Dr Heather Wardle
Assistant Professor
Heather specialises in researching gambling behaviour. Her current work, funded by Wellcome, focuses on exploring youth gambling behaviour and its relationship with changing technology. Prior to joining LSHTM, Heather worked at the National Centre for Social Research in their Health and Wellbeing department. She also runs her own research consultancy and is the Head of the Gambling & Place Research Hub at Geofutures, which specialises in exploring the geographical and spatial patterns of gambling behaviour.
Affiliations
Department of Public Health, Environments and Society
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Teaching
Principles of Social Research
Research
I focus on exploring gambling behaviour, policy and practice. My current work, funded by Wellcome, looks at youth gambling behaviour and its relationship with technological change.
Research Area
Child health
Adolescent health
Methodology
Mobile technologies
Spatial analysis
Discipline
Epidemiology
Sociology
Social Sciences