Professor Michael Salter
BA (Hons), PhD
Professor Michael Salter is the Director of Childlight UNSW, the Australasian hub of Childlight, the Global Child Safety Institute, which undertakes research for impact on child sexual abuse and exploitation. Childlight UNSW is based in School of Social Sciences at UNSW, where Professor Salter conducts national and international research on child sexual exploitation, gender-based violence and complex trauma. His published work includes the books Organised Sexual Abuse (2013, Routledge) and Crime, Justice and Social Media (2017, Routledge) and over sixty papers in international journals and edited collections. His research engages with policy and practice across multiple sectors, including mental health, social work, law enforcement and internet regulation.
Professor Salter is Chair of the Grace Tame Foundation and a 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, and on the Scientific Committee since 2015. He sits on the editorial boards of the journals Child Abuse Review and the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation. Dr Salter is a member of a number of advisory groups, including the Advisory Group of the National Plan To Prevent Violence Against Women and Their Children, the Expert Advisory Group of the eSafety Commissioner, and the Expert Advisory Committee of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection.
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2021 Appointed a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
2020 UNSW ARC Postgraduate Supervision award
2018 Morton Prince Award for Scientific Achievement - International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
2017 High Commendation for the ANZSOC Allen Austin Bartholomew Award ā Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology
2017 Peopleās Choice Award ā Western Sydney University Research Impact Competition ā Western Sydney University
2014 New Scholar Award ā Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology