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ID23059
NAMEM J Williams
GIVEN NAMESM J
FAMILY NAMEWilliams
SIGNATUREWILLIAMS M J
AFFILIATIONSMacquarie University
ORCID0000-0001-6017-6655
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS33
TOTAL CITATIONS323
AUTHOR COUNT33
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1949
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX10
  • Public spaces as infrastructures of care: Mundane doings of/in ordinary places

    Open Access•M J Williams, Justine Lloyd et al.•ARTICLE•Australian Geographer•2026•References: 49

  • Co-designing solutions to tackle food insecurity in higher education settings: A scoping review

    Open Access•Taylah Scutts, Nadia Farnaz et al.•ARTICLE•Public Health Nutrition•2025

    Objective: Food insecurity (FI) in the higher education setting is a pressing social justice and public health nutrition issue. Persistent FI rates among students suggest that the current programmes and institutional policies are inadequate. Engaging the community in co-design practices can enhance research and decision-making, leading to more targeted advocacy and solutions. This review describes and evaluates evidence of co-design approaches an…

  • Sustaining Care-Full Public Spaces

    Open Access•M J Williams, Justine Lloyd et al.•ARTICLE•Geography Compass•2025•Cited by: 3•References: 62

    This paper develops a multidimensional framework for sustaining care-full public spaces. We open by engaging with key understandings of the affective and relational dimensions of both public spaces and urban care scholarship. We then set out the elements of a framework for conceptualising the possibility of care-full public spaces. Writing from feminist and decolonial standpoints, we review emerging and foundational research to delineate three ke…

  • Paper bags to food relief: Whither the tuckshop

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Geographical Research•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 7

    I can distinctly remember the simple joy of writing my name, primary school class, and lunch order on a brown paper bag. After calculating the money my order would cost, I would place the correct amount of coins in the bag before carefully folding the top to prevent the money from falling out. The brown paper bags were collected in class in a basket each morning and taken to the school canteen, to return at lunch time filled with our lunches. Som…

  • Growing, consuming, and wasting/disposing: A study of the sustainable food practices of Australian households

    M J Williams, Kristian Ruming et al.•ARTICLE•Local Environment•2024

    Sustainable food practices are increasingly of interest to scholars and practitioners concerned with the impacts of food production, consumption, and waste in an age of climate change. Attention has been paid to households as actors in addressing sustainability concerns. This paper draws on a national survey of Australian sustainable household practices to offer insights into the ways households are practicing sustainability across three everyday…

  • Exploring reasons for high levels of food insecurity and low fruit and vegetable consumption among university students post-Covid-19

    Open Access•Putu Novi Arfirsta Dharmayani, M J Williams et al.•ARTICLE•Appetite•2024•Cited by: 1•References: 54

    High rates of food insecurity and low consumption of fruit and vegetables among university students have been observed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and intensified during the pandemic. This study aimed to investigate food insecurity among university students and its associations with sociodemographic factors, fruit and vegetable consumption behaviours, and preferred campus programs to address these issues. A convenience sample of 237 Australian…

  • Whose river? Water colonialism in urban planning for Dyarubbin

    Elise Frost, Jessica Mclean et al.•ARTICLE•Australian Geographer•2024•References: 55

  • Listening to place, practising relationality: Embodying six emergent protocols for collaborative relational geographies

    Open Access•Anja Kanngieser, Filipa Soares et al.•ARTICLE•Emotion, space and society•2024•Cited by: 10•References: 28

  • Commoning in the Anthropocene: Exploring the political possibility of caring with in Skouries of Halkidiki, Greece

    Open Access•Ioannis Rigkos-Zitthen, Andrew Mcgregor et al.•ARTICLE•Political Geography•2024•Cited by: 12•References: 46

  • Food relief providers as care infrastructures: Sydney during the pandemic

    Open Access•M J Williams, Alinta Pilkington et al.•ARTICLE•Geographical Research•2024•Cited by: 5•References: 43

    Australia has a hidden but growing problem with household food insecurity, revealing the failure of conventional food infrastructures to support human flourishing. Disruptions to employment and livelihoods due to pandemic lockdowns have exacerbated household food insecurity, evincing the uneven geography of food access in countries globally, including Australia. Increasing demand for food relief had been observed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic an…

