Professor Jim Orford MA, PhD School of PsychologyEmeritus Professor of Clinical & Community Psychology Contact details Telephone+44 (0)121 41 44918Emailj.f.orford@bham.ac.uk AddressSchool of PsychologyUniversity of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK Now semi-retired, I have a long career behind me and have achieved a national and international reputation in the fields of addiction and community psychology. Qualifications MA (Natural Sciences/Psychology), Diploma in Clinical Psychology, PhD Biography Trained in clinical psychology and obtained PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, London; spent mid-career years in Exeter occupying a joint NHS/University post, including directing the Clinical Psychology programme; moved to Birmingham in 1993; after five years running the clinical psychology doctorate course, has concentrated on research since the late 1990s. Research Addiction, including effects on the family; Gambling Other activities 2010 recipient of the E.M. Jellinek international award for excellence in the field of alcohol and other addictions Publications Many articles and 13 books, the latest of which are: Community Psychology: Challenges, Controversies and Emerging Consensus (Wiley, 2008) and An Unsafe Bet? The Dangerous Rise of Gambling and the Debate we should be having (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)