
Professor Kath Albury
- Faculty of Health, Arts & Design
- School of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
- Department of Media and Communication
- AS415 Hawthorn campus
- ORCID profile
Biography
Kath is the co-Leader of the Digital Inclusion Program in Swinburne's Social Innovation Research Institute (SIRI), and is an Associate Investigator in the Swinburne Node of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. She leads the Data for Good Sandpit project, a SIRI/ Social Data Analytics Lab partnership with the Lord Major's Charitable Foundation, EntertainmentAssist, GoodCycles and Yooralla Disability Services.
Her research investigates young people’s practices of digital self-representation, and the role of user-generated media (including social networking platforms) in young people’s formal and informal sexual learning, safety and wellbeing. She is particularly interested in the ways digital media users engage in cultures of care, and the ways that individuals and organisations understand and practice digital literacy and data literacy.
Since 2001, Kath has been a Chief Investigator on four ARC Discovery grants. She was the Lead Investigator on the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation project 'Young People and Sexting in Australia', and has led two ARC Linkage project, including the 'Safety, Risk and Wellbeing on Dating Apps' project, a collaboration with ACON (formerly the AIDS Council of NSW) and Family Planning NSW. She has also successfully coordinated a commissioned research collaboration with the NSW Health Department’s STI Programs Unit, and undertaken a Researcher in Business placement funded by the Australian Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.
Inquiries are welcomed from prospective Honours, Masters and PhD students interested in projects focused on the intersection of mobile and social media platforms and technologies, digital and data literacies, and gender and sexualities.
Research interests
Communication, Journalism and Media Studies; Cultural Studies and Literature; Digital Media, Film and Television
PhD candidate and honours supervision
Higher degrees by research
Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Principal Supervisor.
Fields of Research
- Communication Technology And Digital Media Studies - 200102
- Consumption And Everyday Life - 200203
- Culture, Gender, Sexuality - 200205
Publications
Also published as: Albury, Kath; Albury, K.; Albury, Katherine
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Recent research grants awarded
- 2020: ARC - Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society *; ARC Centre of Excellence Scheme
- 2020: Improve Your Play *; Office of the eSafety Commissioner
- 2019: Strengthening the Not for Profit Sector: Data for Good Sandpit *; Entertainment Assist (HPC) Ltd
- 2018: 2018 Visiting Fellowships Scheme - Dr Crystal Abidin *; Swinburne Research, DVCR&D - Internal contributions
- 2018: Doing better for vulnerable young parents and their children: an exploration of how the use of technology could catalyse system transformation *; FamilyLife_FL
- 2018: Safety, risk and wellbeing on digital dating apps *; ACON HEALTH LIMITED
* Chief Investigator
Recent media
- 2020-10-22: Grindr features failing to protect users from sexual predators, harassment - ABC.net.au
- 2020-10-21: Grindr's sexual assault problem - Triple J Hack
- 2020-05-08: Revenge porn in Australia: the law is only as effective as the law enforcement - The Guardian
- 2020-04-29: ane Austen-esq dating or more of the same? Online dating, pandemic-style - ABC Radio National
- 2020-04-03: Coronavirus social-distancing restrictions mean Australians turning to dating apps - http://abc.net.au
- 2020-03-04: Coronavirus warning on popular dating app Tinder sparks questions on dating etiquette amid an outbreak - http://abc.net.au
- 2020-01-09: Sex Bi the Bi: Sexual Health on Dating Apps! - JoyFM