  • Community Engagement and Diverse River Values: A Case Study of Dyarubbin

    Elise Frost, M J Williams et al.•ARTICLE•Urban Policy and Research•2023

    This paper draws on the example of Dyarubbin (Nepean River), an urban river in Sydney, Australia, to illuminate how community engagement facilitates the expression of diverse river values. Combining Indigenous water justice, critical planning scholarship, and a scalar approach to values, and drawing on qualitative research conducted in 2021, we discuss how diverse community values have been represented in strategies for the river and consider whi…

  • Defining sustainable home renovators in Australia

    Open Access•Kristian Ruming, M J Williams et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Housing and the Built…•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 11

    Home renovation is a global phenomenon, where households seek to remodel, reconfigure, and retrofit their home. While often a response to the material conditions of a dwelling, such as decay and damage, renovation also as emerges as a practice central to identity creation, sense of home, and leisure. Importantly, improving household sustainability is increasingly driving renovation activities, as governments and households seek to reduce the envi…

  • Diverse infrastructures of care: Community food provisioning in Sydney

    M J Williams, Lillian Tait•ARTICLE•Social & Cultural Geography•2023•Cited by: 22•References: 30

    There is burgeoning interest in the role of infrastructures as performative socio-technical systems that shape urban life. In this paper, we make visible an often-hidden and diverse infrastructure of care, the Community Food Provisioning Initiative (CFPI) sector. We discuss CFPIs as often hidden, yet vital infrastructures of care. Drawing on research on the CFPI sector in Sydney, Australia, we attend to the diverse ways in which CFPIs are governe…

  • Care-full food justice

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Geoforum•2022•Cited by: 5•References: 16

  • Delivering the discipline: Teaching geography and planning during Covid-19

    Open Access•Sara Fuller, Kristian Ruming et al.•ARTICLE•Geographical Research•2021•Cited by: 2•References: 20

    COVID-19 has radically changed the higher education sector in Australia and beyond. Restrictions on student movement (especially for international students) and on gatherings (which limited on-campus sessions) saw universities transition to fully online teaching modes almost overnight. In this commentary, we reflect on this transition and consider the implications for teaching the disciplines of geography and planning. Reflecting on experiences a…

  • The possibility of care-full cities

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Cities•2020•Cited by: 32•References: 45

  • Becoming Reading Group: Reflections on assembling a collegiate, caring collective

    Melina Ey, Kathy Mee et al.•ARTICLE•Australian Geographer•2020•Cited by: 2•References: 23

    In neoliberalising universities, collegial and collective practices such as reading groups are often positioned by students, staff and managers as less important than meeting individual KPIs (such as producing research publications, seeking research grants, or meeting the increasing demands of producing quality teaching outcomes.) However, reading groups can be vital for cultivating caring collectives and spaces of collegiality. In this paper we …

  • Cities of care: A platform for urban geographical care research

    Open Access•Emma R Power, M J Williams•ARTICLE•Geography Compass•2020•Cited by: 60•References: 55

    This paper develops an agenda for a broadened conceptualisation of urban caring within geographical research. We open by identifying three existing domains of urban care research: examining spaces of care, materialities of care, and asking who are the subjects of care? We then synthesise three platforms that can be the foundation of a geographical theory and approach to urban care. Drawing from feminist care research and recent keystone pieces on…

  • Care-full commoning at the Old Church on the Hill, Bendigo

    Dionne Parris, M J Williams•ARTICLE•Australian Geographer•2019•Cited by: 8•References: 10

    Increasingly, the notion of the commons has been mobilised as a way to articulate the possibility of other ways of doing/being/thinking life which are at odds with the logics of enclosure. Whilst practices of care have been identified as central in sustaining commons, there remains a need for more detailed conceptualisations of how commons are maintained through everyday practices of care. In this paper we draw on research conducted at The Old Ch…

  • Urban commons are more-than-property

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Geographical Research•2018•Cited by: 19•References: 30

