Dr Lisa Wheildon is a Research Project Officer, Research Assistant and Tutor in Criminology at Monash University and RMIT University. She holds a PhD in Behavioural Science from Monash. Lisa’s PhD research examined the role of victim-survivors with lived experience of gender-based violence in co-producing public policy, focusing on the gendered nature of state institutions and challenges presented by gendered norms and stereotypes, including the ‘ideal’ victim and victim-blaming. Lisa is currently working on research projects regarding technology-facilitated coercive control and workplace technology-facilitated sexual harassment. She is also the early career researcher representative on the Committee of Management of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology (ANZSOC) and a moderator of the Power to Persuade social policy blog. Previously Lisa worked in senior roles in the Victorian Government and helped establish Our Watch, the national foundation for preventing violence against women and children.Dr Lisa Wheildon is a Research Project Officer, Research Assistant and Tutor in Criminology at Monash University and RMIT University. She holds a PhD in Behavioural Science from Monash. Lisa’s PhD research focused on the role of victim-survivors in co-producing public policy on gender-based violence and. Lisa has recently researched online safety, digital dating violence, technology-facilitated coercive

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Wheildon, L. J., Flynn, A., True, J., & Wild, A. (2023). Gender-based violence policy reform: assessing the risks and public value of co-production with survivors, Journal of Gender-Based Violence (published online ahead of print 2023) https://doi.org/10.1332/239868021X16842395248135

Wheildon, L. (2022): Speaking truth to power: The role of survivors in driving policy change on gender-based violence. Monash University. Thesis. https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Speaking_truth_to_power_The_role_of_survivors_in_driving_policy_change_on_gender-based_violence/22281058

Wheildon, L. J., True, J., Flynn, A., & Wild, A. (2022). The Batty Effect: Victim-Survivors and Domestic and Family Violence Policy Change. Violence Against Women, 28(6–7), 1684–1707. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012211024266