Associate Professor Sue Williamson
Sue Williamson is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management inthe School of Business atUNSW, Canberra. She is also the Postgraduate Coordinator for the School of Business.
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 beenexamining how various public sector agencies implementgender equality initiatives. Recent research includes examining how public sector employees worked from home, including analysing the gendered impacts of remote and hybrid working. Sue has also examined the most recent round of collective bargaining in the Australian public service. Sue and colleagues are currently examining merit in the public sector. Sue is also the Academic Director of the course 'Crafting Inclusive Policy for Gender Equality', and trains public servants on how to conduct gender analysis and gender impact assessments.
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 service
Merit in the public service
Gender equality in the public service
Teaching Areas
Undergraduate and post-graduate human resource management; post-graduate diversity management.
Micro-credential of Crafting Inclusive Policy for Gender Equality
Note: Photo credit -Alexandra Orme Photography
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
2024 Winner of theJournal of Industrial Relations Fran Hayes award for a major contribution to research on equity in industrial relations. Awarded for the article‘’, Journal of Industrial Relations, 65:3, 274-296.
2024 Winner of the O'Leary prize for excellence in scholarship in gender and public administration, for Williamson, S, Taylor, H and Weeratunga, V. (2023)“”,Gender, Work and Organization, 31: 2.
2023 Winner of the 2022 Sam Richardson Prize, for Foley, M, Cooper, R, Colley, L and Williamson, S (2022)., Australian Journal of Public Administration, 83:3, 401-418.
2023 Shortlisted for Nevile-Plowman Best Article Prize for Williamson, S, Colley, L and Foley, M (2022),Economic and Labour Relations Review, 33:1, 37-55.
2021Rosemary 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.
2017ACT Telstra Business Woman of the Year Finalist (Academic and Public Sector).
Media
2024
ABC Newcastle, , 17 October.
Williamson, S (2024)
Williamson, S (2024) Milestone gender pay gap metrics show we still have a way to go, , 21 June.
, 29 May.
ABC Canberra, Breakfast, Inquiry into Unpaid Work, , at 2:23:05.
Williamson, S, Taylor, H, Jogulu, U and Lundy, J (2024) APS working from home is here to stay. So how do we make it work?, , 3 April.
ABC Canberra, Mornings, Hybrid Working, 3 April, , at 1:18:00.
Williamson, S, Taylor, H, Jogulu, U and Lundy, J (2024) Hybrid working in the APS: From productivity to performance to outcomes, , 2 April.
ABC News Radio, Hybrid working and productivity, 1 March.
ABS Canberra Breakfast, Right to disconnect - at 1:37:55, 12 Feb.
LISTNR podcast – How to get a promotion - , 9 Jan.
2023
ABC Sydney, 4 Day Working weeks, 20 December.
ABC Canberra, Bullying and Harassment, SOSR report, 30 November.
Williamson, S, Taylor, H and Weeratunga, H (2023) , The Mandarin, 2 November.
Unconscious Bias in the Workplace, , 5 October.
ABC Canberra, Anna Vidot, 4 day working weeks, 14 September. At: 2:19:15.
Williamson, S and Roles, C (2023) , The Mandarin, 11 September.
ABC News 24 , 26 July.
Williamson, S, Taylor, H and Weeratunga, H (2023), , 25 July.
Williamson, S (2023) This APS bargaining process could change the game long term, Canberra Times, , 24 July.
ABC Canberra, Anna Vidot, Casual employees, 24 July.
Williamson, S (2023) .
3AW, APS Maternity Leave Act, 22 June, .
ABC Canberra, Anna Vidot, Hot-desking, 19 June.
Williamson, S and Roles, C (2023) APS can become an exemplar of good practice in flexible work shift, Canberra Times, , 1 May.
2CC, Working from Home, 26 April.
ABC South East, Working from Home, 26 April.
ABC Canberra, Alice Matthews, Open Plan Offices, 24 April.
ABC Canberra, Anna Vidot, Clocking Off, 21 April.
Williamson, S (2023) Three Ways to Legislate for Gender Equality in the APS, The Mandarin, , 18 April.
