Patricia Morales studied philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires and Goethe University in Frankfurt. She got her Ph.D. in 1996 at the University of Buenos Aires with her thesis Derechos Humanos y Etica de la Responsabilidad Solidaria. As assistant to professor Ruud Lubbers at Tilburg University (1998-2000), she became involved in the Earth Charter process, participating in the research program and the organization of conferences. Among other activities she worked on a Glossary on Global Principles for the Earth Charter.

She has been coordinator of various international conferences, such as "A Global Ethics for a Humane World" (2001-2002) with the chairmenship of Justice Richard Goldstone and Ruud Lubbers, and participated in the realization of the "Opening Conference of the UNESCO-IWE, Institute for Water Education" (2002).

She is editor of Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and Global Interdependence (1994), Towards Global Human Rights (1996), and Pueblos Indigenas, Derechos Humanos e Interdependencia Global (2001) and director of the magazine Terra Curanda (see also Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems).

She collaborates actively with members of several universities, UN Agencies and NGOs of different countries, being member of the foundation Encounter of World Views and of the National Platform of Johannesburg.