Tiffany Morrison

Professor Tiffany Morrison is a tenured academic and Chief Investigator at James Cook University, leading the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies' Social Science Research and People and Ecosystems Program. She holds a PhD and multiple bachelor's degrees from Australian universities. Her research focuses on complex environmental governance, polycentric systems, and climate adaptation in coral reef ecosystems. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia and has held editorial roles in journals like Global Environmental Change and Climate Action.

Education: PhD (University of Queensland), B.Sc. (Honours) and B.Sc. (Environmental Studies) from Griffith University.

Research Interests:

• Political-economic dynamics in environmental governance
• Multi-scale governance of climate adaptation and conflict
• Anthropocene-era institutional design
• Power asymmetry in transboundary resource management

Her articles explore fisheries conflict, IUU fishing, and coral reef governance. Awards include the ARC Super Science Fellowships and Universitas 21 Early Career Researcher Award.

Labs/Teams: Leads the Morrison Complex Environmental Governance Research Group, collaborating with Exeter University, Stockholm University, and WorldFish. Supervises PhD candidates researching climate risk framing, food systems, and coral reef social-ecological systems.

Grants: ARC Discovery and US SNAPP-funded programs on Governing Changing Oceans.