    Urban commons are characterised in the literature as collectively shared property in the city shaped by a context of scarce resources, population density, and the interaction of strangers. In the broader commons literature, commons appears as a verb, a noun, and a process made by practices of commoning-albeit still with a focus on property. In this paper, I argue that an understanding of urban commons as more-than-property is needed to recognise …

  • A bun in the oven: How the food and birth movements resist industrialisation

    M J Williams•ARTICLE•Gender Place & Culture•2017

    A bun in the oven: how the food and birth movements resist industrialisation." Gender, Place & Culture, 24(12), pp. 1807–1808

  • Care‐full Justice in the City

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Antipode•2017•Cited by: 57•References: 44

    Feminist theorists in geography and beyond have long been calling for an ethic of care to be considered alongside justice as a normative ideal that can assist us in repairing our world. In urban theory this call has largely remained unheard as an ethic of care remains absent from theorisations of what comprises a just city. In this paper I argue for care to be considered alongside justice as an equally important ethic in our search for justice in…

  • Justice and care in the city: Uncovering everyday practices through research volunteering

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Area•2016•Cited by: 29•References: 32

    In urban theory our knowledge of actually existing justice practices in the city are limited. In contrast, our collective knowledge of the ways an ethic of care is practised is better developed. In this paper I argue for the need to value care in conceptualisations of the just city by mobilising the unification of care‐thinking and justice‐thinking in a way that accepts that both care and justice may (or may not) be practised as situated response…

  • Searching for actually existing justice in the city

    Open Access•M J Williams, Miriam Williams•ARTICLE•Urban Studies•2016•Cited by: 15•References: 13

    Locating justice in the city can be a difficult task. Urban theory has focused on exposing injustice and critiquing the multiple occurrences of injustice in cities. But what role could uncovering practices of actually existing justice in the city play in critical theory? How would we begin to look for actually existing justice in the here and now? By adopting a performative ontology and a politics of possibility, I argue that it is possible to ex…

  • Writing difference differently

    Open Access•Kathryn Fisher, Karen Fisher et al.•ARTICLE•New Zealand Journal of Geography•2015•Cited by: 15•References: 20

    This paper investigates the writing of situated knowledge and explores the possibilities of enacting difference by writing differently. We present a selection of research stories in which carrier bags, sounds, baskets, gardens and potatoes are interpreted less as objects of research or metaphors to aid in analysing phenomena, than as mediators of the stories. Our stories emphasise the ontological politics of engaging with and representing the rel…

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  • Cities of care: A platform for urban geographical care research

    Open Access•Emma R Power, M J Williams•ARTICLE•Geography Compass•2020•Cited by: 60•References: 55

    This paper develops an agenda for a broadened conceptualisation of urban caring within geographical research. We open by identifying three existing domains of urban care research: examining spaces of care, materialities of care, and asking who are the subjects of care? We then synthesise three platforms that can be the foundation of a geographical theory and approach to urban care. Drawing from feminist care research and recent keystone pieces on…

  • Care‐full Justice in the City

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Antipode•2017•Cited by: 57•References: 44

    Feminist theorists in geography and beyond have long been calling for an ethic of care to be considered alongside justice as a normative ideal that can assist us in repairing our world. In urban theory this call has largely remained unheard as an ethic of care remains absent from theorisations of what comprises a just city. In this paper I argue for care to be considered alongside justice as an equally important ethic in our search for justice in…

  • The possibility of care-full cities

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Cities•2020•Cited by: 32•References: 45

  • Justice and care in the city: Uncovering everyday practices through research volunteering

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Area•2016•Cited by: 29•References: 32

    In urban theory our knowledge of actually existing justice practices in the city are limited. In contrast, our collective knowledge of the ways an ethic of care is practised is better developed. In this paper I argue for the need to value care in conceptualisations of the just city by mobilising the unification of care‐thinking and justice‐thinking in a way that accepts that both care and justice may (or may not) be practised as situated response…

  • Diverse infrastructures of care: Community food provisioning in Sydney

    M J Williams, Lillian Tait•ARTICLE•Social & Cultural Geography•2023•Cited by: 22•References: 30

