Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
I am an urban geographer whose work focuses on care, justice, sustainability, diverse economies and commons in the city. In 2017 I commenced my current role at Macquarie University as a lecturer in Geography and Planning and I am now a Senior Lecturer. As an emerging Urban Researcher I am interested in how urban life could be made more just and caring for people and planet. I am currently the coordinator of the Bachelor of Planning in the discipline of Geography and Planning in the Macquarie School of Social Sciences. I am a member of the Community Economies Institute and the Community Economies Research Network (International).
In 2013 I recieved my PhD from the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. This work was published in Antipode, Urban Studies, Area, Geographical Research and Cities. In June 2018 I was invited to present a Keynote at the Institute of Australian Geographers Urban Study Group Symposium on Cities of Care. This paper is now published in Cities. In 2018 my paper titled Care-full Justice in the City was released online by the Antipode Foundation as part of a curated collection connected to the Association of American Geographers Annual Antipode lecture.
Research interests
My research explores everyday practices of justice and care in the city with a specific focus on community and urban commons. My current research focuses around seven main areas:
- Care-full Justice in the city
- A Feminist Ethics of care and the politics and practices of care
- Sustainability Practices
- Food justice and community food initiatives
- Diverse Economies, post-capitalist politics and commoning
- Urban Commons and urban planning theory
- Participatory methodologies and geographies of possibility
Teaching
I teach into both the undergraduate and postgraduate planning degrees. In 2022 I am teaching:
- GEOP8020 Healthy Cities: Planning for Wellbeing, Equity and Diversity (S1)
- GEOP2080 Planning and Development (S1)
- GEOP3070 Urban Economies (S2)
- GEOP1040 Planning Systems (S2)
Research student supervision
I am interested in supervising HDR students with the following research interests:
- Urban Studies
- Place-making
- A Feminist Ethics of Care and the politics and practices of care
- Diverse economies, post-capitalist politics and community economies
- Urban Commons and commoning
- Geographies of Justice and Activism
- Community Food initiatives and Food Justice
Education/Academic qualification
Human Geography, PhD, University of Newcastle
Mar 2008 → Jun 2013
Award Date: 28 Jun 2013
Human Geography, Bachelor of Development Studies (Honours), University of Newcastle
Jan 2007 → Dec 2007
Award Date: 11 Dec 2007
Human Geography, Bachelor of Development Studies, University of Newcastle
Feb 2004 → Dec 2006
Award Date: 12 Dec 2006
External positions
Fixed Term Lecturer, University of Newcastle
Jan 2015 → Dec 2016
Research Assistance, University of Newcastle
Jan 2012 → Dec 2013
Casual Academic, University of Newcastle
Mar 2008 → 2013
Network
-
-
MQEPS: Vertical Villages: Community, Place and Urban Density Pilot
Williams, M., Mitchell, E., Wise, A. & Ruming, K.
30/11/19 → 30/11/20
Project: Other
-
The geographies of community food provisioning in Metropolitan Sydney
1/01/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Other
-
The Australian Sustainable Household (ASH) database
Ruming, K., Houston, D., Fuller, S. & Williams, M.
1/01/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
-
Diverse infrastructures of care: community food provisioning in Sydney
Williams, M. J. & Tait, L., 30 Mar 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Social and Cultural Geography. 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Delivering the discipline: teaching geography and planning during COVID-19
Fuller, S., Ruming, K., Burridge, A., Carter-White, R., Houston, D., Kelly, L., Lloyd, K., McGregor, A., McLean, J., Miller, F., O'Gorman, E., Suchet-Pearson, S., Taylor, H., Walkerden, G., Williams, M. & Ziller, A., Aug 2021, In: Geographical Research. 59, 3, p. 331-340 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Vertical Villages: Community, Place and Urban Density Pilot project: final report
Williams, M., Mitchell, E., Cavanough, K., Ruming, K., Wise, A. & Harrison, I., Dec 2021, North Ryde, NSW: Macquarie University. 143 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
-
Vertical Villages: Community, Place and Urban Density Pilot project: toolkit
Cavanough, K., Mitchell, E., Williams, M., Ruming, K., Wise, A. & Harrison, I., Jun 2021, North Ryde, NSW: Macquarie University. 34 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
-
Becoming Reading Group: reflections on assembling a collegiate, caring collective
Ey, M., Mee, K., Allison, J., Caves, S., Crosbie, E., Hughes, A., Curtis, F., Doney, R., Dunstan, P., Jones, R., Tyndall, A., Baker, T., Cameron, J., Duffy, M., Dufty-Jones, R., Dunn, K., Hodge, P., Kearnes, M., McGuirk, P., O'Neill, P. & 4 others, , 2020, In: Australian Geographer. 51, 3, p. 283-305 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus)
-
Community Economies Institute (External organisation)
Miriam Williams (Member)
2020 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of an association
-
Institute of Australian Geographers (External organisation)
Miriam Williams (Member)
2018 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
-
Geographical Society of NSW (External organisation)
Miriam Williams (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Press / Media
-
Community Food Provisioning in Sydney: Food Insecurity and Care
10/06/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
-