Dr Lesley-anne Ey is a senior lecturer and researcher at the University of South Australia. Her research explores children’s problematic sexual behaviour in education settings with the aim to support teachers to recognise and respond effectively to problematic sexual behaviour and inform teacher training and education curriculum. She is currently Lead Chief Investigator on the project ‘Children’s problematic sexual behaviour in schools: Identifying and addressing collaborative responses to incidents’ (2021-22), funded by Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation. She recently led ‘Teachers’ perspectives of and responses to children’s problematic sexual behaviours in primary schools’ (2016-17), funded by the University of South Australia. She was also a Chief Investigator on ‘Service models for children under 10 with problematic or harmful sexual behaviour’ (2018), funded by Sax Institute, and ‘A public health approach to dealing with sexting’ (2015-16), funded by UniSA. Dr Ey authored ‘Problematic sexual behaviours in young children and pre-teens: An educational issue’: Routledge. She is an adviser to the Department for Education South Australia and other organisations, reviewing curricula, policies, guidelines and training materials. In 2018, she provided expert advice at the Harmful sexual behaviour seminar, hosted by the Commissioner for Children and Young People Western Australia.