    There is burgeoning interest in the role of infrastructures as performative socio-technical systems that shape urban life. In this paper, we make visible an often-hidden and diverse infrastructure of care, the Community Food Provisioning Initiative (CFPI) sector. We discuss CFPIs as often hidden, yet vital infrastructures of care. Drawing on research on the CFPI sector in Sydney, Australia, we attend to the diverse ways in which CFPIs are governe…

  • Urban commons are more-than-property

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Geographical Research•2018•Cited by: 19•References: 30

    Urban commons are characterised in the literature as collectively shared property in the city shaped by a context of scarce resources, population density, and the interaction of strangers. In the broader commons literature, commons appears as a verb, a noun, and a process made by practices of commoning-albeit still with a focus on property. In this paper, I argue that an understanding of urban commons as more-than-property is needed to recognise …

  • Searching for actually existing justice in the city

    Open Access•M J Williams, Miriam Williams•ARTICLE•Urban Studies•2016•Cited by: 15•References: 13

    Locating justice in the city can be a difficult task. Urban theory has focused on exposing injustice and critiquing the multiple occurrences of injustice in cities. But what role could uncovering practices of actually existing justice in the city play in critical theory? How would we begin to look for actually existing justice in the here and now? By adopting a performative ontology and a politics of possibility, I argue that it is possible to ex…

  • Writing difference differently

    Open Access•Kathryn Fisher, Karen Fisher et al.•ARTICLE•New Zealand Journal of Geography•2015•Cited by: 15•References: 20

    This paper investigates the writing of situated knowledge and explores the possibilities of enacting difference by writing differently. We present a selection of research stories in which carrier bags, sounds, baskets, gardens and potatoes are interpreted less as objects of research or metaphors to aid in analysing phenomena, than as mediators of the stories. Our stories emphasise the ontological politics of engaging with and representing the rel…

  • Commoning in the Anthropocene: Exploring the political possibility of caring with in Skouries of Halkidiki, Greece

    Open Access•Ioannis Rigkos-Zitthen, Andrew Mcgregor et al.•ARTICLE•Political Geography•2024•Cited by: 12•References: 46

  • Listening to place, practising relationality: Embodying six emergent protocols for collaborative relational geographies

    Open Access•Anja Kanngieser, Filipa Soares et al.•ARTICLE•Emotion, space and society•2024•Cited by: 10•References: 28

  • Renting Over Troubled Waters: An Urban Political Ecology of Rental Housing

    Open Access•Kathy Mee, Kathleen J Mee et al.•ARTICLE•Geographical Research•2014•Cited by: 9•References: 27

    In this paper we explore the urban political ecologies (UPEs) of rental housing through the lens of water to draw attention to the different conditions of access to 'resources for adaptation' in the material relations of public and private rental housing provision in a world of changing climate. Climate change introduces a profound dimension of uncertainty in the socio-material relations of urban life. However, the capacity of urban residents to …

  • Care-full commoning at the Old Church on the Hill, Bendigo

    Dionne Parris, M J Williams•ARTICLE•Australian Geographer•2019•Cited by: 8•References: 10

    Increasingly, the notion of the commons has been mobilised as a way to articulate the possibility of other ways of doing/being/thinking life which are at odds with the logics of enclosure. Whilst practices of care have been identified as central in sustaining commons, there remains a need for more detailed conceptualisations of how commons are maintained through everyday practices of care. In this paper we draw on research conducted at The Old Ch…

  • Reconstruction of an Early Seduction and Its Aftereffects

    Open Access•M J Williams, Miriam Williams•ARTICLE•Journal of the American…•1987•Cited by: 7

    This clinical presentation deals with the aftereffects, in a male patient, of a severely disturbed rapprochement phase, marked by many separations and a molestation before the age of three. The patient dreamed repeatedly of violence, often directed against himself, but the actual molestation was sealed off by formidable repression. A first analysis, with a male analyst, produced no relief from the patient's depression, crippling insomnia, and ina…

  • Food relief providers as care infrastructures: Sydney during the pandemic

    Open Access•M J Williams, Alinta Pilkington et al.•ARTICLE•Geographical Research•2024•Cited by: 5•References: 43

