About
Dr Jamie Torrance is a Lecturer and Researcher in Psychology at Swansea University. His areas of expertise include the content and impacts of gambling advertising, how gambling products are designed, and developing harm-reduction strategies from a public health perspective. For example, Dr Torrance is currently focusing on understanding the harms associated with online sports betting alongside the development of an educational brief intervention aimed at increasing scepticism towards gambling advertising. Dr Torrance has conducted numerous projects that were externally funded by organisations such as the Academic Forum for the Study of Gambling (AFSG), Gambling Research Exchange Ontario (GREO), and GambleAware.