Professor Silke Meyer is the Leneen Forde Chair in Child and Family Research in the School of Health Sciences and Social Work at Griffith University and an Adjunct Professor at the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre. Silke is a criminologist and social worker by training, bringing practical and theoretical expertise to her research, teaching and advocacy. Her research centres on different aspects of domestic and family violence, including women and children’s safety, wellbeing and recovery, men’s accountability in their role as perpetrators and fathers, and the role of domestic and family violence-informed practice in child protection, policing and court proceedings. She is an expert in holistic and collaborative service responses to individuals and families affected by domestic and family violence, including evidence-based policy and practice reform. Silke has delivered evaluations, expert advice and professional development sessions for different government departments and community based organisations, including victim support services, perpetrator interventions, police, courts, health, child safety and the coroner’s office.