College of Integrative Studies
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Fiona Clare WILLIAMSON
Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor of Environmental History; Associate Dean (Undergraduate Education); Basket Coordinator for Technology & Society; Urban Fellow, SMU Urban Institute
Fiona Williamson joined SMU in 2018. She is an environmental historian with a particular interest in the history of the climate, meteorology and extreme weather in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of East Anglia, 2009
- MA (Higher Education), University of East Anglia, 2011
- MA (History), University of East Anglia, 2003
Research Interests
- Environmental History of Singapore, British Malaya, and Hong Kong
- History of the Climate, Climate Change and Extreme Weather
- Climate and Its Impact on Colonial Cities, Especially How the Weather Shaped Culture and Society
- Inter-disciplinary Projects with Scientists and Geographers on the Urban Heat Island (UHI) Effect, the Recovery of Historical Observational Weather Data for Climate Modelling, and the History of Nature-induced Disasters in Asia
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Science, Environment & Empire
- Climate, History & Society