Dr Sophie Hindes and Dr Jessica Ison

Dr Sophie Hindes is a Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS) and co-convenor of the family, domestic and sexual violence research stream. They are a criminologist specialising in LGBTQ+ communities and strengths-based approaches to understanding and addressing sexual and gender-based violence. Their forthcoming monograph, Queer Insights on Negotiating Sex: New Perspectives Beyond Consent is due to be published with Bristol University Press in early 2027 and Dr Jessica Ison is the Deputy Director of the Reducing Gender-based Violence Research Group (ReGEN) at the La Trobe Rural Health School. She is a gender studies scholar specialising in sexual violence primary prevention, including LGBTQ+ communities and university campuses. Jess is currently Co-Lead of the Partners in Prevention of Sexual Violence Project, the largest of its kind sexual violence prevention project ever funded in Australia.