People

Meet the researcher behind DATA-ADDICT.
Virve Marionneau

Dr Virve Marionneau leads the DATA-ADDICT -project. She is a university researcher and the director of the Centre for Research on Addiction, Control and Governance. Her research focuses particularly on gambling regulations, the commercial and legal determinants of gambling, and gambling harms. Her on-going projects focus on producing empirical, theoretical, and comparative research evidence to reduce and prevent gambling-related harm in societies.

Sébastien Berret

Sébastien Berret is conducting a PhD in sociology at the University of Helsinki. His research examines gambling operators' strategies, gambling policy, and more generally the fundamental tension between profit maximization and public health in the gambling sector. 

Veera Kankainen

Dr. Veera Kankainen is a sociologist and post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for Research on Addiction, Control, and Governance. Her research interests include the governance and regulation of addictions, the relationships between different sectors in welfare systems, and stakeholders in drug and gambling policies.

Paula Rautoja

Paula Rautoja is a PhD researcher at the Centre for Research on Addiction, Control and Governance.