    Australia has a hidden but growing problem with household food insecurity, revealing the failure of conventional food infrastructures to support human flourishing. Disruptions to employment and livelihoods due to pandemic lockdowns have exacerbated household food insecurity, evincing the uneven geography of food access in countries globally, including Australia. Increasing demand for food relief had been observed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic an…

  • Care-full food justice

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Geoforum•2022•Cited by: 5•References: 16

  • Sustaining Care-Full Public Spaces

    Open Access•M J Williams, Justine Lloyd et al.•ARTICLE•Geography Compass•2025•Cited by: 3•References: 62

    This paper develops a multidimensional framework for sustaining care-full public spaces. We open by engaging with key understandings of the affective and relational dimensions of both public spaces and urban care scholarship. We then set out the elements of a framework for conceptualising the possibility of care-full public spaces. Writing from feminist and decolonial standpoints, we review emerging and foundational research to delineate three ke…

  • Empire Lite Revisited: Nato, the Comprehensive Approach and State-building in Afghanistan

    M J Williams, Marc Williams•ARTICLE•International Peacekeeping•2011•Cited by: 3

    Since 1989 the international community has been called on repeatedly to address the security dilemma posed by weak states. NATO has found this to be a particularly daunting task given that the organization's traditional resources make only a small contribution to providing security in post-conflict states. As a result the alliance has attempted to create a new capability that merges civilian and military efforts. This process has met with limited…

  • (Un)Sustainable Peacebuilding: Nato’s Suitability for Postconflict Reconstruction in Multiactor Environments

    M J Williams, Marc Williams•ARTICLE•Global Governance A Review of…•2011•Cited by: 3•References: 2

    Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO has progressively adapted itself to the new strategic environment. This has meant a shift from a defensive posture to a more proactive risk management strategy. A key component of this mandate is contributions to international peacemaking and peacebuilding operations. In both the Balkans and Afghanistan, NATO has worked to utilize its military assets to create and maintain peace so that civilian organi…

  • Delivering the discipline: Teaching geography and planning during Covid-19

    Open Access•Sara Fuller, Kristian Ruming et al.•ARTICLE•Geographical Research•2021•Cited by: 2•References: 20

    COVID-19 has radically changed the higher education sector in Australia and beyond. Restrictions on student movement (especially for international students) and on gatherings (which limited on-campus sessions) saw universities transition to fully online teaching modes almost overnight. In this commentary, we reflect on this transition and consider the implications for teaching the disciplines of geography and planning. Reflecting on experiences a…

  • Becoming Reading Group: Reflections on assembling a collegiate, caring collective

    Melina Ey, Kathy Mee et al.•ARTICLE•Australian Geographer•2020•Cited by: 2•References: 23

    In neoliberalising universities, collegial and collective practices such as reading groups are often positioned by students, staff and managers as less important than meeting individual KPIs (such as producing research publications, seeking research grants, or meeting the increasing demands of producing quality teaching outcomes.) However, reading groups can be vital for cultivating caring collectives and spaces of collegiality. In this paper we …

  • Paper bags to food relief: Whither the tuckshop

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Geographical Research•2025•Cited by: 1•References: 7

    I can distinctly remember the simple joy of writing my name, primary school class, and lunch order on a brown paper bag. After calculating the money my order would cost, I would place the correct amount of coins in the bag before carefully folding the top to prevent the money from falling out. The brown paper bags were collected in class in a basket each morning and taken to the school canteen, to return at lunch time filled with our lunches. Som…

  • Exploring reasons for high levels of food insecurity and low fruit and vegetable consumption among university students post-Covid-19

    Open Access•Putu Novi Arfirsta Dharmayani, M J Williams et al.•ARTICLE•Appetite•2024•Cited by: 1•References: 54

    High rates of food insecurity and low consumption of fruit and vegetables among university students have been observed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and intensified during the pandemic. This study aimed to investigate food insecurity among university students and its associations with sociodemographic factors, fruit and vegetable consumption behaviours, and preferred campus programs to address these issues. A convenience sample of 237 Australian…

  • Defining sustainable home renovators in Australia

    Open Access•Kristian Ruming, M J Williams et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Housing and the Built…•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 11

