Rebecca Cassidy

Anthropologist of gambling and horseracing

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

New book out with Pluto Press. #Ethnography #GamblingResearch #ViciousGames https://t.co/qCl5zQQmRu

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

Gambling research needs to learn from tobacco control. No more excuses. @maizie333
https://t.co/jXt1AbDakF

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

Labour’s manifesto commitment on gambling is irresponsible | Letter https://t.co/hNIFm2kRE7

[May van Schalkwyk @maizie333]

At present the @GamRegGB & local authorities have a statutory duty to aim to permit a harmful industry. A new Gambling Act based on the prevention of harm is needed urgently to protect the public from the gambling industry's exploitative practices & products.

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

Good to see @BBCNews holding @MayorofLondon to his promises. We should all have the right to control how much gambling advertising we want to experience #newgamblingact https://t.co/WcY8k4yEX2

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

The failures of the current system have been known for over 10 years thanks to Jim Orford. Vicious Games explains why nothing has changed. We need a new gambling Act that focuses on preventing harm rather than growing an extractive industry. https://t.co/fbZ9VGJTmh

[May van Schalkwyk @maizie333]

The committee referred to Fair Game, a report from 2014 led by @ProfRCassidy on the dangers of a research system predominantly reliant on industry funding https://t.co/FBMz8iusb2
Hopefully we don't have to wait another 10 years for meaningful change to broken UK gambling laws.

[May van Schalkwyk @maizie333]

This inquiry focuses on a health-harming industry & how to regulate it – can we assume that it will hear from Directors of Public Health & leaders in the field of commercial determinants of health, many of whom work in the UK? 🧵https://t.co/ArRwVSNE8H

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

In the interests of transparency, will the organisations involved in consultations following the #gamblingwhitepaper including @DCMS @DHSCgovuk and @GamRegGB undertake to publish lists of attendees, the reasons they were selected, and to make public the content of the meetings?

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

'The Gambling Act 2005, the ideas & assumptions that it rests on, can & should be questioned and changed.' The #whitepaper reproduces the underlying principles of a harmful system. @maizie333 @blythe_jenny Niko Ovenden & I are calling for a new approach.
https://t.co/m2rpu4dYWW

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

@ProfSophieDay new book out! https://t.co/vLQVR4i26b

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

Any early career researchers working on gambling out there? Critical Gambling Studies is planning a special edition just for you. @cgs_journal Contact the RANGES network if you need any support. https://t.co/QMEw3CYje6

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

So depressing to hear @lucyfrazermp say that regulations must not get in the way of 'people who want to have a flutter'. Please stop using the cosy image of a two pound bet on the National to justify a massive commercial industry based on exploitation.https://t.co/fbZ9VGJTmh

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

Powerful article quantifying lobbying by the UK gambling industry.

[Emma Ross-Thomas @emmarossthomas]

"Behind the scenes, gambling firms and their lobbyists meet with government officials on an almost weekly basis"https://t.co/71hTYrPzb5 via @business

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

@FruitDiseases Luminous! These photos are exhibition worthy.

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

@FruitDiseases Stunning!

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

Diversity in action at #Europom2022 in #Helsingborg. Looking forward to important conversations about climate change this afternoon. #anthropologyofapples ⁦@LeverhulmeTrust⁩

[Awais Khan @awaicekhan]

Disease resistant good fruit quality cultivars should be the focus of fruit breeding. Newly released disease susceptible 🍎 🍏 cultivars need frequent sprays & are costly to the environment. We need responsible #PlantBreeding for sustainable future.

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

@GamCare please could you step up and respond to the legitimate concerns of health care professionals including @mgaskell12? How do you want potential and existing users of your services to interpret your relationship with industry?

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

It was a real privilege to travel to Geneva and see the amazing work being done by @FruitDiseases at @CornellCALS. Collaborations can help us to understand the 'culture' in horticulture!

[KhanLab @FruitDiseases]

It was great to have @ProfRCassidy visit us & discuss some of our ongoing research on genetics of disease resistance & pre breeding of #Apples

[Rebecca Cassidy @ProfRCassidy]

@YatuYoga Very proud to see @YatuYoga's first article in print. So important for Anthropology to gather stories from a wide range of actors as we try to get a handle on cryptocurrencies.