Professor · Central Queensland UniversityProfessor (kind of a big deal) · Central Queensland University

Matthew Browne

Quantitative researcher measuring gambling harm as a public health problem, and co-host of the Decoding the Gurus podcast.

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updated 2026-10-07

“Among the world's top 2% of scientists.”
— Stanford–Elsevier global research rankings

“To me, he's like a mentor, a role-model and a father-figure, all rolled into one.”
— Dr Chris Kavanagh, co-host

275PublicationsPapers!!65Funded research projectsProjects somebody paid for $30,904,000$30.9MTotal research fundingResearch money. Real money!270Podcast episodesHours of yapping (episodes)

CVThe lore

EmploymentJobs!

2011-present: Professor, School of Health, Human, & Social Sciences, Central Queensland University. Formerly Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, and Lecturer.
2008-2010: Director, Arden Architectural.
2009-2010: Principal Research Fellow, CoastalCOMs.
2006-2008: Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
2004-2006: Research Fellow, Griffith University.
2003-2004: Research Fellow, FhG GMD-JRL - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Japan Research Laboratory.

EducationSchool!!

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, Brisbane, Australia, 2002.
Bachelor of Behavioural Science (B.Beh.Sc), first class honours, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, Brisbane, Australia, 1998.

Academic publicationsPapers!!

2026

From 'Six Others' to Edge Conservation: A Network Reconciliation of Gambling Harm to Others

Browne, M. and Tulloch, C. and Woodbright, M. D. · Journal of Gambling Studies

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2026

Gambling harms statistically mediate the association between risk-weighted gambling involvement and wellbeing in a population-representative sample

Browne, M. and Shannahan, T. and Platz, J. and Tulloch, C. and Russell, A. M. T. and Hing, N. and Rockloff, M. J. · Journal of Gambling Studies

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2026

Temporal Asymmetry in Cross-Lagged Panel Models: Improved Causal Inference from Longitudinal Data

Browne, M. and Woodbright, M. D. and Goodwin, B. and Russell, A. M. T. · Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal

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2026

The 10-item and 20-item gambling harms scale for affected others (GHS-10-AO, GHS-20-AO): Benchmarked to health utility using propensity weighting and control for comorbidities

Browne, M. and Tulloch, C. and Rockloff, M. and Hing, N. and Russell, A. M. T. and Li, E. and Rawat, V. and Dellosa, G. and Newall, P. · Addictive Behaviors

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2026

Weighing the harm: Direct elicitation of gambling harm severity through expert evaluation of narrative accounts

Browne, M. and Rawat, V. and Tulloch, C. and Newall, P. and Rockloff, M. · Journal of Gambling Studies

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2026

A Model-Based National Estimate of Gambling Harm in Australia: Integrating Person-Counting with Health-Related Quality of Life Data

Tulloch, C. and Browne, M. · Journal of Gambling Studies

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Research projectsScience projects!

2026

A Public Health Approach to Gambling Regulation in the ACT

Russell, A. M. T., Tulloch, C., Rockloff, M., Browne, M., Hing, N. & Ipsos Australia

ACT Gambling and Racing Commission

$157,921

2026

South Australia prevalence study analysis and reporting

Russell, A. M. T. & Browne, M.

Gambling Harm Support SA

$49,411

2026

The Sixth Social and Economic Impact Study of Gambling in Tasmania

Russell, A. M. T., Browne, M., Rockloff, M., Hing, N. & Tulloch, C.

Department of Treasury and Finance (Tasmania)

$712,288

2026

Understanding and addressing legacy gambling harm in the ACT

Tulloch, C., Browne, M., Russell, A. M. T. & Hing, N.

ACT Gambling and Racing Commission · Gambling Harm Prevention and Mitigation Fund Grant

$89,325

2025

Gambling Harm Minimisation Outcome Framework

Caine, H., Finlayson, N., Wiryoatmojo, A., Zheng, E., Russell, A.M.T., Browne, M., Rockloff, M., & Tulloch, C

Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General

$199,502

2025

Maximising the value of all previous Victorian prevalence surveys through consistent reanalysis and reporting, linking with third-party data, and an interactive visualisation

Russell, A.M.T., Browne, M., Rockloff, M., Hing, N., Tulloch, C., & Dellosa, G

Department of Justice and Community Safety · Grants for Gambling Research Program

$107,912

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Gambling in Australia: how bad is the problem, who gets harmed most and where may we be heading?

Russell, A.; Browne, M.; Rockloff, M. · The Conversation

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2021

You're probably not Galileo: Scientific advance rarely comes from lone, contrarian outsiders

Browne, M. and Kavanagh, C. · The Skeptic

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Recent episodesPodcast!!

8 Nov 2026

Supplementary Material 58: AI Cloud Gods, Groundhog Day Podcasts, and the 4th Humiliation of Sam Harris

Decoding the Gurus · 33:49

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31 Oct 2026

Jensen Huang, Part 2: We Have to Hurt You to Save You

Decoding the Gurus · 01:18:11

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28 Oct 2026

Jensen Huang, Part 1: AI Will Fix Everything (Probably)

Decoding the Gurus · 02:02:43

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14 Oct 2026

Supplementary Material 57: p(doom) Updates, Nazi Apologist Imbeciles, and JAQs about False Flag Conspiracies

Decoding the Gurus · Bonus · 39:54

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4 Oct 2026

Supplementary Material 56: 10% for AI Doom, Bespoke Debates, and Eurotrash DJs

Decoding the Gurus · Bonus · 26:00

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ContactSay hi!!

m.browne@cqu.edu.au

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