Research expertise:

• Digital social media
• Youth culture
• Identity

Key publications:

• Dobson, A., Robards, B., & Carah, N. (eds) (2018) Digital Intimate Publics & Social Media, Palgrave.
• Lincoln, S., & Robards, B. (2017). Editing the project of the self: sustained Facebook use and growing up online, Journal of Youth Studies, 20(4), 518-531.
• Robards, B., & Lincoln, S. (2017). Uncovering longitudinal life narratives: scrolling back on Facebook, Qualitative Research, 17(6), 715-730.
• Robards, B. (2012) “Leaving MySpace, joining Facebook: ‘Growing up’ on social network sites in Australia”, Continuum, 26(3): 385-398.
• Robards, B. & Bennett, A. (2011) “MyTribe: Post-subcultural manifestations of belonging in online social interactions”, Sociology, 45(2): 303-317.