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Dr Giselle Woodley

Giselle Woodley is a Lecturer and Research Fellow within the School of Arts and Humanities.

Background

Giselle Woodley is a lecturer/research fellow in the School of Arts and Humanities at Edith Cowan University in Australia and is a sexologist with a background in Arts and Media. Her PhD research investigatec teens' perspectives of Sexually-Explicit Materials (SEM), including pornography, and teens' experiences of their Relationships and Sexuality Education (both at home, school and online). Giselle is a co-founder of Bloom-Ed a Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) advocacy group, and she is particularly interested in the benefits of RSE and real solutions that work in relation to these issues, which ultimately increase individual wellbeing, support healthy relationships, and reduce sexual violence.

Giselle is currently part of the Australian Research Council projects 'Adolescents’ perceptions of harm from accessing online content' and 'Teen-informed strategies to counter sexual image abuse and sextortion'

Professional associations

  • 2025 - World Association for Sexual Health
  • 2025 - Society of Australian Sexologists
  • 2025 - Australian Association for Adolescent Health

Awards and recognition

National and International awards

  • 2024 - Most prolific author in the Conversation
  • 2024 - Best Expert Commentary Award, Most Widely Read Conversation Article by an ECU Researcher in 2024 (Highly Commended)
  • 2021 - Best Debut Author in the Conversation

University and National teaching awards

  • 2024 - Vice-Chancellor Student Special Commendation for Community Engagement
  • 2024 - Graduate Women of WA - Education award

Research areas and interests

  • Sexology
  • Relationships and Sexuality Education
  • Pornography
  • Sexting
  • Digital intimacies
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