Our team
Professor
Daryl Higgins
Professor Higgins holds a PhD from Deakin (1999) and is a registered psychologist. He is Professor and Director of the ACU Institute of Child Protection Studies, a nationally recognised centre of research excellence in the field of child, youth and family welfare at the Australian Catholic University.
From 2011-17 he was Deputy Director of the Australian Institute of Family Studies, responsible for the Institute’s research projects and communication of research outputs. From 2004-17 he led a range of research projects and knowledge translation services to inform policy and practice across a spectrum of child wellbeing themes. His research skills span disciplinary boundaries of psychology, criminology, sociology, social work, and public health.
He has pioneered Australian research on multi-type maltreatment and its psychological sequelae. He has experience in conducting a CATI study in 2014 with our partner on this proposal, the Social Research Centre. In addition, he is experienced in research governance and ethics, and was a member of the National Statement Section 3 Review Working Committee for the NHMRC (2016-17).
He is a national leader in innovative knowledge translation to facilitate access to evidence by policymakers and practitioners. He has co-authored > 200 publications including 75 refereed journal articles, with 87 publications since 2013. Many articles are in leading journals read by policymakers and practitioners and in leading international journals.
For more information on Professor Higgins and his publications see
here.
Our Team
Our partners
The ACMS is proud to partner with the National Health and Medical Research Council, The Social Research Centre, and the Australian Government on this important project. For more information about our partners please click here.
