Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon is a globally recognised expert in preventing violence against women and children. She uses academic research excellence to drive systemic change.

Kate is Professor (Practice) at Monash University’s Faculty of Business and Economics, as well as Honorary Professorial Fellow at Melbourne Law School.

She is a research leader in 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 is Chair of Respect Victoria and a member of the Victorian Children's Council. Kate is committed to survivor-centered research, and works closely with victim-survivors, practitioners, and policymakers to advance evidence-based solutions.

Kate led the consultations to inform the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2032. She also led research with child victim-survivors to inform the work of the South Australian Royal Commission into Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence.

She has a PhD in Criminology and a Masters of Human Rights Law. In 2024 Kate was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in recognition of her work addressing violence against women and children.