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Dr Jess Hardley is a Research Fellow at Edith Cowan University's School of Education, based in the Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. She holds a PhD in Digital Media and Gender Studies from RMIT University (2022), an Erasmus Mundus Master’s in Women’s and Gender Studies from Utrecht University and Central European University. With over a decade of teaching experience in Digital Media, Cultural Studies, and Gender Studies, her research focuses on the intersection of technology, urban spaces, and gender. She currently serves on the Board of the Journal of Digital Geography and Society.
Research Interests: Ethnography, Phenomenology, Digital Technologies, Gender Studies, Feminist Geography. Her work examines embodied experiences of mobile media, urban safety, gendered spatial practices, and digital placemaking. Recent studies include analyses of street harassment patterns among young women, the role of mobile media in shaping nighttime urban perceptions, and digital media’s impact on domestic spaces during crises like the pandemic.
Her scholarly contributions include book chapters and peer-reviewed articles exploring haptic mobile media, feminist critiques of technology trust, and the social production of urban spaces. She actively engages with interdisciplinary themes linking digital media to physical environments and social justice.
Professional Engagement: Board Member of the Journal of Digital Geography and Society (2020–present). Collaborates with institutions on projects addressing digital literacy, youth engagement, and urban safety. Her work intersects with feminist geography to critique gendered inequalities in technologically mediated spaces.
