Lectures and seminars Seminar on “Social media, youth mental health and suicide: what the evidence shows and what it doesn't” with Prof. Jo Robinson

Professor Jo Robinson's research

Her research focuses on developing and evaluating innovative approaches to suicide prevention among young people, including the use of digital and social media. She has examined how social media can both contribute to suicide and self-harm risk and provide opportunities for prevention and postvention. Working with young people, they co-developed social media-based interventions - most notably #chatsafe, the first evidence-based best-practice guidelines for safer peer-to-peer communication about suicide and self-harm online. Her work has also examined how platforms respond to suicide- and self-harm-related content, including online safety, harmful content and platform policies.  

Prof. Robinson also has keen interest in policy development and evaluation, demonstrated by her leading role in major policy reports, as well as advising both state and federal governments. She has also served on Meta’s Global Self-injury Advisory Group.  

Registration

Registration is required and the deadline is the 20th of September or when the capacity is reached. For those who register before the 17th of September a light lunch (wrap) is provided.