Young People’s Digital Cultures & Sexual Health with Professor Kath Albury
On The Couch12 Mar 2025

Young People’s Digital Cultures & Sexual Health with Professor Kath Albury

Join Maddy as she sits down with Kath Albury to explore the digital cultures and sexual health of young people in Australia.

Kath, an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow and Associate Investigator in the Swinburne Node for ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADMS), shares her Fellowship research which explores the impacts of digital transformation, ranging from enterprise technologies to everyday digital practices, on the sexual and reproductive health workforce.

This episode was recorded in February 2025

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Credits

Host: Maddy Stratten

Guest: Kath Albury

Producers: Maddy Stratten & Winnie Adamson

Editing: Winnie Adamson

Music: Little Pastries Instrumental (descript)

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