Kate Fitz-Gibbon is an internationally recognised expert in violence against women and children. She is a Professor (Practice) with the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University and an Honorary Professorial Fellow with the Melbourne Law School at University of Melbourne. Kate’s qualifications include a Phd in Criminology, Masters of Human Rights Law, Graduate Certificate of Higher Education, and she is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Kate’s areas of expertise include domestic and family violence, femicide, responses to all forms of violence against women and children, perpetrator interventions, and the impacts of policy and practice reform in Australia and internationally. She has significant experience with qualitative and survey-based research methods, and a strong record of conducting research that ethically and safely engages with family violence victim-survivors, people who use violence, and practitioners.

Kate’s research has shaped policy submissions to national and international law reform bodies, has been cited by the High Court of Australia, and has been published in 8 books and over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles. She has been appointed to Commonwealth and state-based advisory committees, and led consultations and public reports for the Commonwealth Department of Social Services, the Victorian, South Australian and ACT Governments, the Fair Work Commission, and the Australian Institute of Criminology among others. In 2021, she was appointed Chair of Respect Victoria, and in 2024 she was appointed to the Victorian Children’s Council. In 2024, Kate was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.