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Research activity per year
Sean Williams is an award-winning, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of over sixty books and one hundred and forty short stories for adults, young adults and children.
Sean's fiction explores diverse areas including music and hearing loss, futurology, and extreme landscapes. His PhD thesis (on the use of the matter transmitter in literature) received a Dean's Commendation for Thesis Excellence from the University of Adelaide. In 2017, he was the Australian Antarctica Arts Fellow and travelled to Casey research station in order to experience life in "the freezer" first-hand, and he is a PI on the ARC-funded Discovery Project "Creative Antarctica: Australian Artists and Writers in the Far South".
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
PhD, University of Adelaide
Award Date: 1 Jan 2013
Master, The Changeline, University of Adelaide
Award Date: 1 Jan 2005
Judge, South Australian Literary Awards (Premier's Award)
2024
Grant Assessor, Arts SA (Major Projects funding)
2023 → …
Assessor (Arts Fellowship), Australian Antarctic Division
2023 → …
Judge (2023) & Convener (2024), Prime Ministers Award for Literature (Young Adult Category)
2023 → 2024
Judge, Young Writers Award (South Australian Association of English Teachers)
2023
Visiting Academic, University College Cork
2022
Visiting Academic (2020) and Visiting Research Fellow (Humanities Institute)(2022), University College Dublin
2020 → 2022
Peer Assessor (Literature), Arts South Australia
2019 → …
Peer Assessor (Literature Board), Australia Council
2017 → 2020
Affiliate, J. M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice, University of Adelaide
2013 → …
Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
2013 → 2023
National Year of Reading South Australian Ambassador, Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
2012
Advisory Committee Member, Adelaide Writers Week
2010 → 2017
Overseas Regional Director, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association
2010 → 2013
Board of Management Executive, Australian Society of Authors
2009 → 2010
Member, TAFESA Professional Writing Industry Assessment Group
2009 → 2011
Advisory Committee Member (WORD Festival), Adelaide International Fringe Festival
2006
Member (Assistant Treasurer 2007-2010), The Big Book Club Inc.
2003 → 2013
Treasurer (1999), Deputy Chair (2000 & 2008-2009), Chair (2001-2003 & 2006-2008), Board Member (2009-2010), Writers SA
1999 → 2010
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Non-textual form › Sound Composition
Research output: Non-textual form › Sound Composition
Research output: Non-textual form › Sound Composition
Williams, S. (Participant)
Activity: Other activity types › Other
Williams, S. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Williams, S. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Knight, T. (Participant), Hurrell, C. (Participant), Musolino, D. R. (Participant) & Williams, S. (Participant)
Activity: Other activity types › Other
Williams, S. (Participant)
Activity: Other activity types › Other