[2] His dissertation, originally advised by Gustave von Grunebaum, was concerned with the history of Mesopotamia after the Islamic Conquests.
Upon von Grunebaum's death, his dissertation was supervised by Nikki Keddie.
[3] Morony's research is mostly concerned with the economic history of the Near East, North Africa and Muslim Iberia.
He has written many articles on the subject and is considered one of the authorities on the socio-economic history of Iraq and Syria in the early medieval period.
[3] Among the scholars who Morony served on the Ph.D. advisory committees of was Daniel C. Peterson, Vincent Cornell, Qamar-ul Huda, Mahmoud Ibrahim, and Touraj Daryaee.