Professor Kath Albury

Biography

From 2022-2026, Kath will be an ARC Future Fellow, leading the 'Digital and data literacies for sexual health policy and practice' reseach project. She is an Associate Investigator in the Swinburne Node of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADMS), and co-leads the Digital Inclusion Program in Swinburne's Social Innovation Research Institute (SIRI).

Kath's ADMS collaborations investigate: the impact of social media content moderation on sexual and reproductive health education and information; the data capacities and capabilities in the Not-For-Profit sector, and the ethical potential of sextech. 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 currently leads the evaluation and research arm of the 'Improve Your Play' project, a collaboration with the Alannah & Madeline Foundation, funded by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner.

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.