Dr Jess Hardley is an intersectional feminist, embodiment and mobile media scholar. She holds a PhD in Media and Communication from RMIT University and a joint Research Master’s Degree in Gender Studies from Utrecht University and Central European University. Her research primarily focuses on smartphones, gendered experiences of urban space, and experiences of safety and risk. She has been researching and teaching across Media Studies, Digital Cultures, Internet Studies, Cultural Studies and Gender Studies for over a decade.