Dr Emma Davies has worked for 20 years in the interface between research, practice and policy in government and non-government sectors. In 2007-9, she ran the Auckland Office of the Children‘s Commissioner. As Principal Advisor, she worked with councils on a range of social development initiatives including child-impact reporting, child prostitution and family violence. This followed her secondment to the Ministry of Social Development as a Principal Analyst for the Taskforce for Action on Violence in Families, where she translated research into policy advice. She is currently ADHB‘s representative on the Advisory Group for the evaluation of the Tamaki Transformation Programme. Emma returned to AUT in March 09 to take up the position of Programme Director – Social Development at the Institute of Public Policy.