Biogen - , 10 April.
ABC Canberra, Anna Vidot, , 21 March.
Working from Home: Tips for Managers – Biogen, Working from Home and Workplace Culture – Biogen, , 16 March
Williamson, S (2023) Breaking down barriers that create the gendered digital divide in the public sector, The Mandarin, , 8 March.
Working from Home and Workplace Culture – Biogen, , 22 Feb
Williamson, S (2023) “Will the APS Become a Model Employer? Canberra Times, , 6 Feb.
ABC Canberra, Georgia Styne, eating at work, 19 January.
Working from Home and Workplace Culture – Biogen, , 16 January. 2 parts.
2022
Williamson, S (2022) “Smashing the Barriers Faced by Senior Public Sector Leaders”, The Mandarin, , 23 November 2022.
ABC Canberra, Anna Vidot, 4 November.
ABC Canberra, Breakfast, 8 November.
2SER-fm, Yours, Mine and Femme? Starts at 6.35, 26 October, .
ABC TV News, ACT, 6 October.
RN, Drive, 3 October,
ABC TV News, Vic, 5 September.
ABC Canberra, Breakfast, 5 September.
ABC Canberra, Anna Vidot, 2 September.
Williamson, S (2022) The Broderick report: Overcoming power imbalances, entitlement and privilege, , 15 August.
ABC Canberra, Anna Vidot, 15 July.
RN, ‘Finding Your Flow in Hybrid Work”, This Working Life¸ , 5 June.
ABC Canberra, Breakfast, 2 June.
ABC TV News, 1 June, national.
Williamson, S, Pearce, A (2022) How should hybrid working be regulated in the public sector? , 5 May.
Williamson, S (2022) Hybrid working could promote equality, harness untapped potential in labour market, Canberra Times, , 5 April.
Williamson, S (2022) Women are Still Angry - even as the public sector shows the way, The Mandarin, , 8 March.
WIN News, 16 February.
2GB, Sydney, 16 February.
ABC Illawarra, breakfast, 16 February.
ABC Canberra, Afternoons with Anna Vidot, 15 February.
2021
Williamson, S (2021) Is a New Era in Public Sector Gender Equality Upon Us? The Mandarin, , 8 December.
IPAA Work with Purpose podcast – productivity and working from home: , 6 December.
Williamson, S (2021) Does Working from Home Increase or Decrease Productivity? The Mandarin, , 29 November.
Williamson, S (2021) 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, , 11 October.
Williamson, S (2021) 8 September.
Williamson, S (2021) , 3 August.
Williamson, S and Pearce, A (2021) The Mandarin, 7 July.
Williamson, S and Colley, L (2021) , The Mandarin, 9 April.
ABC Canberra, Drive with Anna Vidot, Respect@Work report, 8 April.
2SER-fm, The Daily, , 8 April.
UNSW BusinessThink, Empathy Training, , 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): , 29 March.
Williamson, S (2021) Assessing the effects of COVID on work and gender equality, Canberra Times, , 18 March.
2SER-fm, The Daily, , 5 March
2SER-fm, Drive, , 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, , 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) , Canberra Times, 9 October.
ABC Canberra Breakfast, Working from Home, 30 September.
, Working from Home, 30 September.
Williamson, S and Colley, L (2020) , The Mandarin, 30 September.
Colley, L and Williamson, S (2020) “, The Conversation, 24 August.
2CC, 23 August, Ian Meikle and Rod Henshaw.
, discussing working from home (at 2:43:05).
2CC, 17 August.
, The Mandarin, 18 Aug.
, Apolitical, 16 June.
ABC Canberra, 40th Anniversary of the removal of the age bar in the APS: , 4 May.
, The Mandarin, 25 February.
, The Mandarin, 29 January.
2019
, The Power to Persuade, 25 November.
, 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.
, The Mandarin, 19 July.
, The Conversation, May 2019.
, The Conversation, 8 March.
, The Mandarin, 6 March.
My Teaching
ZBUS8103 Strategic Human Resources