Professor Tracy Morse
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Personal statement
Personal statement
Tracy Morse is Professor of Environmental Health and Head of Strathclyde Centre for Sustainable Development, supporting the University to embed sustainable development at the heart of its activities. Having previously been based in Malawi for 20 years, she leads an interdisciplinary research team with a focus on addressing environmental health challenges in low and middle income countries. Working with a number of partners globally, she is focussed on promoting the importance of transdisciplinary research in addressing sustainable development for all, and supporting the transformational change needed to support attainment of UN SDGs.
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Prize And Awards
- Strathclyde Medal
- Recipient
- 8/2025
- Paul Harris Fellowship
- Recipient
- 3/2024
- UK & Ireland Green Gown Award 2022
- Recipient
- 8/11/2022
- Honorary Vice President
- Recipient
- 2019
- Award for Contributions to environmental health in Malawi
- Recipient
- 6/5/2016
- Strathclyde Medal
- Recipient
- 2015
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Publications
- Mapping and quantifying the spatial and temporal composition of waste piles in informal settlements of urban Malawi
- Mwapasa Taonga, Robertson Tony, Kazembe Dyson, Mnkhwamba Andrew, Kalonde Patrick Ken, Feasey Nicholas, Quilliam Richard S, Morse Tracy, Chidziwisano Kondwani
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-026-37534-0
- Towards an optimum yield : science, technology, and fisheries development in Lake Malawi, 1930-1964
- Wilson David, Gough Milo, Nkhoma Bryson, Chirwa Elias, Knapp Charles, Morse Tracy, Mulwafu Wapulumuka
- Isis Vol 117, pp. 3-26 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1086/739480
- Community-Led Total Sanitation implementation in Malawi : process evaluation of a sanitation and hygiene intervention
- Panulo Mindy, Chidziwisano Kondwani, MacLeod Clara, Kapazga Timeyo, Dreibelbis Robert, Beattie Tara K, Morse Tracy
- Global Public Health Vol 21 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2026.2638018
- Transmission of extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and antimicrobial resistance gene flow across One Health compartments in eastern Africa : a whole-genome sequence analysis from a prospective cohort study
- Musicha Patrick, Beale Mathew A, Cocker Derek, Oruru Fiona, Zuza Allan, Salifu Chifundo, Nanono Sylvia, Isaasi Fred, Chidziwisano Kondwani Regson, Mugisha Lawrence, Musoke David, Morse Tracy, Jacob Shevin T, Feasey Nicholas, Thomson Nicholas R
- The Lancet Microbe Vol 7 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanmic.2025.101224
- Co-designing groundwater monitoring through citizen science : insights from a field trial in Malawi
- Robertson Donald, Morse Tracy, White Chris, Ellis Rowan, Nhlema Muthi, Chidziwisano Kondwani, Luwe Kondwani, Musopole Gloria
- XIX World Water Congress (2025)
- Household sanitation access before and after an extreme weather event : Tropical Cyclone Freddy in rural Malawi
- Macleod Clara, Sidira Gray, Kapazga Timeyo, Njolomole Panganani, Panulo Mindy, Vingeri Marcella, Morse Tracy, Dreibelbis Robert, Chidziwisano Kondwani
- PLOS Climate Vol 4 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pclm.0000721
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Professional Activities
- Design and assessment of low-cost solar reactors for solar water disinfection.
- Examiner
- 3/1/2026
- Sustainable Development: An Institutional View
- Speaker
- 12/11/2025
- Voices of the Future: CASFIS-SIPTA Forum on Systems Thinking for Shared Sustainability
- Participant
- 8/11/2025
- UNC Water and Health Conference
- Participant
- 27/10/2025
- Scotland Malawi Partnership: WASH Forum
- Chair
- 9/4/2025
- World Water Day 2025
- Organiser
- 24/3/2025
Projects
- Education for Sustainable Development
- Morrissey, Sean (Principal Investigator) Morse, Tracy (Co-investigator) Willison, Debra (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2027
- Co-developing hygiene guidelines and integration of Guardian Waiting Shelters in healthcare facility WASH standards in Malawi
- Morse, Tracy (Principal Investigator)
- 16-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2027
- NIHR Global Health Research Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration R4 (2023)
- Morse, Tracy (Principal Investigator) Beattie, Tara (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2024
- WASH for Everyone
- Morse, Tracy (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Participation in British Academy/Students Organising for Sustainability UK SHAPE Impact Project
- Bonnar, Lizann (Principal Investigator) Morse, Tracy (Co-investigator) Williams, Manuela (Co-investigator) Gallou, Eirini (Co-investigator)
- Staff from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Centre for Sustainable Development participated in the British Academy/Students Organising for Sustainability UK SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts for People and Environment) Impact Project. The project sought to support the local community of Townhead and Ladywell to address some of their sustainability challenges. As a first activity, students worked with community leaders to engage with the wider community via an exhibition in the Village Hall on Townhead and Ladywell: Past, Present and Future.
- 01-Jan-2022 - 06-Jan-2024
- NIHR Global Health Research Group on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing
- Morse, Tracy (Principal Investigator) Beattie, Tara (Co-investigator) Davidson, Jennifer (Co-investigator) Henderson, Marion (Co-investigator) Morton, Alec (Co-investigator) Quinn, Neil (Co-investigator) Sosu, Edward (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2027
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Contact
Professor
Tracy
Morse
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: tracy.thomson@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3133