Rate My Professor Miriam Williams

Williams' research explores everyday practices of justice and care in urban contexts, with key areas including care-full justice in the city, a feminist ethics of care, public space and urban commons, food justice and community food initiatives, care in planning and urban governance, and diverse economies. Her influential publications include 'Care‐full justice in the city' (Antipode, 2017, 259 citations), 'Cities of care: A platform for urban geographical care research' (Geography Compass, 2020, 252 citations), 'The possibility of care-full cities' (Cities, 2020, 141 citations), 'Urban commons are more‐than‐property' (Geographical Research, 2018, 123 citations), and 'Justice and care in the city: Uncovering everyday practices through research volunteering' (Area, 2016, 91 citations). She leads and collaborates on significant projects such as the ARC Linkage project 'The Power of Public Spaces to Connect Communities and Places' (2023–2026) with Professors Donna Houston and Kate Lloyd, 'Cities that Care' book project with Associate Professor Emma Power for University of Minnesota Press, and 'Care-Informed Urban Planning: Learnings and Exchange Across Countries and Sectors' with international partners. Williams delivers public lectures, including 'Why Care Matters in Spatial Planning: Examples from Australian Planning Theory and Practice' in 2024, and engages in research on vertical villages, food insecurity, and sustainable public spaces, contributing to urban studies through publications in leading journals like Antipode, Geoforum, Urban Studies, and Area.