    Home renovation is a global phenomenon, where households seek to remodel, reconfigure, and retrofit their home. While often a response to the material conditions of a dwelling, such as decay and damage, renovation also as emerges as a practice central to identity creation, sense of home, and leisure. Importantly, improving household sustainability is increasingly driving renovation activities, as governments and households seek to reduce the envi…

  • The coming revolution in foreign affairs: Rethinking American national security

    Open Access•M J Williams, Marc Williams•ARTICLE•International Affairs•2008•Cited by: 1

    Journal Article The coming revolution in foreign affairs: rethinking American national security Get access M. J. WILLIAMS M. J. WILLIAMS 1Lecturer in International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London and an Associate Scholar of the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington DC Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 84, Issue 6, November 2008, Pages 1109–1129, htt…

  • The empire writes back (to Michael Cox)

    Open Access•M J Williams, Marc Williams•ARTICLE•International Affairs•2007•Cited by: 1

    Journal Article The empire writes back (to Michael Cox) Get access M. J. WILLIAMS M. J. WILLIAMS 1The Head of the Transatlantic Security Programme at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) in London, where he also directs the RUSI Project on Civil—Military Relations Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 83, Issue 5, September 2007, Pages 945–950,…

  • Personal and Familial Problems of High School Youths and Their Bearing Upon Family Education Needs

    M J Williams•ARTICLE•Social Forces•1949

    Journal Article Personal and Familial Problems of High School Youths and Their Bearing Upon Family Education Needs Get access Melvin J. Williams Melvin J. Williams Florida State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 27, Issue 3, March 1949, Pages 279–285, https://doi.org/10.2307/2572180 Published: 01 March 1949

  • Reconstruction of an Early Seduction and Its Aftereffects

    Open Access•M J Williams, Miriam Williams•ARTICLE•Journal of the American…•1987•Cited by: 7

    This clinical presentation deals with the aftereffects, in a male patient, of a severely disturbed rapprochement phase, marked by many separations and a molestation before the age of three. The patient dreamed repeatedly of violence, often directed against himself, but the actual molestation was sealed off by formidable repression. A first analysis, with a male analyst, produced no relief from the patient's depression, crippling insomnia, and ina…

  • Babies Born to Drug Abusing Mothers

    Open Access•M J Williams, M J H Williams•ARTICLE•Adoption & Fostering•1989

  • The empire writes back (to Michael Cox)

    Open Access•M J Williams, Marc Williams•ARTICLE•International Affairs•2007•Cited by: 1

    Journal Article The empire writes back (to Michael Cox) Get access M. J. WILLIAMS M. J. WILLIAMS 1The Head of the Transatlantic Security Programme at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI) in London, where he also directs the RUSI Project on Civil—Military Relations Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 83, Issue 5, September 2007, Pages 945–950,…

  • The coming revolution in foreign affairs: Rethinking American national security

    Open Access•M J Williams, Marc Williams•ARTICLE•International Affairs•2008•Cited by: 1

    Journal Article The coming revolution in foreign affairs: rethinking American national security Get access M. J. WILLIAMS M. J. WILLIAMS 1Lecturer in International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London and an Associate Scholar of the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington DC Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 84, Issue 6, November 2008, Pages 1109–1129, htt…

  • Empire Lite Revisited: Nato, the Comprehensive Approach and State-building in Afghanistan

    M J Williams, Marc Williams•ARTICLE•International Peacekeeping•2011•Cited by: 3

    Since 1989 the international community has been called on repeatedly to address the security dilemma posed by weak states. NATO has found this to be a particularly daunting task given that the organization's traditional resources make only a small contribution to providing security in post-conflict states. As a result the alliance has attempted to create a new capability that merges civilian and military efforts. This process has met with limited…

  • (Un)Sustainable Peacebuilding: Nato’s Suitability for Postconflict Reconstruction in Multiactor Environments

    M J Williams, Marc Williams•ARTICLE•Global Governance A Review of…•2011•Cited by: 3•References: 2

    Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO has progressively adapted itself to the new strategic environment. This has meant a shift from a defensive posture to a more proactive risk management strategy. A key component of this mandate is contributions to international peacemaking and peacebuilding operations. In both the Balkans and Afghanistan, NATO has worked to utilize its military assets to create and maintain peace so that civilian organi…

  • Renting Over Troubled Waters: An Urban Political Ecology of Rental Housing

    Open Access•Kathy Mee, Kathleen J Mee et al.•ARTICLE•Geographical Research•2014•Cited by: 9•References: 27

    In this paper we explore the urban political ecologies (UPEs) of rental housing through the lens of water to draw attention to the different conditions of access to 'resources for adaptation' in the material relations of public and private rental housing provision in a world of changing climate. Climate change introduces a profound dimension of uncertainty in the socio-material relations of urban life. However, the capacity of urban residents to …

  • Writing difference differently

    Open Access•Kathryn Fisher, Karen Fisher et al.•ARTICLE•New Zealand Journal of Geography•2015•Cited by: 15•References: 20

    This paper investigates the writing of situated knowledge and explores the possibilities of enacting difference by writing differently. We present a selection of research stories in which carrier bags, sounds, baskets, gardens and potatoes are interpreted less as objects of research or metaphors to aid in analysing phenomena, than as mediators of the stories. Our stories emphasise the ontological politics of engaging with and representing the rel…

  • Justice and care in the city: Uncovering everyday practices through research volunteering

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Area•2016•Cited by: 29•References: 32

    In urban theory our knowledge of actually existing justice practices in the city are limited. In contrast, our collective knowledge of the ways an ethic of care is practised is better developed. In this paper I argue for the need to value care in conceptualisations of the just city by mobilising the unification of care‐thinking and justice‐thinking in a way that accepts that both care and justice may (or may not) be practised as situated response…

  • Searching for actually existing justice in the city

    Open Access•M J Williams, Miriam Williams•ARTICLE•Urban Studies•2016•Cited by: 15•References: 13

    Locating justice in the city can be a difficult task. Urban theory has focused on exposing injustice and critiquing the multiple occurrences of injustice in cities. But what role could uncovering practices of actually existing justice in the city play in critical theory? How would we begin to look for actually existing justice in the here and now? By adopting a performative ontology and a politics of possibility, I argue that it is possible to ex…

  • A bun in the oven: How the food and birth movements resist industrialisation

    M J Williams•ARTICLE•Gender Place & Culture•2017

    A bun in the oven: how the food and birth movements resist industrialisation." Gender, Place & Culture, 24(12), pp. 1807–1808

  • Care‐full Justice in the City

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Antipode•2017•Cited by: 57•References: 44

    Feminist theorists in geography and beyond have long been calling for an ethic of care to be considered alongside justice as a normative ideal that can assist us in repairing our world. In urban theory this call has largely remained unheard as an ethic of care remains absent from theorisations of what comprises a just city. In this paper I argue for care to be considered alongside justice as an equally important ethic in our search for justice in…

  • Urban commons are more-than-property

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Geographical Research•2018•Cited by: 19•References: 30

    Urban commons are characterised in the literature as collectively shared property in the city shaped by a context of scarce resources, population density, and the interaction of strangers. In the broader commons literature, commons appears as a verb, a noun, and a process made by practices of commoning-albeit still with a focus on property. In this paper, I argue that an understanding of urban commons as more-than-property is needed to recognise …

  • Care-full commoning at the Old Church on the Hill, Bendigo

    Dionne Parris, M J Williams•ARTICLE•Australian Geographer•2019•Cited by: 8•References: 10

    Increasingly, the notion of the commons has been mobilised as a way to articulate the possibility of other ways of doing/being/thinking life which are at odds with the logics of enclosure. Whilst practices of care have been identified as central in sustaining commons, there remains a need for more detailed conceptualisations of how commons are maintained through everyday practices of care. In this paper we draw on research conducted at The Old Ch…

  • The possibility of care-full cities

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Cities•2020•Cited by: 32•References: 45

  • Becoming Reading Group: Reflections on assembling a collegiate, caring collective

    Melina Ey, Kathy Mee et al.•ARTICLE•Australian Geographer•2020•Cited by: 2•References: 23

