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Book Chapters

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

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

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

Journal articles

Williamson W, 2026, 'From hyperbole to neutrality: A linguistic analysis of planner- and LLM-generated summaries of public submissions', Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23998083261454753

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Preprints

Williamson W, 2022, Twitter network structure and participation at State of Australian Cities conferences 2015 to 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4075366


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