Associate Professor
Associate Professor Sue Williamson
UNSW Canberra
School of Business
Sue Williamson is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management in the School of Business at UNSW, Canberra.
Research Interests
Sue Williamson specialises in two main areas of research – gender equality in the workplace, and public sector human resources and industrial relations. Sue is combining these two areas and for the past few years has been examining how various public sector agencies implement gender equality initiatives. Recent research includes examining how public sector employees worked from home during the pandemic, and what the future of work in the public sector might look like post-pandemic. Sue has also examined how middle managers can progress gender equality.
Sue has partnered with various state government and Australian Government agencies on projects aimed at progressing workplace gender equality. Please email Sue if you would like to discuss a possible research partnership.
Current Research Projects
Working from home and hybrid work in the public sector
Flexible working in the public sector
Gender equality in the public service/sector
Teaching Areas
Undergraduate and post-graduate human resource management; post-graduate diversity management.
Note: Photo credit - Alexandra Orme Photography
Phone
+61 2 5114 5686
E-mail
Location
Building 27, Room 316, School of Business, UNSW Canberra
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2021 Rosemary O'Leary Award for best article published in 2020 on women and public administration, awarded by the International Research Society for Public Management. Co-authors - A/Prof Linda Colley and Dr Meraiah Foley.
2017 ACT Telstra Business Woman of the Year Finalist (Academic and Public Sector)
Media
2021
Williamson, S (2021) Is a New Era in Public Sector Gender Equality Upon Us? The Mandarin, https://www.themandarin.com.au/177351-is-a-new-era-in-public-sector-gender-equality-upon-us/, 8 December.
IPAA Work with Purpose podcast – productivity and working from home: https://www.act.ipaa.org.au/workwithpurpose, 6 December.
Williamson, S (2021) Does Working from Home Increase or Decrease Productivity? The Mandarin, https://www.themandarin.com.au/176471-does-working-from-home-increase-or-decrease-productivity/, 29 November.
Williamson, S (2021) From hot-desking to hotelling: The next wave of flexibility in the APS? https://www.governmentnews.com.au/type_contributors/from-hot-desking-to-hotelling-the-next-wave-of-flexibility-in-the-aps/, 18 November.
ABC Breakfast interview with Lish Fejer, 4 Nov.
ABC Canberra radio with Anna Vidot, 11 Oct.
Williamson, S (2021) Public service can lead the way with flexible work arrangements, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7462589/public-service-can-lead-the-way-with-flexible-work-arrangements/?cs=14246, 11 October.
Williamson, S (2021) Explainer: what is a ‘positive duty’ to prevent workplace sexual harassment and why is it so important? 8 September.
Williamson, S (2021) Training in respect at workplaces needs sustained, long-term effort, 3 August.
Williamson, S and Pearce, A (2021) What’s Next for Flexible Working Arrangements in the Public Sector? The Mandarin, 7 July.
Williamson, S and Colley, L (2021) The Public Sector to Report on Gender Equality, The Mandarin, 9 April.
ABC Canberra, Drive with Anna Vidot, Respect@Work report, 8 April.
2SER-fm, The Daily, Andrew Laming’s Empathy Training – Can you teach someone to empathise?, 8 April.
UNSW BusinessThink, Empathy Training, https://www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/empathy-training-politicians, 30 March.
SBS Radio, Empathy training, 30 March.
ABC Central West Radio, Breakfast, Empathy training, 30 March.
ABC-TV, News Channel, Empathy training, 30 March.
Williamson, S (2021): Andrew Laming: Why Empathy Training is Unlikely to Work”, The Conversation, 29 March.
Williamson, S (2021) Assessing the effects of COVID on work and gender equality, Canberra Times, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7171237/assessing-the-effects-of-covid-on-work-and-gender-equality/, 18 March.
2SER-fm, The Daily, The Impact of the Pandemic on Working Women, 5 March
2SER-fm, Drive, Hybrid Workplaces – The key to gender equality?, 11 March.
Williamson, S and Colley, L (2021) What’s to celebrate on IWD 2021, with its ‘he said/she said’ backdrop to sexual harassment and assault? The Mandarin, https://www.themandarin.com.au/150732-he-said-she-said-backdrop-to-sexual-harassment/, 8 March.
ABC Canberra, ‘Clocking off’ with Anna Vidot, 5 March, gender equality.
2020
2CC, 20 October, Leon Delaney, Working from Home.
Williamson S, and Colley, L (2020) Will the Work from Home Genie Go Back into the Bottle?, Canberra Times, 9 October.
ABC Canberra Breakfast, Working from Home, 30 September.
Radio National breakfast, Working from Home, 30 September. https://www.abc.net.au/radio/newsradio/govt:-public-sector-should-return-to-office/12716250
Williamson, S and Colley, L (2020) Flexible Working and the Pandemic: More than just working from home, The Mandarin, 30 September.
Colley, L and Williamson, S (2020) “With Management Resistance Overcome, Working from Home may be Here to Stay, The Conversation, 24 August.
2CC, 23 August, Ian Meikle and Rod Henshaw.
ABC Canberra, 17 August, with Paula Kruger, discussing working from home (at 2:43:05).
2CC, 17 August.
Public servants, pets and working hours during the pandemic — survey results, The Mandarin, 18 Aug.
Communicating with Trust: Tips for Managers, Apolitical, 16 June.
ABC Canberra, 40th Anniversary of the removal of the age bar in the APS: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/canberra/programs/drive/drive/12191192, 4 May.
Forging a New Pathway to Progress Gender Equality in Australia, The Mandarin, 25 February.
A Disturbing Understanding of Gender Equality, The Mandarin, 29 January.
2019
Backlash, Gender Fatigue and Organisational Change, The Power to Persuade, 25 November.
Where are the Women? A Gender Analysis of the APS Review, The Mandarin, 16 September.
Canberra, Panel member on ‘Clocking Off’ with Anna Vidot, ABC Canberra, 30 August.
Canberra, Interview with Anna Vidot, ABC Canberra on ‘Gender Equality in the Public Sector’, 22 July.
Time for a New Generation of APS Gender Equality Policies, The Mandarin, 19 July.
Will the Coalition’s Approach to Gender Equality Actually Improve Women’s Lives?, The Conversation, May 2019.
Backlash and Gender Fatigue. Why Progress on Gender Equality has Slowed, The Conversation, 8 March.
Maintaining the Public Service’s Momentum for Gender Equality, The Mandarin, 6 March.
My Teaching
ZBUS8103 Strategic Human Resources