Matt Tyler has completed internationally significant research and groundbreaking program delivery related to preventing men's violence, addressing child sexual abuse and improving outcomes for children and young people. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University and member of Childlight’s East Asia & Pacific Hub Board at the UNSW.

He has traversed diverse worlds – improving child protection practice in the United States with Harvard’s Government Performance Lab, engaging with young Indigenous men in the Kimberley to improve health outcomes, and driving change at a grassroots level as a local Mayor in Melbourne’s West. Most recently, during seven years on the Jesuit Social Services Executive team and as lead of The Men's Project, he was responsible for leading the establishment and implementation of programs working with adolescents who are at-risk of harming others, many of whom had been victims of violence themselves. He also contributed to nationally leading research, including Australia's first study of child sexual abuse perpetration, and established Australia's first helpline for adults at risk of sexual abusing a child - Stop it Now! Australia.