Love, intimacy and ONLIne Dating
How a Global Pandemic Redefined Romantic Relationships
High MaiNTENANCE WOMEN
A modern-day women’s manifesto: a look at how love, romance and the digital domain police women’s behaviours
The OVERTHINKERS
Four people, figuring out sex, love and how to get their lives together
Dr Lisa Portolan is an author and academic from Sydney. Her PhD on dating apps and intimacy was published in 2024. She is currently a casual academic at the University of Technology Sydney. Her PhD was also developed into a book: Love, Intimacy and Online Dating (Routledge, 2023).
She has written several fiction and non-fiction books including: Happy As (Echo / Bonnier UK, 2018), Pretty Girls (Big Sky Publishing, 2020), The Overthinkers (Big Sky Publishing, 2021)and High Maintenance Women (2022).
She was the host of the top ten podcast Slow Love, a podcast on dating, intimacy, relationships and Covid-19, and the founder of mingle (@minglemixblend).
Lisa is a regular commentator on dating apps, intimacy and the digital domain; and has appeared on abc news, The Project, Today Show, Weekend Today, Sunrise, and written for the Guardian, the Conversation and Mamamia. She a regular Friday segment on 2ser radio, Love Live with Lisa.
She has a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism), Bachelor of International Studies, a Masters of International Studies and PhD. She has studied at the University of Technology Sydney, L'Universita degli Studii, Bologna, Italy, and Western Sydney University.
