interest are due April 7, 2023.
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New CGS Blog Post
2023-03-20CGS is pleased to share a new blog post: "The GameBling Game Jam: Game Jams as a Method for Studying Gambling Games" by Pauline Hoebanx, Idun Isdrake, Sylvia Kairouz, Bart Simon, & Martin French
https://doi.org/10.29173/cgs160
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CGS Book Reviews Editor - Seeking Expressions of Interest
2023-02-17Critical Gambling Studies is seeking a new Book Reviews Editor. This position is ideal for a graduate student or early career researcher with strong writing skills who is interested in building their editing experience and their network with critical gambling scholars.
Expressions of Interest are due April 7, 2023.
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RANGES Early Career Research Showcase
2022-08-03The Research and Networking for Gambling Early-Career Scholars (RANGES) is proud to present its Early Career Research Showcase on Wednesday, October 5th, 2022. The event is FREE and open to the public so please attend in support of our Early Career Researchers!
The event is free, and registration is now open: REGISTER HERE
The Early Career Research Showcase event is taking place as a part of the 2-day Futures of Gambling Studies: An International Conference for Early Career Scholars. Tickets for the full conference are available exclusively to early career scholars: REGISTER HERE
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Video of CGS Special Issue Launch Event
2022-08-03The video recording of our July 2022 event to celebrate the publication of our new special issue is now available.
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Publication of latest CGS Issue
2022-07-28CGS is happy to announce the publication of our latest issue. This special issue, Philosophy & Gambling: Reflections from Macao is edited by Mario Wenning and Fiona Nicoll. The full issue is available open access on our website. https://criticalgamblingstudies.com/index.php/cgs/issue/view/12
There's still time to register for the virtual launch to celebrate this issue! July 29 at 9am CET. To register: https://ualberta-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrcuCsqTosGdy71DjQcoJoGfexre01HMOH Read more about Publication of latest CGS Issue -
RANGES Early Career Research Showcase
2022-07-27The Research and Networking for Gambling Early-Career Scholars (RANGES) is proud to present its second iteration of our Early Career Research Showcase on Wednesday, October 5th, 2022. This virtual event, featuring national and international speakers, aims to highlight novel research undertaken by up-and-coming researchers in the gambling field. The event is FREE and open to the public so please attend in support of our Early Career Researchers!
The event is free, and registration is now open: REGISTER HERE
We hope to see you there!
The RANGES Executive
Note – If you are a gambling early career researcher, postdoc, or PhD candidate, you are also invited to submit an abstract for our Virtual Poster Session before September 9th, 2022: CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT. The Early Career Research Showcase event is taking place as a part of the 2-day Futures of Gambling Studies: An International Conference for Early Career Scholars. Tickets for the full conference are available exclusively to early career scholars: REGISTER HERE
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Philosophy & Gambling Special Issue Launch Event
2022-07-22Critical Gambling Studies is excited to announce our soon to be published special issue: Philosophy & Gambling: Reflections from Macao edited by Mario Wenning and Fiona Nicoll. Please join us for a virtual launch event scheduled for July 29 at 9:00 am CET (E.g. 9 am Berlin, Madrid; 8 am London; 3 pm Macao; 5 pm Sydney). Please register by clicking here: https://ualberta-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrcuCsqTosGdy71DjQcoJoGfexre01HMOH The special issue will be available open access before the launch on the CGS website: www.criticalgamblingstudies.com. Read more about Philosophy & Gambling Special Issue Launch Event -
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Statement
2022-06-15In conversation with our editorial board and others, CGS has produced a statement to explain our journal’s approach to equity, diversity and inclusion. Please click here to read the statement.
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Publication of latest CGS Issue
2022-03-08We are pleased to announce that we have published the fourth issue of Critical Gambling Studies. This special issue is entitled "What are Critical Gambling Studies?" and it includes ten excellent new original research articles as well as an editorial and a book review. We invite you to visit our website to read the new issue. https://criticalgamblingstudies.com/index.php/cgs/issue/view/10
Please distribute widely among your networks of gambling researchers.
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Recording of Methods Workshop - 29 September
2021-10-12Here is the complete recording of the workshop on 29 September for those who missed it and/or would like to review the presentations and Q&A.
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Connecting Early Career Researchers
2021-05-21Following the successful launch of our first special issue: Futures of Gambling Studies: Showcasing Early Career Research, early career researchers (ECRs) working in the field of critical gambling studies are encouraged to reach out to Eva Monson if they would like to be notified of upcoming opportunities to connect with fellow ECRs. If you are interested, please contact Eva Monson at Eva.Monson@usherbrooke.ca Read more about Connecting Early Career Researchers -
Publication of CGS Special Issue
2021-05-19Critical Gambling Studies is pleased to announce the publication of our first special issue: Futures of Gambling Studies: Showcasing Early Career Research, guest edited by Eva Monson and Jennifer Reynolds. You can access the full issue on our website.
If you have not yet done so, you are invited to register to attend the launch event to celebrate this exciting new issue:
FUTURES OF GAMBLING STUDIES: SHOWCASING EARLY CAREER RESEARCH
Thursday, May 20, 2021
2pm EDT (UTC-4; e.g., Montreal)
12pm MDT (UTC -6; e.g., Edmonton, Canada)
7pm BST (UTC +1; e.g., London, United Kingdom)For more information and to register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/futures-of-gambling-research-showcasing-early-career-research-tickets-153027153335
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Critical Gambling Studies Blog
2020-08-10Highlighting some of the excellent work previously published on the CGS Blog.
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