National Student Safety Survey
This project will deliver the next National Student Safety Survey (NSSS), commissioned by Universities Australia and conducted by Roy Morgan. The survey will align with forthcoming reforms, including the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence and the introduction of the National Student Ombudsman.
Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon, supported by a Technical Working Group and Stakeholder Forum established by Universities Australia, is advising the Roy Morgan team to ensure the survey design is trauma-informed, culturally responsive and reflective of the diverse experiences of university students. The survey is expected to deploy in Semester 1, 2026 and will provide robust national data to inform safer campus environments.
Project timeframe:
2025-2026
Commissioned by
Universities Australia
Project team:
Roy Morgan, with advisory input from Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon (Sequre)
Tech Respect: Understanding and addressing abusive tech-based stalking within dating and intimate partner relationships
This project aims to disrupt, challenge and reduce tech-based stalking in dating and intimate partner relationships, with a specific focus on 16 to 24-year-old men at risk of perpetration.
The project is a collaboration with Jesuit Social Services and Australian National University; and aims to address the nature and drivers of this harm. It will include a suite of resources that can be used by educators, parents, carers and other trusted adults.
Project timeframe:
2025-2027
Funded by
eSafety Commissioner
Project team:
This project is led by Jane Lloyd, Matt Tyler, Sam Ware and Lucy Delahey from Jesuit Social Services with Dr Hayley Boxall (ANU) and Kate Fitz-Gibbon (Sequre)
The role and impact of Men’s Behaviour Change Programs in IPV desistance pathways
Little research has explored the factors which support men who perpetrate intimate partner violence (IPV) to stop or significantly reduce their abusive behaviours (sometimes referred to as ‘desistance’). This project aims to investigate the role of men’s behaviour change programs (MBCPs) in facilitating pathways out of perpetration, identify factors that support or hinder these pathways, and explore how these dynamics vary across a diversity of backgrounds and over time.
Project timeframe:
2024-2025
Funded by
ANROWS
Project team:
Led by Dr Hayley Boxall (ANU) with Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon (Sequre), Professor Silke Meyer (Griffith University) and Professor Lorana Bartels (ANU) with research partners – Domestic Violence Crisis Services (ACT), YFS Ltd (Qld), Meli (Victoria), Centre for Non-Violence (Qld) and Uniting Care (Qld)
‘Safe at home’ in their own right
This project aims to contribute to building the evidence needed to improve policy and practice to deliver improved housing options for children and young people experiencing domestic and family violence in Australia. This includes exploring children and young people’s views on the design, components and delivery of suitable housing that meets children’s needs.
Project timeframe:
July 2024 – June 2025
Funded by
54 Reasons (Save the Children)
Project lead:
Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon