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About Andrea Waling

Andrea Waling is a Senior ARC DECRA Research Fellow at the Australian Research in Sex Health and Society at La Trobe University Australia. She undertakes several qualitative and mixed-methods research projects focused on explorations of men sexuality and bodies; young people and sexual literacy technologies sex and sexual intimacy and LGBTIQ+ health and well-being. Many of these projects engage in community consultations and co-production of knowledge and are centred around social justice issues to ensure better health and wellbeing outcomes for marginalised communities. Dr Waling is co-leading a program of research at ARCSHS focusing on the intersections of technology sex education and digital literacies gender sexuality and sexual intimacies. Her DECRA (20202023) research project Men Sex and Intimacy explores how young heterosexual men in Australia are navigating and negotiating intimacy sex and consent in the wake of #MeToo politics and awareness around sexual violence against women. To date she has attracted over $2.8 million AUD in competitive funding and has over 70 publications. She has earned several awards for her research most recently the La Trobe University Excellence in Research Impact (2021) for the Understanding LGBTI+ Lives in Crisis project.