Overview
Availability
- Dr Ryan Williams is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Calgary
- Masters (Coursework), University of Calgary
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Works
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2023
Book Chapter
'Yo, God, what should I do?': striving for moral consistency after prison
Williams, Ryan (2023). 'Yo, God, what should I do?': striving for moral consistency after prison. Criminology as a moral science. (pp. 193-210) edited by Anthony E. Bottoms and Jonathan Jacobs. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.
2023
Book Chapter
“The Muslims are taking over”: the politics of space and geopolitical and national imaginaries in an English prison
Williams, Ryan (2023). “The Muslims are taking over”: the politics of space and geopolitical and national imaginaries in an English prison. Rethinking Islam and space in Europe: the politics of race, time and secularism. (pp. 113-132) edited by C.J.J. Moses, Tobias Müller and Adela Taleb. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003295921-8
2022
Journal Article
An Evidence Review of Strategies Targeting Youth Who Have Radicalised to Violent Extremism
Cherney, Adrian, De Rooy, Kathleen and Williams, Ryan (2022). An Evidence Review of Strategies Targeting Youth Who Have Radicalised to Violent Extremism. Journal for Deradicalization , 33 (33), 40-69.
2022
Journal Article
Is Violence Critique?
Williams, Ryan (2022). Is Violence Critique?. Religions, 13 (11) 1111, 1111. doi: 10.3390/rel13111111
2022
Other Outputs
A systematic evidence review of rehabilitation strategies targeting youth who have radicalised to violent extremism – lessons for program design, implementation and evaluation
Cherney, Adrian , De Rooy, Kathleen and Williams, Ryan (2022). A systematic evidence review of rehabilitation strategies targeting youth who have radicalised to violent extremism – lessons for program design, implementation and evaluation. Queensland: University of Queensland, NSW NSW Department of Communities and Justice.
2022
Journal Article
Do prisons cause radicalization? Order, leadership, political charge and violence in two maximum security prisons
Williams, Ryan and Liebling, Alison (2022). Do prisons cause radicalization? Order, leadership, political charge and violence in two maximum security prisons. The British Journal of Criminology, 63 (1), 97-114. doi: 10.1093/bjc/azab122
2021
Journal Article
State of injury: liberal multiculturalism and the Muslim subject after prison
Williams, Ryan (2021). State of injury: liberal multiculturalism and the Muslim subject after prison. Religion, State and Society, 49 (4-5), 350-367. doi: 10.1080/09637494.2021.1994847
2021
Book Chapter
The psychology and theology of open-mindedness
Williams, Ryan J. (2021). The psychology and theology of open-mindedness. Mutual enrichment between psychology and theology. (pp. 98-112) edited by Russell Re Manning. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315583617-12
2020
Journal Article
“The Muslims are taking over”: the politics of space and geopolitical and national imaginaries in an English prison
Williams, Ryan (2020). “The Muslims are taking over”: the politics of space and geopolitical and national imaginaries in an English prison. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 44 (10), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/01419870.2020.1847308
2020
Journal Article
More mind games: how ‘The Action’ and ‘The Odds’ have changed in prison
Liebling, Alison, Williams, Ryan and Lieber, Elinor (2020). More mind games: how ‘The Action’ and ‘The Odds’ have changed in prison. The British Journal of Criminology, 60 (6), 1648-1666. doi: 10.1093/bjc/azaa046
2020
Journal Article
“It’s not just an idea”: practicing the good life in a high security prison
Phillips, Elizabeth and Williams, Ryan (2020). “It’s not just an idea”: practicing the good life in a high security prison. Review of Education, Pedagogy and Cultural Studies, 42 (4), 1-20. doi: 10.1080/10714413.2020.1794750
2020
Journal Article
Health help-seeking behaviour in spiritual healing practice: records from the Panacea Society’s Healing Department, 1924–1997
Williams, Ryan J., Watts, Fraser and Lockhart, Alastair (2020). Health help-seeking behaviour in spiritual healing practice: records from the Panacea Society’s Healing Department, 1924–1997. Journal of Religion and Health, 61 (3), 2417-2432. doi: 10.1007/s10943-020-01044-1
2020
Journal Article
Review of Personal religion and spiritual healing: the panacea society in the twentieth century
Williams, Ryan J. (2020). Review of Personal religion and spiritual healing: the panacea society in the twentieth century. Politics Religion & Ideology, 21 (1), 143-145. doi: 10.1080/21567689.2020.1732606
2019
Other Outputs
Commonsense Islamophobia: how anti-Muslim feeling becomes normalised
Williams, Ryan J. (2019, 03 26). Commonsense Islamophobia: how anti-Muslim feeling becomes normalised ABC Religion & Ethics
2019
Journal Article
Review of "Does religion cause violence?: multidisciplinary perspectives on violence and religion in the modern world" edited by Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, Joel Hodge and Carly Osborn
Williams, Ryan J. (2019). Review of "Does religion cause violence?: multidisciplinary perspectives on violence and religion in the modern world" edited by Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, Joel Hodge and Carly Osborn. Modern Theology, 35 (3), 1-3. doi: 10.1111/moth.12485
2018
Journal Article
The new subversive geranium: some notes on the management of additional troubles in maximum security prisons
Liebling, Alison and Williams, Ryan J. (2018). The new subversive geranium: some notes on the management of additional troubles in maximum security prisons. British Journal of Sociology, 69 (4), 1194-1219. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12310
2018
Other Outputs
Muslims and prison: When crime collides with faith and morality
Williams, Ryan (2018, 04 27). Muslims and prison: When crime collides with faith and morality The Independent 1-5.
2018
Journal Article
Finding freedom and rethinking power: islamic piety in English high security prisons
Williams, Ryan J. (2018). Finding freedom and rethinking power: islamic piety in English high security prisons. British Journal of Criminology, 58 (3), 730-748. doi: 10.1093/bjc/azx034
2018
Other Outputs
Trompe l’oeil (‘trick of the eye’)
Williams, Ryan J. (2018, 03 01). Trompe l’oeil (‘trick of the eye’) Comparative Penology 1-2.
2018
Book Chapter
Faith Provision, Institutional Power, and Meaning among Muslim Prisoners in Two English High-Security Prisons
Williams, Ryan J. and Liebling, Alison (2018). Faith Provision, Institutional Power, and Meaning among Muslim Prisoners in Two English High-Security Prisons. Finding Freedom in Confinement: The Role of Religion in Prison Life. (pp. 269-291) edited by Kent R. Kerley. Santa Barbara CA, United States: Praeger.
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Religion and Spirituality in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Gerhard Hoffstaedter
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Doctor Philosophy
Islam and Queensland: assessing generational patterns
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Tom Aechtner
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Doctor Philosophy
An Investigation into the socio-cultural and/or religious influences on Young Earth Creationism in Queensland in the 1970s and early 1980s
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Peter Harrison, Associate Professor Tom Aechtner
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Doctor Philosophy
Technologies of Presence: Practices of Mediation among Pentecostals in Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Tom Aechtner
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Doctor Philosophy
South Asian Immigration and Religious Diversity in Queensland, 1975-2018.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Adam Bowles
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
(Inter)national Interfaith: Navigating politics, faith, and morality in a transnational interfaith organisation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Gerhard Hoffstaedter
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