Madison Harris

Madison Harris is a Program Associate at the Global South Policy Hub.

Her path to this role was shaped by a formative experience at the UNFCCC COP29 in Baku, where she witnessed how Global South expertise is too often sidelined in the policy spaces that most affect those communities; a gap the Hub is designed to address.

Madison’s work sits at the intersection of policy research, program operations, and communications. At COP29, she led a climate migration research project, conducting interviews with international leaders and producing policy briefs for academic and policy audiences. Working for New America’s Planetary Politics team, she coordinated workshops with Global South stakeholders on climate and energy policy, drafted public-facing research content, and supported outreach through stakeholder database management and data visualization. She has also contributed research to the University of Oxford’s COVID-19 Government Response Tracker, monitoring policy responses across 180 countries.

Her operational experience includes coordinating large-scale outreach events at Indiana University’s Office of Admissions, managing complex scheduling systems, and developing training materials to standardize internal processes. As a Team Manager with the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomacy Lab, she led a 30-person research team producing energy policy recommendations for foreign service officers across 26 European countries.

Madison holds a B.S. in Public Affairs (Policy Analysis) and a B.A. in International Law and Institutions from Indiana University, graduating summa cum laude. Originally from Indiana, Madison is based in Chicago and is committed to advancing Global South perspectives in international policy spaces.