A/Prof Tiffany Jones (BCA, BEd-Hons1, PhD) is a sociologist who researches and publishes on LGBTIQ+ issues in education, education policy, health and social policy, and legislative change. Key projects have been supported by organisations including the ARC, UNESCO and beyondblue for example. Her many peer-reviewed books include the recent book 'Improving Services for Transgender and Gender Variant Youth' (2019). Dr Jones liaises and constructs technical, policy and data reports with UNESCO and other UN bodies, including the recent report 'Bringing it Out in the Open: Monitoring school violence based on sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression in national and international surveys' (2019). She also works with various international and local/ state government and non-government organisations, on policy development around LGBTIQ+ issues; one of her recent projects is a CIHR funded collaboration across Canada, Belgium and the UK towards supporting improved health care transitions for people with intersex variations. She sits on the editorial board of the peer-reviewed academic journals LGBT Health and LGBT Youth, and also edits a combination of scholarly and creative contributions in Bent Street (including the new 2018 edition). She is an active peer-reviewer for various education, health and sociology journals. She has received a range of awards including various postgraduate scholarships, the Griffith University Medal, the Association for Women Educators Award for Girls' Education, the ATLAS International Institute for Qualitative Methodology Highly Commended Dissertation Award and the 2018 AARE Raewyn Connell Award for leadership in gender and sexuality education research. She supervises diverse research students.