Kate E. Williams

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Kate Williams is a developmental scientist, intervention designer, evaluator, and leader, working at the intersection of health and education to address inequities that often arise from early childhood. She is recognised as an international expert on social-emotional, self-regulation, executive function, cognitive, and sleep development, and the parenting, educational, and intervention contexts that support such. Kate typically uses large population datasets, program design and evaluation, and modern quantitative and mixed method approaches across her research program. She is an expert in the use of flagship Australian population datasets including the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, and the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children, and is a leading international playgroup researcher. Kate is also a Registered Music Therapist and so is interested in the ways that music can be used to support development and wellbeing. Her ARC DECRA fellowship saw Kate develop the Rhythm and Movement for Self-Regulation (RAMSR) program, which has been commercialised and is disseminated internationally.

Kate brings extensive industry experience having held executive leadership roles in a national not for profit organisation delivering services to children, families, and communities, and maintains multiple board roles. Core to Kate’s approach are collegial team-building across disciplines, and collaborative relationships with research end users in community, industry, government, and non-government organisations. She brings strong stakeholder engagement and a focus on capability building, implementation science, knowledge translation, and research impact to every research project she undertakes

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Adjunct Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
  • 2024–present
    Professor of Education, University of the Sunshine Coast
  • 2024–present
    Non Executive Director, Play Matters Australia
  • 2022–2023
    Executive Manager - Operations, Play Matters Australia
  • 2019–2022
    Foundation Director, Queensland University of Technology Centre for Child & Family Studies
  • 2018–2022
    Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology

Education

  • 2016 
    Queensland University of Technology, Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice
  • 2014 
    Queensland University of Technology, PhD
  • 2010 
    Queensland University of Technology, Master of Education (Research)
  • 2001 
    University of Queensland, Postgraduate Diploma in Music Therapy
  • 1998 
    Queensland University of Technology, Bachelor of Music

Contact Kate for

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  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision