Journal of Community Applied Research

Jason Masters is a governance and probity consultant based in Sydney, Australia, with over two decades of experience advising boards, government agencies, and community organisations on governance frameworks, risk management, and ethical conduct.

He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of JCAR, established to bridge the gap between academic research and the communities it affects. Jason is an active advocate for LGBTIQA+ rights, having authored parliamentary submissions and appeared as a witness before parliamentary inquiries on matters of equality and social policy. His broader advocacy work spans human rights, social ethics, and community wellbeing.

Jason operates several professional brands including APAC Probity (governance and probity consulting), Jason Masters Governance (board advisory), and Advocating for Humanity (advocacy and publishing).

FAICD · PFIIA (Aust) · NSW JP

ORCID: 0009-0001-5667-5416 · Google Scholar

Christina Falsone is a qualified social researcher and consultant with more than 25 years’ experience providing research, evaluation, social policy, community consultation, and strategic communications advice to government and not-for-profit organisations in Australia and internationally.

She is Principal and a founding partner of Heartward Strategic, a social enterprise providing evidence-based advice to organisations working in public health, social equity, community wellbeing, and public policy. Her research and evaluation work there has included engagements for the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, ASIC, the Heart Foundation, the Wilderness Society, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, Plan International, and the NSW Environment Protection Authority.

Christina has held leadership roles in several of Australia’s major social and government research consultancies: Partner and social and government research practice lead at Hall & Partners | Open Mind, Director of the Ipsos Social Research Institute, and Senior Research Consultant and Quality Coordinator at Eureka Strategic Research. She is an experienced conference speaker and facilitator on public policy, behaviour change, and social marketing.

Her governance experience includes current appointments as Vice Chair of the Yarralumla School Board and as a committee member of Females in Training ACT, and past appointments as Head Judge of the Australian Marketing Institute’s Awards for Marketing Excellence (Public Sector) and Co-Chair of The Research Society’s Government and Social Research Network.

Christina works at the intersection of research, policy, and practice, translating evidence into practical action across public health, social policy, community wellbeing, and regulatory issues. She joins the Editorial Advisory Board in support of JCAR’s commitment to making rigorous research accessible to the communities, practitioners, and decision-makers who can act on it.

BPsych (Hons I), University of Sydney · Qualified Practising Market Researcher (QPMR), The Research Society · Certified Practising Marketer, Australian Marketing Institute