Asher Flynn

Dr Asher Flynn is a Professor of Criminology at Monash University and Chief Investigator on the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), where she leads the technology-facilitated violence workstream and is Deputy Lead of Research Ethics & Training. Asher is an award-winning researcher in policy and prevention concerning gendered, sexual and technology-facilitated violence and has shaped almost a decade of research, theory and measurement of these global phenomena. Across her career, she has generated over $45 million in funding, and has published nine books and approx. 130 articles, scholarly book chapters, reports and media/opinion pieces. Her research informed the introduction of federal and state laws on image-based sexual abuse across Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. She is the recipient of a number of prestigious national and international research fellowships and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Criminology. Asher is a member of the United Nations’ Advisory Group to co-create a shared research agenda to end technology-facilitated gender-based violence and was appointed by the Gender Equality Ambassador and Secretary General for the Generation Equality Forum to the Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs of France 12 member expert panel on technology-facilitated gender based violence. Asher was also appointed as a Board Member to Meta’s Global Women’s Safety Board. She is one of only 12 members appointed worldwide, and Australia’s first and only board member. Asher has advised the Australian Office of the eSafety Commissioner, the United Nations, Meta and Bumble on policy and prevention of technology-facilitated violence. See her Monash profile here and Google Scholar profile here.