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Dr Wayne Williamson

Dr Wayne Williamson

Senior Research Associate
PhD (Macquarie University), Master of Town Planning by Research (UNSW), Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (Hons)(UNE), Bachelor of Science in Computing Science (UTS)
Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
City Futures Research Centre

Wayne Williamson is a Senior Research Associate at the City Futures Research Centre. Wayne studied and worked in the information technology industry before becoming an urban planner. He has worked in strategic planning and housing policy for local and state government for the past 18 years.

Wayne’s PhD investigated community group and government agency use of social media in planning practice. Other research interests include the adoption and use of various digital technologies in planning practice, planning discourse in the media and social networks.

Wayne is currently working at CFRC on the Australian Research Council funded project - AI, Cities and Development Assessment, which is investigating the trustworthy use of AI in urban Development Assessment:
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Email

wayne.williamson@unsw.edu.au
  • Book Chapters | 2021
    Williamson W, 2021, 'Transport Infrastructure, Twitter and the Politics of Public Participation', in Urban Book Series, pp. 93 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76059-5_6
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Williamson W; McFarland P, 2015, 'Planning reform as a catalyst to advance e-planning', in Emerging Issues Challenges and Opportunities in Urban E Planning, pp. 281 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8150-7.ch013
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Williamson W; Ruming K, 2015, 'Social media adoption and use by Australian capital city local governments', in Social Media and Local Governments Theory and Practice, pp. 113 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17722-9_7
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Williamson W, 2023, 'Searching for YIMBY public discourse in Sydney', Australian Planner, 59, pp. 132 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2023.2198724
    Journal articles | 2022
    Williamson W, 2022, 'Never Read the Comments: Planning System Reform Discourse from the Bottom of the Web', Planning Practice and Research, 37, pp. 377 - 392, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2021.2003053
    Journal articles | 2021
    Williamson W, 2021, 'Institutional and cross-institutional research clusters: A community detection analysis of #IAG2019Hobart', Geographical Research, 59, pp. 78 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12444
    Journal articles | 2020
    Williamson W; Ruming K, 2020, 'Can social media support large scale public participation in urban planning? The case of the #MySydney digital engagement campaign', International Planning Studies, 25, pp. 355 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13563475.2019.1626221
    Journal articles | 2019
    Williamson W; Ruming K, 2019, 'Urban Renewal and Public Participation in Sydney: Unpacking Social Media Strategies and Use for Contesting Consensus', Urban Policy and Research, 37, pp. 350 - 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2019.1585340
    Journal articles | 2018
    Williamson W; Ruming KJ, 2018, 'Live tweeting the planning reform workshop', Australian Planner, 55, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2018.1494611
    Journal articles | 2017
    Williamson W; Ruming K, 2017, 'Urban consolidation process and discourses in Sydney: unpacking social media use in a community group’s media campaign', Planning Theory and Practice, 18, pp. 428 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2017.1328768
    Journal articles | 2016
    Williamson W; Ruming K, 2016, 'Using Social Network Analysis to Visualize the Social-Media Networks of Community Groups: Two Case Studies from Sydney', Journal of Urban Technology, 23, pp. 69 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2016.1197490
    Journal articles | 2015
    Williamson W; Ruming K, 2015, 'Assessing the effectiveness of online community opposition to precinct planning', Australian Planner, 52, pp. 51 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07293682.2015.1019755
    Journal articles | 2013
    Parolin B; Williamson W, 2013, 'Investigating E-Planning in Practice: Applying the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology Model', International Journal of E-Planning Research, 2, pp. 17 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijepr.2013070102
    Journal articles | 2013
    Williamson W; Parolin B, 2013, 'Web 2.0 and Social Media Growth in Planning Practice: A Longitudinal Study', Planning Practice and Research, 28, pp. 544 - 562, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2013.840996
    Journal articles | 2012
    Williamson W; McFarland P, 2012, 'Investigating the Role of Electronic Planning within Planning Reform', International Journal of E-Planning Research, 1, pp. 65 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijepr.2012040104
    Journal articles | 2012
    Williamson W; Parolin B, 2012, 'Investigating E-Planning in Practice', International Journal of E-Planning Research, 1, pp. 68 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijepr.2012070104