Research Outputs

Academic publications

Invited talks

  • Capdevila, R. (2025) Exploring Gender in Digital Spaces. PsychSocial.           
  • Gilfoyle, K., Lazard, L. & Capdevila, R. (2025) Navigating Harm in Digital Spaces. HERC Harm & Evidence Research Collaborative. 
  • Capdevila, R. & Lazard, L. (2023) Not quite real life: Accessing authenticity through digital research methods. Global Challenges & Social Justice Research Festival, Open University
  • Capdevila, R. (2023) My space is not your space: Young people’s sensemaking around their parents’ social media use. University of Buckingham, UK.
  • Lazard, L. & Capdevila, R. (2022) Supporting children’s mental health through familial online relationships. eNurture Showcase event. University of Cambridge/online.
  • Capdevila, R. & Lazard, L. (2021) “If we don’t die of Corona, we’ll die of distance learning!” Mothering during Covid-19.” Psychology & Counselling AL Conference 2021, The Open University, UK.
  • Capdevila, R.  (2021) “Inscribing technologies of visibility: gender and curation of self.” Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Santiago, Chile.
  • Capdevila, R. (2020) “Almost like real life: The practice and ethics of conducting research online. SeGReVUni. Universitat Rovira & Virgili.
  • Capdevila, R. (2019) “Picture perfect? The selfie and the self.” OUPS January Weekend. University of Warwick.
  • Lazard, L. (2018) “Digital Mothering: Sharenting and doing parental care online.” OUPS January Weekend. University of Warwick.
  • Lazard, L. (2018) “Digital Mothering and the phenomenon of sharenting.” Forensic Psychology Group. Open University Camden.
  • Capdevila, R. (2018) “Picture Perfect? Selfies and the self.” University of Staffordshire.
  • Lazard, L. (2016) “#selfie: Explorations of feminine identity in social media.” University of Northampton.

Conference presentations

  • Capdevila, R. Lazard, L., Ballard, G., Dann, C., Locke, A., Roper, S. & Manning, C. (2024)  Permission, privacy and parenting: Negotiating family online sharing. Paper presented at 2024 International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety), UAL, London, UK, 16-18 July 2024.
  • Capdevila, R. Lazard, L., Dann, C., Roper, S., Locke, A., Ballard, G. & Manning, C. (2023) “You could have asked”: Negotiating family online sharing. Paper presented to British Psychological Society (BPS) Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, Windsor, 28-30 August 2023.
  • Capdevila, R. Lazard, L., Locke, A., Roper, S., Dann, C., Ballard, G. & Manning, C. (2023) Don’t let me be misunderstood: Young people and their parent’s social media posting. Paper presented to British Psychological Society (BPS) Psychology of Women & Equalities Section Annual Conference, Windsor, 5-7 July 2023.
  • Laurance, T., Lazard, L., Capdevila, R. (2023) Every picture tells a story: The next page Paper presented to British Psychological Society (BPS) Psychology of Women & Equalities Section Annual Conference, Windsor, 5-7 July 2023.
  • Capdevila, R. & Lazard, L. (2021) Do you see what I see? Visibility and pathology in digital spaces. Presented at the 1st Conference of the Association of European Qualitative Researchers in Psychology (EQuiP): Creating Bridges, Online, 16-19 June, 2021.
  • Capdevila, R., Ballard, G., Dann, C., Lazard, L., Locke, A., Roper, S. & McAllister, L. (2021) Mother, teacher, citizen: Negotiating identity trouble online during Covid-19. Paper presented at Association for Women in Psychology Conference, online January 2021.
  • Dann, C., Lazard, L., Capdevila, R., Locke, A. & Roper, S. (2020) Digital mothering practices during COVID19. Paper presented to Connecting Individuals, Families and Communities in Changing and Challenging Times (organised by the British Psychological Society (BPS) Social Psychology Section), online, 3 September 2020.
  • Dann, C., Lazard, L., Locke, A., Roper, S. and Capdevila, R. (2019) 'Thinking of you': Relational constructions of children and their (lost) mothers in social media posts on Mother's Day. Paper presented to British Psychological Society (BPS) Psychology of Women & Equalities Section Annual Conference, Windsor, 10-12 July 2019.
  • Locke, A., Capdevila, R., Dann, C., Lazard, L. & Roper, S. (2019).  #MothersDay: Constructions of Motherhood and Femininity in social media posts. In symposium on ‘Gender in digital spaces’ convened by A. Locke at Association for Women in Psychology Conference, Newport, February 2019.
  • Capdevila, R., Dann, C., Lazard, L., Locke, A., and Roper, S. (2018) #MothersDay: Constructions of motherhood and femininity in social media posts. Paper presented to British Psychological Society (BPS) Psychology of Women & Equalities Section Annual Conference, Windsor, 11-13 July 2018.
  • Capdevila, R. & Lazard, L. (2017) My selfie and me: A Q methodological exploration of young women and sense making. Presented at the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity 33rd Annual Q Conference. University of Glasgow, U.K.: 7-9 September 2017.
  • Capdevila, R. & Lazard, L. Curating the feminine self: Inscribing technologies of visibility. Presented at the International Society for Theoretical Psychology Conference. Tokyo, Japan: 20-25 August 2017.
  • Capdevila, R. & Lazard, L. My real self(ie): A Q methodological study of the curation of online identity. Presented at the BPS Psychology of Women Section Annual Conference. Cumberland Lodge, U.K.: 12-14 July 2017
  • Lazard, L. & Capdevila, R. She’s so vain: Selfies and the curation of an online self. Presented at the BPS Annual Conference. Brighton, UK: 3-5 May 2017.
  • Capdevila, R. & Lazard, L “You don’t look like that in real life”: Exploring young women’s curation of self online. Presented at the BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference. Cardiff, U.K.: 30 Aug -1 Sept 2016.
  • Capdevila, R., Lazard, L. & Entilli, L. (2015) #selfie: Conceptualising the Feminine Self Online (part of the symposium Feminist Theory Reconstructing Psychology: Then and Now) International Society for Theoretical Psychology Conference. Coventry, UK: 25-30 June 2015.
  • Lazard, L., Capdevila, R. & Laurance, T. (2014) Picture perfect? The use of photo enhancement on social networking sites.  Presented at the BPS Psychology of Women Section Annual Conference. Cumberland Lodge, U.K.: 9-11 July 2014.