Lauren Doyle

Lauren Doyle is a researcher at the University of Sunderland, affiliated with the Faculty of Education, Society and Creative Industries and its School of Social Sciences and Law. Her work focuses on the intersection of digital culture, online harm, and criminal justice, particularly examining how social media shapes perceptions of self-image, body confidence, and harmful behavior.

• 2025: The Rise of the Victorian Asylum (Routledge Handbook)
• 2025: Exploring the Boundary Between Harm and Criminalization (Palgrave MacMillan)
• 2024: Changing the culture of sexual violence at UK universities (Higher Education Policy)
• 2023: Normalisation of Online Hate: Trolling, Diet Culture and Filtered Lifestyles (British Society of Criminology)

Her research spans digital criminology, disability justice, and institutional safety policies. Recent publications analyze victim-blaming discourses in university safety advice, criminalization of online vulnerability, and disability models in custody settings. She actively collaborates with Nicola Roberts and Mark Roberts on institutional policy critiques.

Key trends in her work include: intersectional analysis of online hate, social media regulation challenges, and critical evaluation of UK higher education policies regarding sexual violence and student safety. Her 2025 doctoral thesis The ‘Insider’ Club of ‘Diet Culture’ further explores how filtered lifestyles on social media contribute to harmful beauty standards.