Patrick O’Leary has worked in the area of gendered violence as social worker and now as a researcher for over 25 years. Since 2004, Professor O’Leary has held numerous senior posts at universities in Australia and the United Kingdom. He has worked internationally and domestically on domestic violence and child protection issues. Professor O’Leary was commissioned as an Expert Academic Advisor to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and has served as a Senior Research Fellow with UNICEF’s Office for Research. At Griffith University he has been the academic lead for the Violence Research and Prevention Program (VRPP) and MATE Bystander Project. Currently he is Co-Leader of the Disrupting Violence Beacon at Griffith University. He is a member of the Queensland’s Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce who made recommendations regarding coercive control and consent legislation and policy. Professor O’Leary’s work is internationally recognised and his work is widely cited in high quality journals. He is the Co-Editor of International Social Work since 2018.