Dr Antonia Quadara is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute. Antonia has managed AIFS’ program of research into sexual violence since 2008. This program examines issues related to: child sexual abuse; child and adolescent problem sexual behaviours; adult sexual assault; public health approaches to prevention; and perpetration and sexual offending. Antonia has managed a range of research projects relating to: victim/survivors’ insights into sexual assault perpetration; impacts of disclosure on family relationships, and most recently, therapeutic responses to harmful sexual behaviours. Areas of research interest include: the dynamics and intersections between different types of sexual violence, service and systems responses to victim/survivors; criminal justice responses to sexual offences; feminist frameworks sexuality and sexual violence; and prevention and public policy. Antonia has a strong background in qualitative research methods, stakeholder engagement and consultation, group facilitation, and extensive experience in the writing, development and production of publications and resources for policy and service sectors involved in responding to sexual violence. Before beginning at AIFS she was a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Criminology (University of Melbourne).
