Heather Douglas is the Deputy Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Based at the Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, she researches on legal responses to domestic and family violence. For ten years (2015-2025), she managed the National Domestic and Family Violence Bench Book, a resource for judicial officers. Her research on strangulation and legal systems abuse in the context of domestic and family violence has contributed to law and policy change. She is often called as an expert witness in criminal and coronial matters.