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Research

Our research

Violence against women and children affects everybody. It impacts on the health, wellbeing and safety of a significant proportion of Australians throughout all states and territories and places an enormous burden on the nation’s economy across family and community services, health and hospitals, income-support and criminal justice systems.

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News and events

ANROWS hosts events as part of its knowledge transfer and exchange work, including public lectures, workshops and research launches. Details of upcoming ANROWS activities and news are available from the list on the right.

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About ANROWS

ANROWS was established by the Commonwealth and all state and territory governments of Australia to produce, disseminate and assist in applying evidence for policy and practice addressing violence against women and children.

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Resources

To support the take-up of evidence, ANROWS offers a range of resources developed from research to support practitioners and policy-makers in delivering evidence-based interventions.

Register of Active Research

The ANROWS Register of Active Research (RAR) aims to provide a comprehensive landscape of research currently in progress in Australia that relates to domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV). It lists research projects that are underway.

In November 2023 ANROWS released the Australian National Research Agenda (ANRA 2023–2028). The purpose of the ANRA is to direct research efforts towards addressing priority evidence gaps for policy and systems-wide practice design, nationally.

A centralised register of current research in priority research areas is an important resource for researchers who are considering projects and seeking research funding, and for research funders when assessing grant applications. The RAR is also a useful resource for researchers seeking to collaborate across jurisdictions and disciplines on future projects.


To be included in the RAR, research must be related to DFSV, have an Australian target population and be currently underway.

The value of the RAR increases with each relevant project registered. Therefore, we strongly encourage researchers to register project details as soon as practicable. 

Submitted projects will be uploaded to the RAR as soon as possible after registration.

Please note that while ANROWS encourages rigorous and ethical research, we are not able to quality assure the projects proposed for inclusion in the RAR. Inclusion in the RAR does not indicate an endorsement from ANROWS.

Research outputs can be found in the Completed Register of Active Research projects reading list in the ANROWS Digital Library.

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Trauma-related pathways into adolescent family violence use

Nina Papalia

Commenced October 2024

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Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Program

Commenced September 2024

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Learning from the stories of young Aboriginal men and adolescents convicted of domestic, family and sexual violence

Jocelyn Jones

Commenced July 2024

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The experiences of migrant and refugee families of men’s behaviour change programs

Karen Block

Commenced July 2024

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The role and impact of Men’s Behaviour Change Programs in IPV desistance pathways

Hayley Boxall

Commenced July 2024

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Using data to respond to domestic and family violence perpetration within military and veteran families

Sean Cowlishaw

Commenced July 2024

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Promising practices in violence prevention for community health and wellbeing practitioners

Anne Stephens

Commenced July 2024

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Supporting secondary school teachers to address online spaces as pathways to gender-based violence for boys and men: Interventions to tackle the influence of the manosphere

Dr. Naomi Pfitzner

Commenced July 2024

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The IVY Study: Towards an Australian response to the use of Intimate partner Violence by Young people

Elena Campbell

Commenced July 2024

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Building an evidence-based response to sexual violence perpetration against LGBTQ+ people in Australia

Prof. Adam Bourne

Commenced July 2024

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Early intervention in health settings for men using intimate partner violence

Dr. Minerva Kyei-Onanjiri

Commenced July 2024

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We Keep Us Safe: Co-designing community-led responses to domestic, family and sexual violence among people with a history of criminalisation and drug use

Jade Lane

Commenced July 2024

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