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ed.morgan@griffith.edu.au

Phone

(07) 373 59248

Campus

N78 3.16, Nathan.

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Overview

Current Work

I am currently researching and implementing trans-disciplinary and participatory landscape scale planning and governance of natural resources, in particular around primary forest conservation and water resources. My research involves 1. Developing community-led landscape planning and governance in developing countries to support climate change adaptation and mitigation, sustainable development and forest conservation. 2. Identifying science-based planning and governance opportunities for ecosystem-based adaptation through green infrastructure at a regional scale; 3. Developing socio-ecological assessments for water sensitive urban design features. 4. Investigating the role of science in policy, planning and environmental governance.

Expertise Keywords

• Climate Adaptation Policy and Evidence
• Governance
• Natural resource management
• Planning
• Water resources management

Subject Area Codes

• Policy and Administration
• Social and Cultural Geography
• Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology
• Urban and Regional Planning

Research Publications and Outputs

Recent Publications

Publications: 16 (Other: 16)

• Osborne, N., Grant-Smith, D., & Morgan, E. (2017). Grassroots and Guerrillas: Radical and Insurgent Responses for Community Resilience. In Responses to Disasters and Climate Change: Understanding Vulnerability and Fostering Resilience (pp. 229–238).
• Schuch, G., Serrao-Neumann, S., Morgan, E., & Low Choy, D. (2017). Water in the city: Green open spaces, land use planning and flood management – An Australian case study. Land Use Policy, 63, 539–550.
• Morgan, E., & Osborne, N. (2016). Its the Lungfish, Stupid: Knowledge Fights, Activism, and the Science-Policy Interface. Geographical Research, 1–12.
• Morgan, E., & Cole-Hawthorne, R. (2016). Applying a shared understanding between Aboriginal and Western knowledge to challenge unsustainable neo-liberal planning policy and practices. Australian Planner, 53(1), 54–62.
• Serrao-Neumann, S., Davidson, J. L., Baldwin, C. L., Dedekorkut, A., Ellison, J. C., Holbrook, N. J., … Morgan, E. (2016). Marine governance to avoid tipping points: Can we adapt the adaptability envelope? Marine Policy, 65, 56–67.
• Morgan, E., & Grant-Smith, D. C. C. (2014). Tales of science and defiance: the case for co-learning and collaboration in bridging the science/emotion divide in water recycling debates. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 1–19.
• Morgan, E. (2015). Science & Sustainability:  The Use of Science and the Science–Policy Interface in Sustainable Water Resource Management.
• Morgan, E. (2014). Science in Sustainability: A Theoretical Framework for Understanding the Science-Policy Interface in Sustainable Water Resource Management. International Journal of Sustainability Policy and Practice, 9(2), 37–54.
• Morgan, E., Nalau, J., & Mackey, B. (2019). Assessing the alignment of national-level adaptation plans to the Paris Agreement. Environmental Science and Policy, 93, 208–220.
• Filho, W. L., Al-Amin, A. Q., Nagy, G. J., Azeiteiro, U. M., Wiesb棫, L., Ayal, D. Y., … Jabbour, C. J. C. (2018). A Comparative Analysis of Climate-Risk and Extreme Event-Related Impacts on Well-Being and Health: Policy Implications. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(2), 331–1–331–19.
• Filho, W. L., Icaza, L. E., Neht, A., Klavins, M., & Morgan, E. (2018). Coping with the impacts of urban heat islands. A literature based study on understanding urban heat vulnerability and the need for resilience in cities in a global climate change context. Journal of Cleaner Production, 171, 1140–1149.
• Filho, W. L., Morgan, E., Godoy, E. S., Azeiteiro, U. M., Bacelar-Nicolau, P., Avila, L. V., … Huge, J. (2018). Implementing climate change research at universities: Barriers, potential and actions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 170, 269–277.
• Renouf, M. A., Kenway, S. J., Lam, K. L., Weber, T., Roux, E., Serrao-Neumann, S., … Morgan, E. (2018). Understanding urban water performance at the city-region scale using an urban water metabolism evaluation framework. Water Research, 137, 395–406.
• Morgan, E. (2017). The Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education Institutions at the Science–Policy Interface. In Climate Change Research at Universities (pp. 117–129).
• Morgan, E., Hallgren, W., Helfer, F., Sahin, O., Nalau, J., Onyango, E., … Mackey, B. (2017). Implications of the Paris Climate Change Agreement for Adaptation Research and Universities. In Climate Change Research at Universities (pp. 251–262).
• Renouf, M. A., Serrao-Neumann, S., Kenway, S. J., Morgan, E., & Low Choy, D. (2017). Urban water metabolism indicators derived from a water mass balance - Bridging the gap between visions and performance assessment of urban water resource management. Water Research, 122, 669–677.

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Funded Griffith Research

• (2017). Greener regions with cooler cities: Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change through land use planning in southeast Queensland

Engagement and Impact

Learning and Teaching

Contribution to Learning and Teaching

Guest Lecturer for Climate Change, Public Participation and Natural Resource Management courses

Research by Higher Degree Supervision or Scholarship

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Background

Bio

Dr Ed Morgan is a Research Fellow at the Cities Research Institute, Griffith University. He is working with the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities and the Griffith Climate Change Response Program (GCCRP). His research studies the interface between research and environmental governance, with a focus on water and climate change. His recent work for the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities explored how research can support the integration of land use planning and water resource management. His work for the Griffith Climate Change Response Program is investigating the role of land use planning in forest conservation and ecosystem-based climate adaptation. He is currently helping to develop a project to investigate and assess the efficacy of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) features. His PhD investigated the use of science in water management, policy and planning in the Southeast Queensland region. The project drew insights into the science–policy interface and the use of knowledge and co-learning in sustainability, environmental governance and natural resource management. He is interested in taking an interdisciplinary approach to issues of sustainability, natural resource management and environmental governance, and particularly the role of knowledge can play in confronting environmental challenges.

Education and Training

• PhD Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University 2011 - 2015
• MSc Master Of Science, Univeristy of Wales, Bangor 2004 - 2005
• MSc Master of Science, Durham University 1997 - 2001

Academic experience

• Research Fellow, Griffith University 2015 -
• Tutor, Griffith University 2012 - 2012
• Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge 2004 - 2005
• Tutor, 2011 - 2011
• Research Assistant, 2015 - 2015

Professional experience

• Publishing Editor, Royal Society of Chemistry 2006 - 2011

Internal service roles

• Seminar Series Coordinator, Cities Research Institute 2015 -

External service roles

• Queensland State Co-chair, Autralasian Early Career Researcher Network (AECURN) 2016 -
• Google group Coordinator, Asia Pacific Science Technology and Society Network (APSTSN) 2012 - 2017

Editorial roles

• Referee, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management -

Professional memberships

• PIA Affliate Member, Planning Institue of Australia 2017 -