I write about institutions, communications, public decisions, digital systems, representation and the structures that shape what people experience. Some of the work is academic or research-based. Some is public commentary.
The formats change, but the underlying question is often the same: what sits underneath the story we have been given?
How rules, institutions, and public decisions shape ownership
Romain Williams & Dara Dillon · IIBD
Williams, R., & Dillon, D. (2026). Wealth is designed: How rules, institutions, and public decisions shape ownership (Working paper). IIBD.
An examination of how ownership and wealth are produced through institutional rules and public decisions rather than simply emerging as neutral market outcomes.
Tracing who captures the assets, appreciation, and long-term value created by government action
Romain Williams & Dara Dillon · IIBD
Williams, R., & Dillon, D. (2026). How public decisions become ownership decisions (Working paper). IIBD.
A paper tracing the administrative and policy decisions through which assets, appreciation, risk, control and long-term value are allocated.
How capital design determines who can acquire, hold, and transfer assets
Romain Williams & Dara Dillon · IIBD
Williams, R., & Dillon, D. (2026). Financing ownership: How capital design determines who can acquire, hold, and transfer assets (Working paper). IIBD.
An analysis of how financing structures shape who can acquire assets, under what conditions and whether ownership can endure.
The Community Wealth Balance Sheet and data accountability for public decisions
Romain Williams & Dara Dillon · IIBD
Williams, R., & Dillon, D. (2026). Measuring what communities own: The Community Wealth Balance Sheet and data accountability for public decisions (Working paper). IIBD.
A measurement-focused paper asking what public systems need to count in order to understand where ownership and value ultimately land.
Stewardship, governance, and the long-term protection of community assets
WP10 · Romain Williams & Dara Dillon · IIBD · 2026
Williams, R., & Dillon, D. (2026). Ownership is not the end: Stewardship, governance, and the long-term protection of community assets (Working paper). IIBD.
A paper on what happens after acquisition: the governance, stewardship and institutional capacity required to protect assets over time.
Data, algorithms, platforms and public investment
Co-authored · IIBD
A working paper on digital ownership — who captures the value created when public investment, data and platforms meet — built as a structured argument for institutional readers rather than a technical audience.
Romain Williams · A practical guide to crisis communication for regional funders and leaders
Nine chapters that turn crisis communication, stakeholder engagement and organizational resilience into guidance under-resourced organizations can actually use — crisis typology, AI-guided communication, nonprofit and local-government practice, the funder’s role, case studies, training, evaluation and what comes next.
View the book →Dara Dillon and Romain Williams · Chapter 5 in And Sometimes There Are Tears: Black Women and Well-Being
This chapter examines the relationship between workplace inequities and well-being in Canada, contributing to a wider volume on Black Canadian women’s experiences of wellness, healing and collective liberation.
View the Book →Dillon, D., & Williams, R. (2026). At what cost? Black women, workplace inequities, and well-being in Canada. In E. T. Odozor, J. Brady, & N. N. Wane (Eds.), And sometimes there are tears: Black women and well-being (Ch. 5). Canadian Scholars / Women’s Press.
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