Aron Shlonsky is Professor at Monash University School of Primary and Allied Health Care School (Social Work), the Director of Data Matters: Social Welfare Analytics Research at Monash (https://www.monash.edu/medicine/spahc/socialwork/datamatters/home), and is a Research Associate at the Centre for Evidence and Implementation (https://www.ceiglobal.org/). Professor Shlonsky graduated from UC Berkeley with a doctorate in social welfare (2002) and a master’s degree in public health (2000). Shlonsky is known internationally for his work in child, youth and family services, particularly in the generation, synthesis and implementation of evidence to inform practice and policy in the child and family services field. He has been primary chief investigator, Chief Investigator, or Co-Investigator on over 70 contracts and grants in Australia and internationally.

He is Co-Author with Bianca Albers and Robyn Mildon of Implementation Science 3.0 (Springer, 2020) and with Rami Benbenishty of From Evidence to Outcomes: An international reader (Oxford University Press, 2014) – both of which are among the first books to bring together Common Elements / Core Components and Implementation Science with more standard approaches to evidence-informed practice. He is also Co-Editor with Emily Keddell of The Sage Handbook of Decision Making, Assessment and Risk in Social Work – Professional Judgement Section. Shlonsky has authored and co-authored over 150 other books, peer- reviewed articles and government reports in the child protection and family services areas including decision-making and risk assessment in child welfare, youth justice and domestic violence services, the predictors and effects of sibling separation in foster care, issues surrounding kinship foster care, and the teaching and implementation of evidence-informed practice.