Co/Principal Investigator:
- Periods in a Pandemic: how UK period poverty initiatives are mitigating Covid-19 related challenges (funded by ESRC/UKRI, PI)
- Travelling Abroad for Endometriosis Care (BCU pilot funding, PI)
- Period Dramas: what works in menstrual health education (BCU pilot funding, PI)
- Inclusivity in ‘femtech’: period tracking apps (funded by Clue, PI)
- Measuring What Matters: Co-Designing a UK Menstrual Health Framework and Evaluation Toolkit (NIHR Public Health Research, co-I)
- Decolonising Pelvic Pain: A Key Stakeholder Workshop and Equitable Care Charter (BCU small research grant, co-I)
- Plan International UK: Situational analysis of girls’ experiences of menstruation in the UK (funded by Plan International UK, co-I)
- Let’s Talk.Period menstruation learning briefs (funded by Plan International UK, co-I)
Other projects:
- The VQ Collective: women’s sexual health and pleasure
- Barriers to Return of Home Sampling Kits for Sexually Transmitted Infections Ordered Online: A Qualitative Study
- Barriers and facilitators to practitioner prescribing and patient adoption of anti-inflammatory maintenance and reliever therapy (MART) for adult asthma: a qualitative study
Publications:
- PhD thesis, 2026: Periods in a Pandemic: How the Covid-19 pandemic influenced UK experiences of providing and accessing menstrual health support
- Williams, G. (2026) Covid-19. The Sage Encyclopedia of Menstruation and Society (forthcoming)
- Abbott, K., Commane, G., Weckesser, A. & Williams, G. (2025) ‘Reflections from ‘Bean Flicks,’ an intersectional porn festival celebrating marginalised bodies and sexualities’. Porn Studies, 1-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23268743.2025.2569333
- Craddock, E., Williams, G., & Weckesser, A. (2025). Same shit, different crisis? Feminist activism against period poverty during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 1-20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1332/17598273Y2025D000000044
- Williams G. 2022. Commentary: Promoting a gender-affirming environment in research: implications for research nurses. Journal of Research in Nursing
- S.Jones, R.Cook, G.Williams, D. Worsley, R. Walker, M. Radford, A. Leary (2019). An observational study on the rate of reporting of adverse event on healthcare staff in a mental health setting: an application of Poisson Expectation Maximisation analysis on nurse staffing data. Health Informatics Journal
Media Work:
- Crooks, M., Dyson J., Cummings, H., Williams, G. & Codling, S. Barriers and facilitators to practitioners prescribing and adult patients accepting SABA-Free MART treatment for Asthma: Qualitative study. AstraZeneca UK Limited
- Weckesser, A., Williams, G. & Hughes, A. 2023. Barriers to Return of Home Sampling Kits for Sexually Transmitted Infections Ordered Online: A Qualitative Study. Umbrella Sexual Health Service, Birmingham & Solihull
- Weckesser A., Randhawa A., Williams G., Hewett A., 2022. Situational analysis of girls’ experiences of menstruation in the UK and policy and programmatic responses to this. Plan International UK
- Williams, G., Weckesser, A. & Craddock, E., 2022. Periods in a Pandemic: how UK period poverty initiatives have mitigated Covid-19 challenges [online] Available to download: https://bcuassets.blob.core.windows.net/docs/periods-in-a-pandemic-final-report-jan2022-132871415463701935.pdf
- Williams G., 2020. Inclusivity within ‘femtech’: How women living with chronic health conditions use period tracking apps. Clue
- Weckesser, A., Williams, G., Hewett, A. and Randhawa, A. (2020). Plan International UK’s Let’s Talk. Period Research Series:
- Centring the Voices of Young People
- Best Practices and Latest Innovations
- Inclusivity & Diversity – UK Expert Views
- Evidencing and Evaluating Impact
Jones SJ., Scoats R., Williams G., 2018. Review of Disability & Physical Activity Evidence: a thematic analysis of WMCA’s Calls for Evidence and Academic Evidence. West Midlands Combined Authority
