Our Objectives
World-Class Research, Real-World Impact
Uniting renowned academics specialising in gendered violence with the world-class research excellence of the UNSW network, GVRN are research leaders in exploring the impact of gendered violence. Our research interests span sexual assault, rape, domestic violence, family violence, child sexual abuse and adult survivors, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, gendered misconduct, trafficking for domestic and sexual slavery, and girl child infanticide.
Our Strategies
Making a Difference in Your Workplace
With 1 in 3 women globally being victims of gendered violence* and 2.2. million Australians having experienced physical and/or sexual violence from a partner in the past year**, it’s vital we understand the real-life implications of this experience along with how to recognise, respond and prevent Gendered Violence in our local communities. The Gendered Violence & Organisations offering developed by GVRN offers tailored training and specialised advisory services for employers wanting to address gendered violence in their workplace. Using innovative and evidence-based schemes, our programs and services have helped make an impact on organisations throughout Australia and beyond.
* World Health Organisation, 2017
** Australian Institute of Health & Welfare, 2019
Our Expertise
Preventing Gendered Violence Worldwide with the PLuS Alliance
In a one-of-its-kind partnership between King’s College London, UNSW Sydney and Arizona State University, the PLuS Alliance works towards promoting social justice principles and enabling research-led solutions to global challenges including gendered violence.
“Fantastic training with a focus on work-related support that’s relevant and well structured. The case studies really help managers to think more widely and provide confidence that responding to these matters are no different to other matters.”
Third sector - Domestic and Family Violence Awareness and Response Training 2017
Co-convenors
- Associate Professor Jan Breckenridge (UNSW Arts & Social Sciences)
- Professor Anne Cossins (UNSW LAW)
Executive
- Associate Professor Jan Breckenridge
- Associate Professor Anne Brewster
- Professor Anne Cossins
- Dr Helen Pringle
- Associate Professor Kylie Valentine
UNSW Arts & Social Sciences
- Professor Eileen Baldry
- Dr Linda Bartolomei
- Dr Jesse Cale
- Dr Aminath Didi
- Associate Professor Leanne Dowse
- Dr Jane Bolitho
- Associate Professor Sue Green
- Dr Penny Griffin
- Dr Trish Hill
- Dr Caroline Lenette
- Dr Alyce McGovern
- Dr Abner Wang Cheong Poon
- Dr Suzanne Schmeidl
- Dr Zora Simic
- Associate Professor Claudia Tazreiter
- Professor Anthony Zwi
- Dr Stacy Tzoumakis
- Professor Carla Treloar
- Dr Jane Mowll
- Associate Professor Elizabeth Thurbon
- Dr Maree Higgins
- Dr Phillipa Evans
UNSW Business
UNSW Canberra
UNSW Law
- Professor Louise Chappell
- Dr Kyllie Cripps
- Professor Andrea Durbach
- Associate Professor Christine Forster
- Dr Jennifer Moore
- Professor Julie Stubbs
- Professor Megan Davis
UNSW Medicine
- Associate Professor Carolyn Quadrio
- Associate Professor Susan Rees
- Dr Elke Mitchell
- Dr Patricia Cullen
Partnerships
Arizona State University
- Emeritus Professor Carolyn Warner
- Associate Professor Jennet Kirkpatrick
- Associate Professor Reed Wood
- Assistant Professor Sarah Shair-Rosenfield
- Professor Cassia Spohn
- Professor Kristy Holtfreter
- Professor Kate Fox
- Associate Professor Kelly Davis
- Associate Professor Julie Murphy Erfani
- Associate Professor Lynn Holley
- Professor Craig LeCroy
- Associate Professor Jill Messing
- Associate Professor, Director Office of Sex Trafficking Dominique Roe
- Associate Professor Lela Williams
- Professor Monica Green
- Assistant Professor Indulata Prasad
- Professor Emeritus Elizabeth Brandt
- Research Assistant Professor Cindy Miller
- Professor Carol Martin
- Professor Kristin Mickelson
- Associate Professor Suzanne Vaughan
- Professor Patricia Huntington
- Professor Kimberly Scott
- Associate Professor Angela Gonzales
