Simon Williams – The Conversation

A spring in her step? Phil Lewis/Alamy Stock Photo

March 26, 2025

Spring statement: defence spending boosted as further disability benefit cuts announced – experts react

Shampa Roy-Mukherjee, University of East London; Jamie Gaskarth, The Open University; Linda Yueh, University of Oxford; Nicky Shaw, University of Leeds; Simon Williams, University of Leeds; Steve Schifferes, City St George's, University of London, and William E. Donald, University of Southampton

What our panel thought of the chancellor’s latest public spending changes.

When social housing gets it right – Goldsmith Street in Norwich won the 2019 Stirling Prize for Architecture. Jim Stephenson-VIEW/Alamy Stock Photo

January 20, 2025

Why improving social housing could be remarkably simple (and affordable)

Nicky Shaw, University of Leeds and Simon Williams, University of Leeds

Researchers looked into how tech could improve the tenant experience – and found instead that many issues could be fixed with a human-centred approach.

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