In recent years there has been a growing influence of the gambling industry into the world of sport and sporting culture, which the literature has described as the "gamblification of sport". Bookmakers dominate sponsorship in the sports sector, states have increased their dependence on tax revenues from gambling and advertising for sports betting takes up more and more airtime on television and radio. Consequently, sports betting is becoming increasingly normalised in society. Although the liberalisation of gambling is an inevitability (given the ease of access to illegal markets), the absence of regulations establishing restrictions on sponsorship in the sports ecosystem and on sports betting advertising in several countries, such as Portugal, has been exposed risk groups to addiction.   The aim of this research and its innovative nature is, precisely, to evaluate in what extent the "gamblification of sport” have been changed the consumption of and the interest in sports events in young people and athletes in Portugal, and what kind of risks this represent for society and integrity of sports. 

The main focus of this project is on the perceptions, emotions and behaviours of older people regarding different urban street designs. In specific, we are interested in exploring perceived discrimination due to age (ageism), a topic studied from a socio-psychological perspective. Hence, psychology is the main scientific area for this project. However, the multidisciplinary nature of the team is a major advantage, creating the opportunity to investigate people-place factors more deeply and use methodologies commonly used in other fields (architecture, computer science) in order to test our hypotheses (e.g., virtual reality studies).