Dr Jasmine Fardouly

Who Dr Jasmine Fardouly is

Dr Jasmine Fardouly is a Senior Lecturer, ARC DECRA Research Fellow, and Sydney Horizon Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney, Australia. She leads a research programme investigating how positive and negative social media content affects users' body image and mental health. As part of her PhD, she became one of the first researchers to examine how emerging platforms such as Facebook and Instagram affect body image, and her work has been cited more than 15,000 times according to Google Scholar. She has co-authored policy recommendations calling for evidence-based government regulation of social media to reduce harms to body image and eating disorders, including on age limits, harmful content removal, and algorithm transparency. In 2024 she was named NSW Young Tall Poppy of the Year by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science, and her research was ranked in the top one per cent of citations globally by Clarivate.

References for this biography

1. 1.Wired Minds: Exploring Mental Health in the Digital Age – University of Sydney — Confirms role as ARC DECRA Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer; describes her research programme on social media and body image; notes Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher status (2023, top 0.1%) and twice ranked top Australian researcher in communications.
2. 2.The Sydney researcher making social media better for body image – University of Sydney — Confirms Sydney Horizon Fellowship; background including PhD focus on social media and body image; top 1% citations in 2024; NSW Young Tall Poppy 2024 award.
3. 3.Sydney psychologist wins NSW Young Tall Poppy of the Year 2024 – University of Sydney — Confirms Dr Fardouly named overall Young Tall Poppy of the Year for NSW, 2024.
4. 4.Dr Jasmine Fardouly – Raising the Bar — Confirms title of Senior Lecturer and Sydney Horizon Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney.
5. 5.Navigating Social Media, Body Image, and Eating Disorders: Recommendations for Policymakers and Researchers – SSRN — Confirms lead authorship of 2024 multi-disciplinary policy paper on social media regulation, body image, and eating disorders.
6. 6.Jasmine Fardouly – Google Scholar — Confirms institutional affiliation (DECRA Research Fellow and Horizon Fellow, University of Sydney), citation count exceeding 15,000, and core research fields (body image, mental health, social media, social comparison).
7. 7.Jasmine Fardouly – The Conversation — Identifies her X/Twitter handle as @JasmineFardouly.
8. 8.Social media is not real life – New Media & Society / Sage Journals — Confirms ORCID: 0000-0001-5648-6757.
9. 9.Psychology – Overview – The University of Sydney — Confirms postal address of School of Psychology, University of Sydney, NSW 2006.

Notable achievements

• Named NSW Young Tall Poppy of the Year 2024 by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science, selected from 12 state winners. Source ↗
• Named on Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers list in 2023 (top 0.1% most cited scientists globally) and her research ranked in the top 1% of citations in 2024. Source ↗
• Lead author of a 2024 multi-disciplinary policy paper recommending evidence-based social media regulation to protect body image and reduce eating disorder risk. Source ↗
• Twice ranked top Australian researcher in communications by The Australian newspaper. Source ↗

What Dr Jasmine Fardouly has said

• “New medicalised terms can add confusion, especially if the symptoms match other known disorders. 'If you look at body dysmorphic disorder, it's often excessive concern, particularly about areas of the face, and it's common in teenagers and younger people.'”

  senior lecturer at the University of Sydney's school of psychology · Mental health · 27 Aug 2026 · Cosmeticorexia: a worrying obsession with flawless skin or just a new term for an old problem? ↗

Recent social activity

• I am honoured to be selected as the NSW Young Tall Poppy of the Year. Thank you to the AIPS. Community engagement is such an important part of our work. We can work together to make social media a safer place for all users. #YTP24 #TallPoppy @Sydney_Uni

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Where Dr Jasmine Fardouly has been quoted

1. Botox at the dentist and fillers on your lunch break: how did cosmetic treatments become the new normal?theguardian.com · 8 Sept 2026
2. Cosmeticorexia: a worrying obsession with flawless skin or just a new term for an old problem?theguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Related media coverage

Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.

• One Year On: How The Royal Foundation is strengthening suicide prevention support in the UKRoyal Foundation
• Norwich City teams up with The Royal Foundation to support suicide preventionNorwich City Football Club
• Licensable picture: The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention hosted its annual Out of the Darkness Walk on Oct. 10 in Staunton's Gypsy HillReuters Connect

Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://profiles.sydney.edu.au/jasmine.fardoulypublished here ↗
• ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5648-6757published here ↗
• Xhttps://x.com/JasmineFardoulypublished here ↗
• Websitehttps://www.rtbevent.com/dr-jasmine-fardouly

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