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
- Does plastic waste present an infection hazard? : Current evidence, surveillance challenges and research priorities
- Kalonde Patrick Ken, Mkoola Kestern, Ormsby Michael, Mwapasa Taonga, Mastala Precious Innocent, Mphasa Madalitso, Tonthola Katalina, Bickton Fanuel Meckson, Nambala Peter, Robertson Tony, Quilliam Richard S, Chidziwisano Kondwani, Morse Tracy, Jones Christopher M, Stanton Michelle C, Atkinson Peter M, Henrion Marc YR, Feasey Nicholas
- One Health Outlook Vol 8 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s42522-026-00237-0
- Evaluation of detection performance and cost-effectiveness of IDEXX Colilert-18 and ChromAgar for environmental surveillance of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase Escherichia coli in water samples from urban marketplaces in Blantyre, Malawi
- Masoamphambe Effita Fifi, Chipinga Jones, Mphasa Madalitso, Chidziwitsano Kondwani, Panulo Mindy, Jafali James, Feasey Nicholas, Berendes David, Kirby Amy, Morse Tracy, Cocker Derek
- Microbiology Spectrum Vol 14, pp. 1-5 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01695-25
- 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 Vol 33, pp. 4484-4502 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-026-37534-0
- Co-designing and co-developing health and wellbeing solutions with adolescents in Malawi
- Morse Tracy, Chipeta Effie
- Everyday Collaborative Cultures Conference (2026)
- 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
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Professional Activities
- Peking University GLOBEX Summer School 2026 - Sustainability Theory and Practice
- Organiser
- 7/2026
- External Sustainability CPD Training
- Consultant
- 5/2026
- GEMM Seminar. Data for an Uncertain World: Scientific and Governance Considerations
- Organiser
- 2/4/2026
- Sustainability Week 2026
- Organiser
- 4/2026
- Sustainability Festival
- Organiser
- 1/4/2026
- Rethinking Scotland's National Outcomes Framework
- Organiser
- 30/3/2026
Projects
- Colonial Currents, Contemporary Countercurrents: Historical Legacies and Collaborative Futures in Lake Malawi/Niassa/Nyasa's Transnational Fisheries
- Wilson, David (Principal Investigator) Knapp, Charles (Co-investigator) Morse, Tracy (Research Co-investigator)
- 27-Jan-2026 - 26-Jan-2028
- 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
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Contact
Professor
Tracy
Morse
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: tracy.thomson@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3133