Dr. Julie Green is currently Executive Director of the Raising Children Network and a member of the Raising Children Network Board. Julie is an experienced lead investigator on studies with children, young people and families that focus on understanding social and cultural factors important to health, development, learning and wellbeing. Julie has extensive experience in research with Government, Catholic and independent primary schools in Victoria. Her particular methodological research expertise is in qualitative methods of inquiry, e.g., in-depth interviews and focus group discussions to explore social, educational and cultural contexts related to health and wellbeing and generate high quality evidence for policy and practice.