- Faculty Head, Associate Professor Lisa Anderson
- Associate Professor Heather Switzer
- Associate Dean of Faculty Zachary Kramer
- Professor and Alan A. Matheson Fellow in Law Charles Calleros
- Associate Professor of Law Kaipo Matsumura
- Professor of Law James Weinstein
- Associate Professor of Law Joshua Sellers
- Professor, Associate Director of the School, Director of Undergrad Programs Hank Fradella
- Associate Professor Sharon Bramlett-Solomon
- Professor Yasmin Saikia
- Professor Chouki Hamel
- Regents Professor, Center Director Sally Kitch
- Associate Professor Elizabeth Brake
- Associate Professor C Elenes
- Associate Professor Sharon Kirsch
- Associate Professor Lindsey Mean
- Associate Professor Marlon Bailey
- Associate Professor Karen Leong
- Associate Professor Yasmina Katsulis
- Associate Professor Sujey Vega
- Assistant Professor Natasha Behl
- Assistant Professor Kendall Funk
- Professor Emeritus Christine Marin
- Associate Professor Alesha Durfee
- Professor Mary Fonow
- Associate Professor Breanne Fahs
- Associate Professor Eugene Judson
- Professor Nancy Jurik
- Professor, Associate Dean of Faculty Zachary Kramer
- Associate Professor of Practice Eric Swank
- Assistant Professor Benjamin LeMaster
- Associate Professor Shari Collins
- Professor Laura Hanish
- Professor Gustavo Fischman
- Professor of Practice Pamela DeLargy
- Assistant Professor Cheryl Bennett
- Professor Karin Wachter
- Professor Madelaine Adelman
- Associate Professor Daniel Bower
- Caitlin Biddolph - Supervisors Penny Griffin and Liz Thurbon
- Research:Queering International Criminal Law: Gender, Sexuality, and Nationalism at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
- Sophie Yates - Supervisors Jan Breckenridge and Louise Chappell
- Research:A critical frame analysis of Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence.
- Maureen MacGinley -Supervisors Jan Breckenridge and Jane Mowll
- Research:The experience of shame for adults subjected to sexual abuse in childhood.
- Jeannette Walsh - Supervisors Jo Spangaro and Jesse Cale
- Research:“Both sides now”: Safer home visiting for Child and Family Health Nurses to engage with women experiencing intimate partner violence.
- Samantha Lyneham – Supervisors Jan Breckenridge and Bianca Fileborn
- Research:Understanding Consent and Coercion in Forced Marriage in Australia
- Elena Cama – Supervisors Bianca Fileborn, Andrea Durbach and Janet Chan
- Research:Understanding and Responding to Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence in Online Dating.
- Melanie Burton – Supervisors Annie Cossins and Jesse Cale
- Research:The Characteristics and Behaviours of Undetected Intrafamilial Child Sex Offenders.
- Malory Plummer - Supervisors Annie Cossins and Janet Chan
- Research:The Impact of Child Sexual Abuse on Male Victims: Explaining the Transition from Victim to Offender.
- Grace Thomas - Supervisors Caroline Lenette
- Research:The Potential of #MeToo: a media analysis of the #MeToo narrative as a response to global sexual and gender-based violence.
- Thea Gumbert-Jourjon- Supervisors Annie Cossins and Jane Goodman-Delahunty
- Research:Unreasonable doubts? Improving juror decision making in sexual assault trials.
“Very well done - we were encouraged to challenge our current process or ways of thinking to support employees. Extremely educational about our role, as a business, in Domestic Violence situations and what questions to ask.”
Business – Domestic and Family Violence Awareness and Response Training 2017
Contact Us
For further information about the Gendered Violence Research Network (GVRN) or any of its projects, email us or contact any of the individuals below.
Mailin Suchting
Manager, Gendered Violence Research Network, UNSW
Phone: +61 2 9385 2991
Email: m.suchting@unsw.edu.au
Associate Professor Jan Breckenridge
Co-convenor, Gendered Violence Research Network, UNSW
Phone: +61 2 9385 1863
Email: j.breckenridge@unsw.edu.au
Professor Annie Cossins
Co-convenor, Gendered Violence Research Network, UNSW
Phone: +61 2 9385 2246
Email: a.cossins@unsw.edu.au