Will Megarry is an archaeologist, geographical information systems (GIS) and heritage management specialist with over 20 years commercial and academic experience. He has a particular interest in (and has published widely on) the intersections between cultural heritate and climate change, the application and transferability of geospatial technologies to archaeology and cultural heritage site management and protection. His career has included time in commercial GIS and heritage management consultancy and he has worked at World Heritage Sites and other cultural heritage sites around the world including Petra, Machu Picchu and the Brú na Bóinne. He is a member of ICOMOS Ireland and an Expert Member of ICOMOS-ICAHM.

He is Reader in Archaeology and Palaeoecology. He is also an active field archaeologist with an ongoing project looking at Neolithic stone tool production in the Shetland Islands, UK.

More recently, his research has been exploring the intersection between climate change and cultural heritage. He was Focal Point for Climate Change at ICOMOS between 2021 and 2024.

Recent projects include:

• Principal Investigator of the Preserving Legacies: A Future for our Pasts project, which is working with heritate custodians in 10 counties to increase heritage capacity in the face of climate change.
• Principal Investigator on the AHRC-DCMS funded Values-based Climate Change Risk Assessment: Piloting the Climate Vulnerability Index for Cultural Heritage in Africa project, which is providing foundational training in climate vulnerability assessment to heritage professionals in Africa.
• Coordinator of the Heritage on the Edge Project, a collaboration between ICOMOS, CyArk and Google Arts and Culture.

ARP 1013 - Introduction to World Archaeology (Contributor)

ARP 2057 - Archaeology in Practice (Module Coordinator)

ARP 2058 - Archaeology of Islands (Module Coordinator) 

ARP 3009 - The Archaeology of Ancient Greece (Module Coordinator)

GGY 7007 - Culture and Climate Change (Module Coordinator)

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (FSA Scot)

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries London (FSA)

Focal Point for Climate Change at the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)

Member of ICOMOS Ireland

Expert Member, ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management

Secretary, Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies in Athens 

Associate Director of the Centre for GIS and Geomatics, Queen's University Belfast

Member of the Historic Monuments Council of Northern Ireland (Since 2018)