    In neoliberalising universities, collegial and collective practices such as reading groups are often positioned by students, staff and managers as less important than meeting individual KPIs (such as producing research publications, seeking research grants, or meeting the increasing demands of producing quality teaching outcomes.) However, reading groups can be vital for cultivating caring collectives and spaces of collegiality. In this paper we …

  • Cities of care: A platform for urban geographical care research

    Open Access•Emma R Power, M J Williams•ARTICLE•Geography Compass•2020•Cited by: 60•References: 55

    This paper develops an agenda for a broadened conceptualisation of urban caring within geographical research. We open by identifying three existing domains of urban care research: examining spaces of care, materialities of care, and asking who are the subjects of care? We then synthesise three platforms that can be the foundation of a geographical theory and approach to urban care. Drawing from feminist care research and recent keystone pieces on…

  • Delivering the discipline: Teaching geography and planning during Covid-19

    Open Access•Sara Fuller, Kristian Ruming et al.•ARTICLE•Geographical Research•2021•Cited by: 2•References: 20

    COVID-19 has radically changed the higher education sector in Australia and beyond. Restrictions on student movement (especially for international students) and on gatherings (which limited on-campus sessions) saw universities transition to fully online teaching modes almost overnight. In this commentary, we reflect on this transition and consider the implications for teaching the disciplines of geography and planning. Reflecting on experiences a…

  • Care-full food justice

    Open Access•M J Williams•ARTICLE•Geoforum•2022•Cited by: 5•References: 16

  • Community Engagement and Diverse River Values: A Case Study of Dyarubbin

    Elise Frost, M J Williams et al.•ARTICLE•Urban Policy and Research•2023

    This paper draws on the example of Dyarubbin (Nepean River), an urban river in Sydney, Australia, to illuminate how community engagement facilitates the expression of diverse river values. Combining Indigenous water justice, critical planning scholarship, and a scalar approach to values, and drawing on qualitative research conducted in 2021, we discuss how diverse community values have been represented in strategies for the river and consider whi…

  • Defining sustainable home renovators in Australia

    Open Access•Kristian Ruming, M J Williams et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Housing and the Built…•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 11

    Home renovation is a global phenomenon, where households seek to remodel, reconfigure, and retrofit their home. While often a response to the material conditions of a dwelling, such as decay and damage, renovation also as emerges as a practice central to identity creation, sense of home, and leisure. Importantly, improving household sustainability is increasingly driving renovation activities, as governments and households seek to reduce the envi…

  • Diverse infrastructures of care: Community food provisioning in Sydney

    M J Williams, Lillian Tait•ARTICLE•Social & Cultural Geography•2023•Cited by: 22•References: 30

    There is burgeoning interest in the role of infrastructures as performative socio-technical systems that shape urban life. In this paper, we make visible an often-hidden and diverse infrastructure of care, the Community Food Provisioning Initiative (CFPI) sector. We discuss CFPIs as often hidden, yet vital infrastructures of care. Drawing on research on the CFPI sector in Sydney, Australia, we attend to the diverse ways in which CFPIs are governe…

  • Growing, consuming, and wasting/disposing: A study of the sustainable food practices of Australian households

    M J Williams, Kristian Ruming et al.•ARTICLE•Local Environment•2024

    Sustainable food practices are increasingly of interest to scholars and practitioners concerned with the impacts of food production, consumption, and waste in an age of climate change. Attention has been paid to households as actors in addressing sustainability concerns. This paper draws on a national survey of Australian sustainable household practices to offer insights into the ways households are practicing sustainability across three everyday…

  • Exploring reasons for high levels of food insecurity and low fruit and vegetable consumption among university students post-Covid-19

    Open Access•Putu Novi Arfirsta Dharmayani, M J Williams et al.•ARTICLE•Appetite•2024•Cited by: 1•References: 54

    High rates of food insecurity and low consumption of fruit and vegetables among university students have been observed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and intensified during the pandemic. This study aimed to investigate food insecurity among university students and its associations with sociodemographic factors, fruit and vegetable consumption behaviours, and preferred campus programs to address these issues. A convenience sample of 237 Australian…

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