EJ Williams is passionate about promoting user-led and resilient practices to foster meaningful connections, and is keenly interested in connecting planning with making, ensuring well-designed and useful spaces. Williams' background is in housing and healthcare buildings in various forms. Recently, Williams published and co-edited research on cultures for resilience and earthen vernacular construction, analysing architectural knowledge production and possibilities of integrating resilient materials and practices into the built environment. In April 2024 Williams became an Associate with Public Practice and currently holds the position of Principal Design Officer for Housing in Basildon, UK.