Hub Members
Associate Professor Bridget Harris
Lead Researcher and Associate Professor in Criminology
Expert in domestic and family violence, technology-facilitated abuse, violence in non-urban places.
Dr Naomi Pfitzner
Director
Expert in gender-based violence prevention and response including primary prevention and crisis response.
Professor JaneMaree Maher
Lead Researcher
Expert in gender equality and access, gender and family structures.
Dr Jasmine McGowan
Lead Researcher and Lecturer in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences
Expert in gender and sexuality, women with disability experiencing family violence, project management and strategic engagements.
Dr Hyein (Ellen) Cho
Lecturer in Korean Studies in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics & Key Researcher
Expert in gender-based violence and gender equality within migrant and refugee communities in Australia.
Dr Sarah McCook
Research Fellow
Expert in the prevention of gendered violence, masculinities, and engaging men and boys in gender transformative change.
Hannah Fahour
Research Officer
Lived experience specialist with a key focus on innovation in perpetrator interventions.
Dr Jessica Woolley
Research Fellow
Expert in legal and policing responses to family violence, technology-facilitated family violence, and mental health and family violence
Associate Professor Emily Berger
Associate Professor, School of Educational Psychology & Counselling and Key Researcher
Expert trauma-informed practice and interventions
Dr Stephanie Wescott
Lecturer in Humanities and Social Sciences in the School of Education, Culture and Society and Key Researcher
Expert in manosphere influence in schools and misogyny in education settings
Dr Alexandra Phelan
Lecturer in Politics and International Relations in the Faculty of Arts and Key Researcher
Expert on terrorism, political violence and the nexus between gender and violent extremism
Professor Steven Roberts
Professor of Education & Social Justice and Head of the School of Education, Culture & Society,
Faculty of Education and Key Researcher
Expert in masculinities and youth
Kathryn Benier
Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Key Researcher
Expert in victimisation experiences, spatial ecology, and intervention analysis.
Kate Burns
Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Key Researcher
Narelle Warren
Professor in Human Geography, Anthropology and Development Studies and Key Researcher
Ben Scott
Centre Manager and PhD candidate Queer criminologist with a focus on policing and family violence
Dr Georgia Symons
Research Fellow
Investigates the neurological consequences of intimate partner violence with a focus on brain injuries.
Siobhan Hardiman
Teaching Fellow and Key Researcher
Leads the family violence practice curriculum across social work, psychology and paramedicine at Monash University and research on group interventions for youth communities addressing intimate partner violence
Dr Megan McElhone
Lecturer in Criminology and Key Researcher
Expert in police policy, practice and governance
Emeritus Professor Jude McCulloch
Researcher
Expert in violence against women, policing and community justice.
Professor Silke Meyer
Leneen Forde Chair of Child and Family Research at Griffith University and Adjunct Professor at Monash University.
Expert in domestic and family violence with a focus on children’s wellbeing and recovery, men’s accountability in their role as perpetrators and fathers and experiences specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.