Michael Salter

Professor Michael Salter is the Director of Childlight East Asia and Pacific Hub, a research centre dedicated to research for impact on child sexual abuse and exploitation, based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is an expert on child sexual exploitation, gender-based violence and complex trauma, including intersections with technology. Professor Salter is the Past President of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) where he has served on the Board of Directors since 2018. He is the Chair of the Grace Tame Foundation, which is dedicated to the prevention of child sexual abuse. Dr Salter sits on the editorial boards of the journals Child Abuse Review and the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation.