Matt Tyler

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Matt Tyler is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University and the University of New South Wales who has completed internationally significant research and groundbreaking program delivery related to men's violence, perpetrator focussed child sexual abuse prevention, and addressing child maltreatment.

He has a track record of translating research into innovative practice, including understanding the attitudes of Australian men and boys related to the perpetration of violence and, in collaboration with colleagues at the UNSW, the world's largest child sexual abuse perpetration study. This work has informed his leadership of Australia’s first helpline – Stop it Now! – to prevent child sexual abuse by engaging with those at-risk of offending, development of an online tool to prevent Harmful Sexual Behaviour among young people and development of deterrence messages to disrupt online child exploitation. He has also worked across hundreds of schools, sports clubs and workplaces as part of the design and delivery of programs including working with adolescent boys who have been victims of violence and abuse themselves to prevent inter-generational harm.

Trained as an economist, Matt brings almost 20 years of experience across the private, public, academic, and community sectors. He is Board Member of Sexual Assault Services Victoria, a member of UNSW's Childlight’s East Asia & Pacific Hub Board, a Menzies Foundation Board member, member of Bravehearts executive research advisory panel and was previously Mayor of Hobsons Bay City Council.

Experience

  • –present
    Adjunct Associate Professor (Research), Monash University
  • –present
    Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New South Wales
  • 2019–2026
    Executive Director, The Men's Project, Jesuit Social Services
  • 2020–2024
    Mayor and Councillor, Hobsons Bay City Council
  • 2018–2019
    Director, Centre For Evidence and Implementation
  • 2017–2018
    Government Innovation Fellow , Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab
  • 2014–2015
    Policy Advisor, Australian Labor Party
  • 2013–2014
    Economist, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • 2011–2013
    Researcher and Field Manager, Australian Research Council Indigenous Men’s Health Grant
  • 2007–2011
    Manager, Management Consulting, Strategy , PricewaterhouseCoopers

Education

  • 2017 
    Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, Master in Public Policy
  • 2012 
    Monash University, Bachelor of Economics (Honours - University Medal)
  • 2011 
    Monash University, Graduate Diploma in Economics
  • 2006 
    University of Melbourne., Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) / Bachelor of Arts (Psychology

Publications

  • 2026
    A Descriptive Study of the Attitudes, Characteristics and Behaviours Differentiating Men Who Do and Do Not Want Help for Their Sexual Interest in Children, Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • 2026
    Examining attitudes conducive to technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse: Evidence from a representative multi-country study, Journal of Interpersonal Violence
  • 2024
    Pathways to onset of harmful sexual behavior, Victims & Offenders
  • 2024
    Clusters of risk associated with harmful sexual behaviour onset for children and young people: opportunities for early intervention, Journal of Sexual Aggression
  • 2024
    Frantic online searches for help”: design considerations for an online early intervention service addressing harmful sexual behaviour, Journal of Sexual Aggression

Contact Matt for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision