Andrew Williams is an Associate Professor in Economics at the UWA Business School, University of Western Australia, where he has been a faculty member since 2012. He currently holds the position of Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) in the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education). Previously, he served as Director of Education at the UWA Business School and as a Senior Lecturer in Economics. Williams obtained his PhD in Economics from the University of Western Australia in 2008. Prior to joining UWA, he was a Lecturer in Economics at the University of the South Pacific for three years.

Williams' academic interests center on governance, institutions, education, and transparency, particularly in the context of development economics and determinants of student performance. His influential research has been published in leading journals including the Journal of Development Economics, Economics of Governance, World Development, and the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology. Notable publications include 'The use (and abuse) of governance indicators in economics' (2008, Economics of Governance); 'The impact of online lecture recordings on student performance' (2012, Australasian Journal of Educational Technology); 'A Global Index of Information and Political Transparency' (2014, UWA Economics Discussion Paper); and 'The mystery of misreported trade: A novel method to identify distorted trade figures' (2024, The World Economy). He has also developed the Global Index of Transparency and Accountability dataset. With over 1,220 citations on Google Scholar, his work has contributed to understanding the economic implications of political transparency and institutional quality. Williams received the UWA Research Development Award in 2009 and was a Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource-Rich Economies (OxCarre), University of Oxford, in 2014. He has secured research grants such as the UWA Business School Research and Development Scheme funding in 2009 for $9,613.

Professional Email: andrew.williams@uwa.edu.au