Jonathan Morgan, Ph.D. is a senior researcher and solutions architect at Just Horizons Alliance, where he leads the design of psychologically grounded simulations that facilitate decision-making in the domains of public health, policy, and human development. Trained in cognitive and social psychology, Jonathan specializes in how existential motivations and social contexts shape human cognition—particularly in moments of uncertainty, identity formation, and behavior change. His work bridges the gap between theory and application, leveraging large-scale qualitative research, psychological frameworks, and systems thinking to model real-world complexity in actionable ways.
Jonathan brings a rare blend of scientific rigor and creative engineering to his role. Whether designing the architecture of a multi-agent model or synthesizing disparate data sources into a coherent system map, he’s known for diving deep into a problem space and surfacing novel, implementable solutions. His background includes postdoctoral research at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and Boston University, as well as ongoing collaborations with international research networks at the intersection of human behavior, belief systems, and societal change. At the heart of his work is a drive to better understand how people make meaning—and how those meaning-making processes can be modeled, supported, and applied for human good.
