Biography

Morgan holds an MPhil and PhD in Geography / Polar Studies from the University of Cambridge and a BA in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a science policy consultant, researcher, and communicator with expertise in institutional change, multilateral climate policy, and science diplomacy, with geographical expertise in the polar regions, West Africa, and mountainous areas.

Morgan currently serves as the International Science Council’s Liaison to the UN System, working with intergovernmental organizations and countries’ UN Missions to strengthen the multilateral science-policy interface and advance evidence-based decision-making on urgent global issues. She previously worked with a number of non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations at the science-society-policy nexus, including the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research and the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat. Her earlier career was focused on science communication and support, including running informal science education programs in Colorado and California as well as working for the US Antarctic Program at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

As a PhD student and Gates Cambridge Scholar, Morgan examined the histories of science, policy, and social change in international spaces. In broad terms, she explored the "human" side of these shared spaces: how are they used? by whom? to what end? More specifically, her PhD thesis examined scientific institutions in Antarctica, asking how they evolved to become more gender inclusive over time. As part of this research, she was a visiting scholar at the University of Colorado Boulder and a SCAR Fellow hosted by the University of Tasmania.

Previous Education

University of Pennsylvania
University of Cambridge

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/morganseag