University of New South Wales

Professor Michael Salter is the Director of the East Asia and Pacific Hub of Childlight, based in the School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Professor Salter is an internationally recognised expert in child sexual exploitation, complex trauma and gender-based violence.

Professor Salter is the Chairperson of the Grace Tame Foundation, dedicated to the prevention of child sexual abuse, and a past president of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, the premier global organisation for the study and treatment of complex trauma. He sits on the editorial boards of the journals Child Abuse Review and the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation.

Professor 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.