Emily Morrison

Director of Sustainability and Just Transition

Emily is our Director of Sustainability and Just Transition, and previously led our evidence centre, the Institute for Community Studies. Her expertise is in designing, leading and brokering partnerships, tools and impact frameworks to drive social, environmental and place-based impact.

Emily has led research and engagement projects that critically examine the research themes integral to building more equitable, thriving communities. She was previously at the British Council, where she developed the global research portfolio, spanning internationally comparative research into policy and intervention for international development, civil society, and youth; education, and culture. She has led and conducted research in the Western Balkans, the Middle East, Latin America, South Africa and Europe, and previously held professional and academic positions at University College London and King’s College London. She began working in research as a creative practitioner researcher with NGOs in the UK and overseas.

Outside of The Young Foundation, Emily is currently funded by the Leverhulme Trust, undertaking research at Queen Mary, University of London into the effect of political instability on citizenship, trust, and social organisation.

Contact information

emily.morrison@icstudies.org.uk

A roadmap to local impact: Institute for Community Studies and Young Foundation respond to the consultation on the UK R&D Roadmap

Blog Posted on: 27 August 2020

Director of Sustainability and Just Transition

Contact information

Contributions

A just transition in retrofits

‘In this moment of hope, let’s change the ‘net zero’ narrative’

Leaving no one behind in transition to net zero: report from our policy roundtable

Our journey to net zero

A five-point plan for a green and fair future

Policy brief for our journey to net zero

‘Health equality has been de-prioritised for decades’

‘Our transition to net zero must be government-led and people-powered’

‘Speaking truth to power’

The Civic Journey: Summary of emerging findings

Research on youth volunteering discussed on the Third Sector podcast

Talking transitions: the road to net zero

Family and community vulnerabilities in the transition to net zero

‘If the research sector is to truly reflect our diverse communities, we need new forms of partnerships’

An equitable future for research and innovation

Why don’t they ask us? The role of communities in levelling up

Undisciplined Spaces

Risk and Responsibility

A roadmap to local impact: Institute for Community Studies and Young Foundation respond to the consultation on the UK R&D Roadmap

Safety in Numbers?

Safety in numbers?

Looking local

Community research

Social innovation